Doctor Preference Card (DPC) Clerk/Inventory Analyst, Operating Room

Role overview

Inventory and supply operations

• Reviews inventory status and usage reports to ensure adequate stock and efficient utilization.
• Conducts physical inventory checks, investigates discrepancies, and establishes or revises reorder points.
• Completes requisitions; receives and stores supplies; follows up on incomplete, damaged, or backordered orders.
• Coordinates with suppliers and representatives on loaner equipment, trials, instruments, implants, and medical-surgical supplies.
• Reviews surgical slate validation reports and assists with obtaining equipment and supplies for scheduled and emergent cases.
• Supports supply and instrument picking for surgical cases and contributes to case work instructions and pick lists.
• Rotates stock and reprocesses outdated supplies according to departmental procedures.

Systems, documentation, and quality

• Maintains doctors’ preference cards, Sterile Processing pick lists, the Preference Card System, and the Meditech Item Dictionary.
• Collaborates on inventory nomenclature and locations, identifies discrepancies, and recommends corrections.
• Maintains equipment and supply labels, organized stock, catalogues, computerized records, and current hard-copy reference cards.
• Maintains documentation and processes in line with best practices and Ministry Reprocessing Audits.
• Collects data and provides input to the Sterile Processing Department Quality Assurance Program.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 education.
• Successful completion of a Sterile Supply Processing course.
• Three years of recent related experience or an equivalent combination.

Compensation

• Salary range is CAD $32.39 per hour.

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