Job Description

• Ensure, through timely ordering, adequate stock levels of all materials
• Receive payment by card or cash for products and take receipts to Dental Supplies Manager on a daily basis for cashing up.
• Ensure adequate stock levels of products are available for patients to purchase.
• Maintain an accurate record of all items on order and of those received, to facilitate precise stock levels.
• Monitor ordering procedures, initiating changes as appropriate to ensure the flow of supplies.
• Monitor systems with regard to equipment on loan from the compound area suggesting and implementing improvements where necessary.
• Ensure accurate coding and pricing on all requisitions paying particular attention to the cost Centre’s involved, thus playing a major role in resource management.
• Co-ordinate with Dental Sisters on budget and stock-control issues to assist in monitoring financial performance of cost Centre’s.
• Keep compounds and clinical areas clean to standards set by the Infection Control Policy.
• Encourage economic and cost-effective use of materials by staff and students.
• Participate in income-generation activities which involves interacting with staff, students and patients to contribute to the financial well-being of the Dental Hospital.
• Maintain a sound working knowledge of all compound areas ensure adequate cover during times of staff absence.
• Input orders onto computerized system.
• Identify equipment for repair and escalate to medical physics or the dental workshop.
• Ensure dress, appearance and behavior are in line with trust policy
• Receive and check supplied goods against the delivery note and liaise with procurement
• Ensure that clinical areas are clean and contribute to maintaining an environment conducive for safe practice
• To ensure that pharmaceutical supplies are stored appropriately. Keeping the storage room and fridge neat and tidy at all times.
• To be flexible and willing to adapt to changing working practice.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities