Distribution Clerk

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Department

Job Summary

Under general supervision, receives and distributes all items ordered for Denver Health operations.

Essential Functions:

• Utilizes hand held scanner to record all package transactions from carrier to the end user.
• Prioritizes packages based on delivery expectations, delivering first overnight and next day air first and so on
• Physically delivers all packages, on time, to the assigned locations, on and off campus.
• Acts the service contact with departments on assigned routes.
• Maintains assigned vehicle according to Denver Health vehicle management guidelines and policy.
• Determines necessary action in situations arising during the absence of the manager. Establishes priorities and coordinates work activities (i.e. transportation with supply deliveries) to meet internal/external customer needs.
• Keeps supervisor advised of operational and other work-related problems and solves those that do not require administrative disposition.
• Maintains a travel log of shift activities.
• Picks up and delivers USPS mail from the post office. Sorts and delivers all mail internally and meters all outgoing mail. Covers Courier routes when necessary
• Sorts, distributes, and meters all incoming and outgoing mail, both interoffice and USPS
• Transfers stat lab specimens from Denver Health ACS clinics to the main core lab
• Picks up and delivers a variety of items within a defined city route and within specified facilities.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED Required

Work Experience:

• 1-3 years One year of warehouse or distribution experience Required

Licenses:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge inventory management, warehouse operations, and distribution helpful but not required.
• Ability to communicate effectively using the appropriate communication channel.
• Basic knowledge of distribution equipment, such as, pallet jacks, hand carts, and forklifts.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Shift

Work Type

Salary

Benefits

• Competitive pay

• Outstanding benefits

• Education opportunities

• Shared leadership and advancement opportunity

• State-of-the-art facilities

• Immediate retirement plan matching

• Professional clinical advancement program

• Participation in evidence-based projects

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver's 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado's primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For read more about our commitment to diversity visit: