Lead Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration•Salt Lake City, UT

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Supply Technician (Medical) serves in the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service within a VA Health Care System. The position ensures supplies and materials are distributed to all areas serviced by Logistics, including wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and other hospital facilities. Items include sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment. The employee leads three or more distribution-area employees. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Telework may not be authorized, and the position is not virtual. Work takes place throughout the medical center, including wards, storage buildings, and warehouses, where conditions may range from clean to hot, cold, drafty, or poorly lit. Duties involve standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent bending and lifting, pushing loaded supply carts, operating data-processing equipment, and maintaining cleanliness while moving between work environments.

Requirements

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal service, involving work related to the position.
Experience distributing supplies and materials, including sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment.
Experience scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies and materials.
Experience assisting with training new employees and answering questions about procedures and policies.
Experience maintaining stock by pulling and replenishing supplies and keeping stock-level records.
Experience monitoring expiration dates and rotating stock.
Experience cleaning assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles.
Experience receiving supplies and materials into a facility.
Current, valid state-issued driver's license.
U.S. citizenship.
Current Federal employees and certain former Federal employees applying at GS-06 must meet the 52-week GS-05 time-in-grade requirement.
Must complete the application and questionnaire, online assessment, and required onboarding steps; selected applicants are subject to a background/security investigation.
Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
Must be able to stand and walk throughout the workday, frequently bend and lift supply packages, and regularly push loaded carts.
Must be able to operate barcode scanners, computers, and printers.

Responsibilities

Distributes and balances employee workloads according to established workflow or job specialization and ensures timely completion.
Monitors work status and progress and makes day-to-day adjustments based on established priorities.
Maintains current knowledge of procedures, policies, directives, and guidelines; answers employee questions and obtains needed information or decisions from a supervisor when problems arise.
Maintains stock in 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 barcode equipment and resolves discrepancies between records and physical stock counts.
Cleans assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles, infection-control guidelines, local SOPs, and Joint Commission standards.
Receives supplies and materials, unpacks or uncrates shipments, stores items, and ensures their sterility, integrity, and accurate recording in the inventory management system.
Coordinates supply-management activities and resolves operating issues with clinical and administrative customers and outside vendors, using tact and diplomacy.