Dispensary Assistant

Overview

About Us Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Job : 294661

Location: Augusta University

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary

About Us Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

The University System of Georgia (USG) is comprised of 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values guide all we do, and each USG community member is responsible for upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Policy materials online.

Location
Augusta University

Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

College/Department Information
The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University provides dental education through hands-on education, research, patient care, and service. We offer patient care through three practice models: student clinics, resident care, or faculty practice. We serve patients in more than 20 clinics across Georgia.

This position is responsible for assisting students, faculty, and residents with supplies and instruments for all patient care activity and/or pre-clinical activity. It is responsible and accountable for electronic inventory control of supplies, equipment and dental instruments, charge slips for items students purchase, and for maintaining equipment. It also involves processing of dirty instruments, upkeep of storage rooms, and ensuring proper ordering of supplies for clinics to maintain the inventory system and provide supplies for all clinics, dispensaries, and clinical labs.

• MAINTAIN INSTRUMENTS:
  Issue instruments and 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 students. 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 the 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…