Posted: 02-May-26
Location: Los Angeles, California
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Internal Number: 151996851
As a Central Service Technician (CST), you will play a vital role in supporting patient care across the UCLA Health System by ensuring clinical areas are consistently stocked with the medical supplies and equipment needed for safe, efficient operations. This position is responsible for the distribution, replenishment, and inventory management of supplies in alignment with departmental priorities and organizational goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain optimal inventory levels across assigned supply locations by replenishing stock to established PAR levels and placing orders to ensure continuous availability.
- Monitor inventory utilization and turns, proactively adjusting PAR levels to meet changing clinical demand and minimize shortages.
- Support inventory control initiatives that improve efficiency, accuracy, and supply reliability.
- Receive and process incoming shipments by verifying deliveries against packing slips and purchase orders, resolving discrepancies, and ensuring timely distribution.
- Transport medical supplies and equipment (up to 50 pounds) to designated clinical and storage locations.
- Restock supply areas, maintain clean and organized storage spaces, and ensure proper product rotation and storage standards.
- Manage all aspects of PAR inventory, including module supply carts in assigned clinical areas and accurate inventory documentation.
- Follow up on vendor direct orders to ensure on‑time delivery and address supply issues as needed.
- Maintain and update barcode labels to support accurate inventory tracking and system alignment.
Collaboration & Impact
- Work closely with clinical staff and supply chain teams to respond to real‑time supply needs.
- Ensure procedural and patient care areas remain fully stocked to support uninterrupted daily operations and high‑quality patient care.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Ability to push/pull up to 100 pounds and lift up to 50 pounds
• Supply dollies and heavy-duty transport carts
• Ability to use a PC, Handheld scanner, Phones, copy machines, Electric pallet jack, manual pallet jack, forklift
• Required experience working in an Operating Room (OR) or procedural healthcare setting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of essential surgical supplies and equipment to support safe and efficient patient care.
• Skilled in OR case picking, including accurate and timely preparation of supplies based on preference cards and procedural needs.
• Experience collaborating with clinical teams (e.g., nursing, anesthesia, surgical staff) to ensure continuity of supply readiness and support patient care operations.
• Required experience in supply and inventory management, including par level maintenance, stock replenishment, and backorder mitigation.
• Experience using supply chain or inventory management systems (e.g., ERP or materials management software) to support ordering, tracking, and inventory control.
• Proven track record of proactively managing and updating par levels to align with current usage
• Demonstrated ability to follow directions with minimal supervision or follow-up.
• Ability to consistently adhere to management direction, including maintaining established processes and priorities despite conflicting requests from external sources.
• Strictly obeys the healthcare regulations for infection control.
• Provides resources information regarding proper sterilization techniques, product information, equipment operation etc. to fellow staff and other healthcare team members, serving as a resource for people needing direction as required.
• Consistently demonstrates a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Actively participates in Quality Management and PIE programs.
• Consistently adheres to Materials Management / Receiving and UCLA Policies and procedures.
• Attends all in-services/workshops as requested. Assists in the orientation and skill development of new staff members. Attends and participates in required fire, safety, disaster, body mechanics, etc classes and/or drills.
• Always ensures a safe, clean working environment for self and co-workers. Monitors and reports unsafe acts or conditions and assists with resolutions.
• Consistently maintains good guest relations interdepartmentally, intra-departmentally, using English language in both written and verbal format. Demonstrates good telephone etiquette. Is sensitive to co-workers, patients, and family members, in a courteous and respectful manner.
• Maintains a positive attitude and behavior: efficient with time utilization/productive, strives to be a team member, prompt attitude, adapts to change in workload, adapts to variable rotating shifts, conducts personal business on break or lunch time.
• Always responds to the needs of all areas. If unable to meet the needs, keeps the area informed and offers alternatives
• Will actively assist in meeting the needs of the department
