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SHIPPER/RECEIVERJob Description:
Essential Functions
Roles and Responsibilities
Receives all incoming items, checking for correct product description and order quantity. Verify purchase order, packing slip and item count to assure proper receipt.
Inspects all incoming supplies and equipment for damage. Make determination to accept or refuse item, notifying manager of all items refused.
Reconciles all packing slips to receiving document noting any overages or shortages, clearly identifying item and quantity variance.
Records all discrepancy using standard forms, clearly identifying purchases order number, item and discrepancy to insure accurate information is relayed to vendor and accounts payable.
Inventories and inspects all items for shipping. Packages items in appropriate boxes insuring protection of items for shipment.
Uses UPS on line shipping and tracking services for most shipping request. Maintains proper records such as return goods form, UPS receipt document, assuring accurate information for any audit of shipment.
Determines priorities for shipping such as overnight, second day or regular ground transportation based on type of item and needs of requesting department.
Delivers all non-stock orders directly to departments, obtaining signatures form appropriate personal, and supplying all departments with a copy of receiving document.
Maintains receiving dock, paying particular attention to the wooden pallets and disposing of them when needed. Keep area around generator vent clear and unobstructed.
Assists storeroom in annual year end inventory.
Answers the phone in courteous manner, identifying self and department. Communicates with all who interface with the hospital using good business manners. Provides general hospital information.
Communicates clearly and effectively when working with all hospital personal on the process of shipping and receiving
Other Duties as Assigned
Completes other duties as assigned
Job Requirements
Required Skills
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable the individual to perform the essential functions.
Required Skills
Communication:
Must possess verbal and written skills to communicate effectively and courteously with a diverse group of professional and non-professional members of the health care team, patients and family/significant others.
Minimum Education
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Minimum Work Experience
Previous shipping and receiving experience preferred.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to push and pull pallets of supplies in excess of 300 pounds. Reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Walking pushing/pulling supply carts though out hospital campus.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to cold or heat due to the location of the receiving area.
Patient Care Provided For
Non-patient care provider
Organizational Expectations
STRATEGIES FOR PATIENT SATISFACTION
The following Strategies for Patient Satisfaction define job performance and patient satisfaction expectations for every AJH employee. We expect that every employee recognizes that his/her job performance, including personal interactions with patients, has a direct impact on patient satisfaction and the reputation of Anna Jaques. In being held accountable for meeting these standards, our employees will ensure outstanding service to our patients and their families and reinforce our commitment to providing the highest quality patient care to the community.
Attitude
Our patients' most basic expectation is to be treated with courtesy and respect. This commitment is reflected in our attitude and our behavior.
Appearance
We will take pride in our facility and do our part to maintain an uncluttered and litter-free workplace, with no taped or handwritten signs. We will also consider our patients expectations in how we present ourselves
Caring About Patient's Concerns and Worries
Communication to patients should be delivered with courtesy and care. Close attention is given to both verbal and nonverbal messages and to listening attentively to our patients in order to fully understand their needs, and sympathize with them.
Commitment to Each Other
Providing quality patient care requires the efforts of many different employees, representing every department of the hospital. Each member of the Anna Jaques Hospital team deserves respect from his/her co-workers. Never blame another department or co-worker to a patient.
Patient Waiting
We will always keep our patients frequently and honestly informed of delays and make them as comfortable as possible while they wait.
Confidentiality
We will ensure our patients' right to privacy. We will treat all patient information as confidential. Discussion of patient matters will be restricted to appropriate situations and locations.
Safety Awareness
It is the responsibility of all employees to do their best to ensure a safe and accident-free environment for patients, their families, and fellow employees.
Sense of Ownership
The reputation of Anna Jaques Hospital depends on each employee, and I will do my part
PATIENT SAFETY
Incorporates Patient Safety Goals in daily work and identifies and reports safety issues to supervisor, Patient Safety Hotline, and/or through the incident reporting process. Supports a culture of patient safety by educating patients and families on the care they are receiving, encouraging them to voice their concerns and informs them how to report related issues.
ATTENDANCE & PUNCTUALITY
Adheres to the hospital's policies and procedures regarding absences and tardiness. Provides adequate notice when calling out sick and requesting time off
Arrives and departs from work at appropriate time.
Leadership Capabilities
At times and when directed, may provide guidance and support to others while acting as a resource, trainer and/or preceptor.
Pay Range:
$18.50 - $24.90The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
Anna Jaques Hospital is a 123 bed community hospital serving 17 cities and towns in the Merrimack Valley . The hospital offers a wide range of acute care services to meet the needs of our growing patient population including inpatient and outpatient surgery in fully digitized computerized operating room suites, cardiology including echocardiography and a cardiac cath lab, comprehensive cancer services, orthopedics, nuclear medicine, laboratory, noninvasive vascular lab, joint replacement program and birth center.
Programs include the number one wound center in the nation, a primary stroke service, and Level III Trauma Center . Diagnostic imaging services for patients include MRI, CT, PET, and the PACS digital x-ray system. In addition, we are one of only three healthcare communities to be selected for the pilot Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative. Due to the dedication of our physicians, we are one of the first communities in Massachusetts to implement electronic health records, system-wide, for the safety of our patients.

The hospitals Non Invasive Vascular laboratory was accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL).
For the second year in a row, the American Association for Respiratory Care awarded the hospital its Quality Respiratory Care Recognition. The hospital had no ventilator acquired pneumonia cases during the last year.
The Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Center is the only such center to receive full accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) in Massachusetts .
The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission, an organization that surveys and rates the performance of hospitals at least every three years. The Joint Commission Dedicated, good employees are one of your strengths. You have a lot to be proud of.