BWH Required Skills:

The successful applicant will work in compliance with all relevant and applicable legislation and Hospital Policies and Procedures, will practice the Bluewater Health Standards of Performance Excellence and will fulfill their role within the Attendance Support Program parameters. The successful applicant will also possess effective communication and interpersonal skills, will have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, and will have strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Each member of Bluewater Health is called to embrace patient and family-centred care in its fullest form. This includes using techniques and strategies to communicate “I care and I respect you,” providing information in a way patients and families can understand, listening to patients and families to learn what an exemplary healthcare experience means to them, and seeking their perspective throughout their stay and during improvement initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Successful completion of a Post Secondary Program preferred
• Graduate of Health Sciences Program preferred
• Obtain and maintain food handlers required

Principal Duties:

• Daily visual check of all inventory and product on hand
• Monitor temperature of refrigerators and freezers
• Takes physical count of stock on hand and verifies count with inventory controls totals
• Places orders based upon PAR stock levels and order guides
• Stores and issues materials and supplies; conducts inventories; recommends modification to quotas
• Keep inventory and order guide sheets up to date
• Accepts responsibility for all goods received
• Verifies accuracy of shipments by counting, weighing, or measuring items and comparing size, weight, description, code numbers to invoice or packing slip and purchase order
• Records or reports discrepancies or damage in shipment and signs bills of lading
• Inspects items for damage or defects upon delivery
• Unpacks items received and puts in the proper storage areas using FIFO
• Uses hand truck equipment
• Uses computerized inventory and ordering systems
• Receives requests for supplies, selects stock inventory, distributes supplies to designated areas
• Deliver support cart to designated unit daily
• Communicates regularly with vendors, supervisors and manager
• Research and suggest substitutions for TOS products
• Requests sample products
• Obtains nutritional information on relevant products
• Pull items from freezer as per established production/pull sheets
• Follow-up on back-ordered items
• Maintain all storage areas: storeroom, refrigerators, freezers, shelves and floors in clean sanitary condition
• Completes continuing education requirements as necessary
• Other related duties as assigned

Statement:

This job posting is the result of an existing vacancy and was not posted using AI. Bluewater Health is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate your needs under the Ontario Human Rights Code. Upon individual request, hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities. If you require any accommodations to fully and fairly participate in the application, interview or selection processes, please contact the Human Resources Department at (519) 464-4400 extension 8391 or humanresources@bluewaterhealth.ca and we will endeavor to provide a suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account your accessibility needs.

We thank you in advance for your interest in Bluewater Health, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with Bluewater Health policy, offers of employment to prospective employees are conditional upon the successful completion and disclosure of a Police Records/Vulnerable Sector Check.