Lead Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Pensacola, FL

24d • Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as the Lead Supply Technician for the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service at the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System’s Pensacola, Florida VA Clinic. The role ensures supplies and materials—including sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment—are distributed to the facility’s clinical and administrative areas. The position is not virtual.

The Lead Supply Technician coordinates employee workloads, monitors work progress, and adjusts priorities to support timely completion. The technician maintains inventory, receives and stores supplies, performs barcode-based counts, maintains supply areas according to infection-control standards, and works with customers and vendors to resolve supply-management issues. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and may change based on facility needs.

The role requires a current, valid state-issued driver’s license and the ability to independently operate a government vehicle, with a clean driving record report required during pre-employment. Work includes standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent bending and lifting, pushing loaded supply carts, and working in varied facility environments. Applicants must meet the stated federal experience and, when applicable, time-in-grade requirements. No educational substitution is available at this grade level.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-05, including experience with supply distribution, barcode scanning, receiving, storing, inventory, and stock replenishment.
• Current Federal employees and other covered applicants must meet the GS-06 time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-05, where applicable.
• Current, valid state-issued driver’s license required; a clean driving record report must be provided during pre-employment.
• Must be able to independently operate a government vehicle.
• Must complete the application, questionnaire, online assessment, and required onboarding steps.
• Subject to background and security investigation.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a VA Health Care Personnel employee.
• 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 (occasionally up to 50 pounds), and regularly push loaded carts weighing over 100 pounds; heavier items over 40 pounds are moved with assistance or weight-handling equipment.
• No educational substitution is available at this grade level.
• For males born after December 31, 1959, Selective Service registration is required.

Responsibilities

• Distribute and balance workloads among employees according to established workflow or job specialization, ensuring timely completion.
• Monitor work status and progress and make day-to-day adjustments to established priorities.
• Maintain current knowledge of procedures, policies, directives, and guidelines; answer employee questions and obtain needed information or decisions from a supervisor.
• Maintain 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.
• Perform inventory using barcode equipment and resolve discrepancies between inventory records and physical counts.
• Clean assigned areas according to aseptic principles, infection-control guidelines, local SOPs, and Joint Commission standards.
• Receive supplies and materials, unpack or uncrate shipments, store items, and ensure their sterility, integrity, and accurate entry in the inventory management system.
• Coordinate supply-management activities and resolve operating issues with clinical and administrative customers and outside vendors.
• Operate a government vehicle independently as required.
• Use barcode scanners, computers, printers, and other ADP equipment in performing duties.
• Monitor expiration dates and rotate stock.
• Assist in training new employees.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• VA may consider crediting job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service toward annual leave accrual, if requested and approved before appointment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed