Lead Med Suply Tech(Sterile Pr

Veterans Health Administration • Reno, NV

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Medical Supply Technician (MST) works in support of the Sterile Processing Service (SPS) management team. The lead distributes, prioritizes, and monitors workloads assigned to employees, ensuring work is completed in accordance with job specializations, established workflows, and SPS procedures. The position is a working lead role that provides technical direction, assigns and balances work, adjusts schedules as workload changes, and fills in when staffing shortages or short-notice priorities arise. The lead also trains and instructs staff, monitors work progress and quality, and reports work status and performance-related matters to management.

The role supports the processing and distribution of technical medical equipment, materials, and instrumentation. Duties take place in decontamination, preparation, clean sterile supply, and other areas throughout the medical facility or campus. The work may involve hot, cold, drafty, or poorly lighted environments, standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent bending and lifting packages that may occasionally weigh up to 50 pounds, and manipulating, disassembling, and assembling instrumentation.

This is a full-time position scheduled Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Telework is not available, and the position is not virtual. On-call duties may be required. The position is GS-07, and recruitment or relocation incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required, subject to the stated exception under VA policy for non-citizens when qualified U.S. citizens cannot be recruited.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Meet one of the basic qualification pathways: six months of qualifying experience; one year of education above high school including at least six semester hours in health-care-related courses; or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
• For GS-07, one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level, including relevant sterile-processing work.
• Demonstrate the ability to instruct staff on correct procedures and protocols for completing assignments.
• Demonstrate communication skills to ensure staff compliance with written directives, rules, and regulations.
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers.
• Demonstrate knowledge of sterility principles for instructing staff on decontamination procedures.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead individuals, manage priorities, and schedule work assignments.
• Undergo applicable pre-employment drug screening, background/security investigation, and online onboarding; selected applicants must provide acceptable identification.
• Participate in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Serve a one- or two-year trial period, subject to the conditions described in the announcement.
• Be able to meet the physical requirements, including standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent bending and lifting packages occasionally weighing up to 50 pounds, and the dexterity and visual acuity needed to manipulate, disassemble, and assemble instruments.

Nice To Haves

• At least three years of full-time experience in sterile processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a unit or team of employees performing work at the GS-6 level or below, providing guidance and technical direction.
• Distribute and balance workloads and tasks among employees according to workflow, job specialization, individual capabilities, and established priorities.
• Work with the Chief and Assistant Chief of SPS to assign functions and meet routine and unusual deadlines and priorities.
• Fill in during personnel shortages or short-notice priority changes, including taking on-call duties, to maintain workflow.
• Revise work schedules and make day-to-day adjustments to respond to anticipated and unanticipated changes in workload.
• Assign work and employees to positions equitably, including overtime and disagreeable or choice tasks, and break out tasks to provide new employees with needed experience and training.
• Explain work requirements, methods, and procedures; provide special instructions for difficult or unusual operations; and answer technical questions.
• Train or arrange training for team members and provide on-the-job training to new employees.
• Monitor and report work status and progress, check work in progress, and review completed work for compliance with instructions, priorities, methods, deadlines, and quality requirements.
• Ensure SOPs and SPS mandates are followed during work processes.
• Assess the quality and quantity of cleaning, reprocessing, and distribution of technical medical equipment, materials, and instrumentation.
• Provide management officials with information concerning performance issues, assignment changes, and task completion.
• Obtain assistance or information from supervisory staff regarding problems or backlogs that cannot be promptly resolved.
• Maintain current knowledge of procedures, policies, and directives and answer employee questions about them.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package for the employee and family, with eligibility depending on position type.
• Potential credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service, subject to request and approval.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED