Purchasing Clerk

Schedule:

Full-Time Position

Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm

800 W. Court Street Pasco, WA

Tri-Cities Community Health (TCCH) is looking for a Purchasing Clerk who has a passion for helping others. As a community health center, located in southeastern Washington, serving Pasco, Kennewick, Richland and the surrounding communities.

TCCH offers a variety of schedules to support a work-life balance. Most of our clinics offer Monday-Friday day shifts, with no weekends or holidays, competitive salaries and benefits. While providing careers in a fast-paced work environment and opportunities for professional development.

We employ a highly diversified group of talented individuals who are dedicated to fulfilling our mission to provide the highest quality patient care with the greatest degree of professionalism and courtesy regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.

Our Mission:

We are dedicated to the communities we serve, bringing together a unified team that delivers the highest-quality health care to every person, every time.

Who are we?

Our community health center began as a modest sized medical clinic in Pasco, Washington in 1981. The clinic was founded by a small group of women in the Pasco community who saw the need to serve low income community members who could not afford to pay for Healthcare.

Tri-Cities Community Health has grown into a comprehensive non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) where we have evolved into a network of community health centers that continue with the foundation TCCH was built on and serve an even more diverse population in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas.

Description:

Under the direction of the Purchasing Manager assist with purchase order requisitioning, receiving and delivery of goods and services.

Essential Functions:

• Under supervision of Purchasing Manager, signs for, unloads and inspects for damage of shipments. Verifies accuracy of shipment by comparing items received with receiving copies of purchase orders and shippers packing slip. Upon receipt of Direct Orders obtains department signature and forwards completed paperwork to Accounts Payable daily
• Enters receipts of goods into "Receivers Daily Report" with comments and pertinent information. Initiates orders for inventory items with Purchasing Manager. Resolves problems resulting from back ordered items
• Fills and delivers supplies to appropriate departments and maintains them
• Answers inquiries regarding purchase order status from order departments
• Assists in maintaining daily and periodic inventories
• Assists in purchasing medical supplies used throughout TCCH clinics
• Maintains storage area in orderly manner as directed
• Performs related clerical duties
• Attends all required Safety Training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety and department safety expectation
• Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter and intra departmentally to facilitate the department’s/unit’s ability to meet its goals and objectives
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.
• Carries out all other duties as assigned.

**This is a bargaining unit position**

Minimum Education: High school diploma/GED

Minimum Work Experience: One year experience in purchasing.

Required Licenses/Certifications: Excellent Driving Record/Valid Driver’s License

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Excellent communication skills; excellent computer skills. Ability to drive in all weather conditions

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Benefits:

Paid Time Off - Sick, Vacation, and Holidays

Medical, Dental, and Vision

Flexible Health Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account

CME Reimbursement (if applicable)

Retirement - 403(b) with matching contributions

Employee Assistance Programs

Life Insurance

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Tri-Cities Community Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law