Stores Clerk

 Req ID: 191111
Location: Western Zone, Yarmouth Regional Hospital 
Department: SCO Logistics YRH
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1 
Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 6-Nov-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Logistics Manager, the Stores Clerk assists in the organization, coordination and control and delivery of inventories and supplies in support of health care services throughout Western Nova Scotia. Duties may occasionally include distribution of supplies to other sites in Western Nova Scotia. Duties include: managing supply closets, entering and picking orders, proper packing, labeling, shrink wrapping and staging of picked order for shipping, receiving and putting away incoming shipments and keeping the warehouse clean. The incumbent will also be responsible for operating and maintaining warehouse equipment, e.g. electric pallet jacks, manual pallet jacks, etc. Other duties may be assigned as needed, such as the loading/unloading of delivery vehicles, cycle counts and special projects, as well as the organizing and delivering of stock and non-stock items, some of which may be Dangerous Goods.

The Stores Clerk ensures that the principles and practices that guide our work such as the mission, vision, values, expected behaviours, the leadership philosophy, organizational health, population health, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and inter professional collaboration are integrated within the services they provide and through the messages they deliver.

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Willingness to participate in ongoing education programs
• Working knowledge and proficiency with a variety of computer software and programs
• Demonstrated planning, organizational, priority setting skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work in a self-directed environment and also effectively within an interdisciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills as well as leadership skills
• Working knowledge of the SAP computer system is preferred
• Previous experience in a central stores/purchasing environment preferred
• Knowledge of inventory control preferred
• Demonstrated working knowledge of and current relevant experience with Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated understanding of the role of Materials Management Service in the delivery of patient care and understanding of how errors may affect medical treatment and cause financial loss
• The ability to travel to multiple Nova Scotia Health facilities within the Northern Zone for Supply Chain related responsibilities
• PLEASE NOTE: This position requires considerable standing, moving, bending, kneeling, and lifting of heavy and awkward objects
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

• Long assignment, Full-time position, 75 Hours Bi-Weekly
• Approximately 36 months

$21.91 - 24.17 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

​This is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

​Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.