CASE STUDY $6$

Office Manager

INSTRUCTIONS

Carefully read the scenario and answer the following questions. Responses should be concise yet contain sufficient detail to completely answer each question. Submitted answers must be legibly written or typed; illegible documents will be returned to the student. Documents submitted electronically must be in an instructor approved format. All resources required to complete this assignment can be found immediately following case questions.

SCENARIO

You have just been made the Head Technician and are now responsible for overseeing all issues relating to the management of the hospital. Your new responsibilities will include ensuring proper filing of all radiographs and lab reports, maintaining all records and logs$,$ maintaining clinic inventory, and overseeing all safety concerns and helping to ensure a safe work environment.

You store all of your radiographs in folders in an area separate from the patient's charts.

QUESTIONS

What information should be on the radiograph folder for efficient storage? $(1$ Point$)$

If a client wants to take their pet to a referral service and needs radiographs you have taken, what should you do$?(1$ Point$)$

The previous Head Technician told you that she spent a significant portion of her time concerned with the inventory and ordering. She told you that there is a lot more to maintaining an inventory than just ordering lots of what is used the most and little of what is used least.

$3.$ What are some different categories of supplies that you will be responsible for ordering and stocking? $(1$ Point$)$

$4.$ What are the different factors that are involved in determining how much of a specific product to order? $(2$ Points$)$

$5.$ One of the new technicians doesn't understand why you have to spend so much time doing inventory and ordering. She tells you that she would just do one big order once or twice a year for everything you'll use during that year. Is this a good idea? Why or why not? $(2$ Points$)$

$6.$ Ideally, how many times each year should your inventory turn over? $(1$ Point$)$

Name Scor$$

$120$ Points