Central Material Associate
Lexington, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Baptist Health seeks a Central Material Associate in Lexington, Kentucky, to support the flow of supplies and equipment for patient care. The role handles receiving, storage, distribution, and inventory accuracy under ERP guidelines, and may include cleaning and redistributing patient portable equipment. The associate also supports urgent deliveries, inventory counts, and materials-management audits.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
1 - 2 years
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Summary
Job Description:
Baptist Health is looking for a Central Material Associate to join our team in Lexington, KY!
This role is responsible for ensuring the efficient flow of supplies and equipment essential for patient care within the healthcare facility. Duties include physical product or equipment receipt, accurate product storage, distribution, and maintaining inventory accuracy, within stringent ERP system guidelines. This role may also include cleaning and redistribution of patient portable equipment.
Essential Duties:
Fulfill requisitions and distribute supplies to various departments.
Obtain necessary authorizations and signatures for delivered items.
Assist with urgent department deliveries and prioritize requests to meet clinical needs promptly.
Receive/intake incoming shipments of medical supplies and equipment.
Verify shipments against purchase orders and packing slips for accuracy.
Breakdown shipments and stage shipments for receipt into ERP system.
Put away supplies to facilitate easy retrieval and inventory control, maintaining accreditation storage requirements, for stock rotation, and expiration.
Monitor inventory levels (cycle count) and participate in periodic physical inventory counts.
Identify and report expired or damaged inventory for proper disposal or replacement.
Adhere to safety protocols and maintain cleanliness in storage and work areas.
Work closely with procurement, clinical staff, and other departments to ensure supply needs are met efficiently.
Provide support during audits and inspections related to materials management.
Collects all out of service patient portable equipment and delivers to Biomed department for repair, where appropriate.
Cleans and distributes all patient portable equipment to the necessary patient areas.
Qualifications:
High School/GED
1-2 years' health care distribution management experience preferred
Monday - Friday
2:00PM-10:30PM
HOLIDAYS REQUIRED AND SOME WEEKENDS
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
"EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to r ace, color, national origin, gender, s exual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES
Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056."
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
R26108549
How this job compares
Set against the 6,093 open Supply Chain jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- Kentucky median$7/hr25 hourly ranges
- US median$23–29/hr664 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is close to the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the middle half of Supply Chain hourly ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 75 open Supply Chain jobs in Kentucky and 6,093 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Oracle7 open
- Baptist Health (this employer)4 open
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- Experience
- Supply Chain postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (4,267 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 3,416 of the 6,093 open Supply Chain jobs (56%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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