Inventory Support Specialist (Region: Atlanta, GA)

About TurnCare

TurnCare is a medical device company dedicated to improving patient outcomes through innovative technology. The Guardian program is a patient management system designed to help protect the health of critically ill patients. We are committed to delivering responsive customer support, reliable operational execution, and strong cross-functional partnership throughout the Guardian program lifecycle.

Role Description

Location: Remote - US - Southeast (Atlanta, GA)

The Inventory Support Specialist (ISS) is the operational owner and field liaison for Guardian equipment management within assigned customer accounts. The ISS ensures that equipment is available, accurately tracked, properly installed, operationally ready, and moved efficiently through hospital workflows. This role coordinates closely with Biomedical Engineering, Supply Chain, Shipping and Receiving, Environmental Services, Patient Transport, frontline hospital staff, and internal TurnCare teams.

The ISS combines inventory discipline, customer service, field execution, and foundational product support. The position supports pilots, go-lives, commercialization, account expansion, routine rounding, troubleshooting, returns, and replacement workflows. Success requires strong organization, attention to detail, ownership, sound judgment, comfort working in acute-care environments, and the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, team-oriented setting.

Duties & Responsibilities

Inventory Ownership and Control

• Serve as the primary onsite operational owner for Guardian inventory within assigned facilities and health systems.
• Implement and maintain standardized inventory tracking and control processes for controllers, surfaces, clamps, straps, accessories, replacement equipment, and backup inventory.
• Perform routine inventory audits; reconcile missing, damaged, underused, or unaccounted-for equipment and communicate corrective actions.
• Monitor inventory levels, product access, utilization patterns, storage locations, and readiness to support patient care and customer demand.
• Partner with clinical and operational stakeholders to align inventory placement and par levels with utilization trends, unit needs, go-live requirements, and expansion plans.
• Clean, repackage, stage, redistribute, and account for equipment in accordance with approved TurnCare procedures and hospital infection-prevention requirements.
• Coordinate equipment retrieval, replacement, and redistribution to minimize downtime and maintain operational continuity.

Hospital Department Relationships and Workflow Coordination

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the following hospital departments and operational partners:

• Biomedical Engineering (Biomed): Coordinate maintenance and repair workflows, faulty-equipment evaluation, work-order escalation, troubleshooting, and tracking of equipment sent for repair or replacement.
• Supply Chain: Coordinate inventory movement, storage, accountability, replacement logistics, inventory reconciliation, and utilization reporting.
• Shipping and Receiving: Coordinate inbound and outbound Guardian shipments, return shipments, packaging standards, shipping documentation, shipment tracking, and delivery confirmation.
• Environmental Services (EVS): Clarify cleaning and disinfection ownership, reinforce approved cleaning workflows, and support timely equipment turnaround and readiness.
• Patient Transport: Support education and workflow alignment for safe, efficient movement of Guardian equipment throughout the facility and escalate barriers that affect equipment availability or patient movement.
• Frontline Clinical and Unit Leadership: Support operational workflow adherence, equipment access, issue identification, and escalation while deferring clinical decision-making and patient-care education to qualified clinical personnel.

Equipment Deployment, Installation, and Readiness

• Install and remove Guardian-related clamps, straps, and associated equipment after completing required TurnCare training and competency validation.
• Verify that equipment is properly secured, correctly configured, functional, and ready for use.
• Identify and address gaps in installation standards through immediate correction, operational reinforcement, and escalation when needed.
• Complete monthly quality sampling of clamp and strap placement at assigned facilities and maintain the site-specific tools required to perform checks.
• Support inventory deployment, staging, equipment placement, and readiness during pilots, go-lives, expansions, and other customer transitions.
• Coordinate backup and replacement inventory to ensure continuity during repairs, surges, expansions, or unexpected equipment needs.

Product Support, Troubleshooting, and Equipment Returns

• Serve as the primary operational point of contact for customers reporting faulty, damaged, missing, or nonfunctioning Guardian equipment.
• Coordinate issue intake, determine appropriate next steps within established protocols, facilitate communication among hospital departments and TurnCare teams, and ensure timely follow-up through resolution.
• Perform approved initial troubleshooting before equipment return, including visual inspection, verification of power or connectivity concerns, basic operational testing, accessory checks, and identification of common failure patterns.
• Partner with Biomed and Supply Chain so they function as the centralized control point for incoming and outgoing equipment movement according to facility workflow.
• Coordinate local pickup, shipment, return authorization, replacement deployment, packaging, labels, and return documentation.
• Support equipment pickup and replacement activities and act as the bridge between customer operations and TurnCare Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Service, and Operations.
• After formal training, certification, and authorization, perform approved limited field-service tasks and component replacement in accordance with defined protocols, escalation criteria, and documentation standards.

Product Defect/Return Tracking and Documentation

Complete Product Defect/Return Tracking (PDRT) entries and related service documentation accurately and promptly. Required information may include:

• Device serial number and equipment type.
• Detailed description of the issue, damage, or failure condition.
• Troubleshooting steps attempted and the outcome of each attempt.
• Date and time the issue was identified.
• Facility, department, and unit impacted.
• Whether rep