Dispensary Assistant

Job Title:

Dispensary Assistant

Location:

Augusta University – Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912;
Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Job

This position is responsible for assisting students, faculty, and residents with supplies and instruments for all patient care activity and/or pre-clinical activity. Responsible and accountable for electronic inventory control of supplies, equipment and dental instruments. Responsible and accountable for charge slips for items students purchase. Responsible for maintaining equipment, including minor repairs of equipment. Responsible for assisting with the collection of dirty instruments and assisting with the processing of these instruments.

Responsible for the upkeep and order of storage rooms to ensure proper ordering of supplies needed for clinics and to maintain the integrity of the supply inventory system. Responsible for maintaining supplies for all clinics, dispensaries and clinical labs.

MAINTAIN INSTRUMENTS: Issue instruments as well as supplemental supplies for all clinical activities. Ensure proper scanning of instruments to students, residents and faculty. Transport carts to clinic. Maintain accurate records of items checked out from dispensary and/or purchased by students. Ensure timely return of items checked out by student. Notify students of instruments not returned. Pick up unused instruments from mailboxes and clinic clean rooms daily.

MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES: Maintain equipment and supplies for labs and clinics. Check equipment to ensure it is working properly. Inventory clinic supply rooms and order supplies through Central Supply as needed. Deliver and stock clinic supply room maintaining accurate records of usage.

INVENTORY CONTROL: Responsible for new electronic inventory control of supplies, equipment and dental instruments. Sustain inventory level of instruments and supplies stored in dispensary. Unpack, store, label, and distribute items as needed.

ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN ROOMS: Organize and maintain all rooms associated with dispensary and supply rooms within the clinic for accurate inventory count for new electronic inventory system. Count the supplies in the rooms then enter the number into the electronic inventory system.

LOSS CONTROL: Ensure all broken items are sent to ICR and recorded as such within the computer system. Conduct scheduled cleaning of walls, floors, counters and equipment to ensure proper cleanliness of area.

MAINTAIN SUPPLEMENT INSTRUMENTS: Prepare, distribute, and collect supplemental instruments used for boards. Assist all participants on board with patient care supplies and equipment needs.

OTHER DUTIES: Perform all other duties as assigned.

High school diploma, or GED, or equivalent from a recognized state or federal accrediting organization and two years of experience in a customer service setting with a basic understanding of inventory control.

Graduation from a Dental Assisting Program with two years of experience in dental assisting.

KNOWLEDGE Knowledge of the principles of infectious disease transmission; infection prevention and control; dental instruments, supplies, equipment, and procedures. Knowledge of basic computer skills.

SKILLS Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

ABILITIES Ability to maintain confidentiality. Ability to decide each day’s work is a priority to ensure all deadlines are met. Ability to communicate with dental assistants, students, staff and faculty to ensure that all deadlines are met in order to maintain clinic and preclinical supply and instrument needs.

Shift: Monday-Friday (Occasional Weekends 3-4 times per year)

Pay Band: B3

Salary:
Minimum $16.54/hour, salary to be commensurate with qualifications within established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position.

Recruitment Period:
Until Filled

Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees. Benefits…