Lead Supply Technician (Medical)

Veterans Health Administration•Hampton, VA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as the Lead Supply Technician for the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System. The role ensures supplies and materials are distributed to areas serviced by Logistics, including wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and other hospital facilities. Supplies include sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment. The Lead Supply Technician coordinates employees’ workloads and monitors work progress, while maintaining inventory and overseeing receipt, storage, and distribution of supplies. The position works with clinical and administrative customers and outside vendors to coordinate supply-management activities and resolve operating issues. The position is full-time, Monday through Friday, 7:30 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. Telework is not available, and the position is not virtual. Relocation and recruitment incentives are not authorized.

Requirements

One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-05, typically including leading subordinate supply technicians and distributing medical and surgical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment.
Experience scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing medical supplies.
For current Federal employees who held a GS grade within the past 52 weeks: 52 weeks at GS-05 or equivalent, with supporting SF-50 documentation.
U.S. citizenship.
Completion of all required application steps, including an online assessment.
Selective Service registration for males born after December 31, 1959.
Successful background/security investigation and completion of online onboarding and pre-employment identification requirements.
Participation in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program.
Ability to serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.

Responsibilities

Distributes and balances employees’ workloads according to established workflow or job specialization and ensures timely completion.
Monitors work status and progress and makes day-to-day adjustments according to established priorities.
Maintains current knowledge and answers employees’ questions about procedures, policies, directives, and guidelines; obtains information or decisions from a supervisor when needed.
Maintains stock at primary and secondary inventory locations for clinical and administrative services, including pulling and delivering stock, replenishing inventory, resolving customer issues, and maintaining stock-level records.
Performs inventory using bar-code equipment and resolves differences between inventory records and physical counts.
Ensures work areas are cleaned according to aseptic principles, infection-control guidelines, local SOPs, and Joint Commission standards.
Receives supplies and materials, unpacks or uncrates shipments, stores items, and ensures supply sterility and integrity as well as inventory-system data integrity.
Coordinates work activities and resolves supply-management issues with clinical and administrative customers and outside vendors, using tact and diplomacy.