Overview
**Careers With Purpose**
**Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.**
**Facility:** Sanford Medical Center Fargo
**Location:** Fargo, ND
**Address:** 5225 23rd Ave S, Fargo, ND 58104, USA
**Shift:** 8 Hours – Day Shifts
**Job Schedule:** Full time
**Weekly Hours:** 40.00
**Salary Range:** $22.50 – $36.00
**Department Details**
Great team environment that works closely with OR teams and surgeons to coordinate care. Flexible schedule with no call requirement!
**Job Summary**
The Clinical Material Specialist is responsible for applying experience and learned practices in ensuring the operating rooms have the equipment, implant, and inventory needs to successfully care for our patients. In addition, they are responsible for the coordination of activities between the surgeon, multiple vendors, value analysis, supply chain, sterile processing, tissue banks, surgical services, and business management to ensure surgical patients have the appropriate necessities at the right time in the safest and most cost efficient manner. The Clinical Material Specialist will post cases and review charges (requiring clinical knowledge of surgical cases), reorder implants or grafts, fulfill Joint Commission/FDA requirements for tissue management, monitor OR equipment, manage supplier partner relations with the OR, and constantly navigate surgeon requests for equipment, implants, and trials.
The Clinical Material Specialist manages equipment repairs and coordinates equipment rentals or other needs with external companies and internal sites. This role is the primary contact for all aspects of the electronic inventory system with particular focus on management of Physician Preference (PPI) products. Usage and application of EMR, inventory, and analytical systems: systems including but not limited to EPIC, OneReport, Tecsys, and Lawson.
Collaborates with other inter-professional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement and evaluate care. Demonstrates competency and practices within the full scope of their clinical expertise/knowledge and utilizes previous experience to better plan and prepare for surgical cases.
Cares for patients by properly planning for each patient’s surgical requirements. They are responsible for the planning and acquisition of items that will be used in surgery for the care of our patients.
**Qualifications**
High school diploma required. Associate degree or post-secondary education preferred.
Three to five years of experience as a LPN, Surgical Technologist, or in inventory management.
**Benefits**
Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .
Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org .
Sanford Health has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.
**Req Number:** R-0208242
**Job Function:** Allied Health
**Featured:** No
