Supply Technician - Medical

Veterans Health Administration • Hampton, VA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Technician - Medical serves in the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service at the VA Health Care System in Hampton, Virginia. This is not a virtual position; employees must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the duty location. The role supplies wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and other hospital facilities with medical supplies and materials, including sterile and non-sterile supplies, instrument sets, and equipment.

The position is full-time, Monday through Friday, on the night shift from 7:30 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. Work takes place throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, including wards, storage buildings, and warehouses. Conditions range from clean environments to hot, cold, drafty, and poorly lit areas. Some supported units may be offsite and require roundtrip travel exceeding 90 minutes. Work involves maintaining cleanliness while transitioning between environments where dust or infectious pollutants may be present, and carries risks such as trips, falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises, or other injury.

The role requires standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent reaching and bending, lifting supply packages occasionally weighing up to 50 pounds, and pushing loaded carts weighing more than 100 pounds. With proper assistance, employees may move heavier items weighing over 40 pounds.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• A current, valid state-issued driver's license is required.
• Meet one of the following minimum qualification routes: one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-4; four years of qualifying education above high school; or an equivalent combination of specialized experience and post-high-school education.
• Specialized experience may include supplying clinical or administrative areas; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies or equipment; pulling and replenishing stock; maintaining stock-level records; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas according to regulations and policy; using an automated inventory system; and answering customer questions about supplies and materials.
• For GS-5 qualification through education, only education beyond 60 semester hours (two years) is creditable toward a combination of experience and education.
• Submit transcripts if using education to qualify; qualifying education must be from an appropriately accredited institution.
• Complete all required application steps, including an online assessment.
• Register with Selective Service if applicable to males born after December 31, 1959.
• Subject to a background/security investigation and completion of online onboarding and pre-employment identification requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Ability to stand and walk throughout the workday; frequently reach, bend, and lift supply packages; and push loaded carts.
• Ability to work in varied medical-center and warehouse conditions, including hot, cold, drafty, poorly lit, and potentially dusty or infectious-pollutant environments.
• Tours may require afternoon, evening, and/or overnight shifts.

Responsibilities

• Pull stock inventory and materials for delivery and replenish stock inventory.
• Interact with clinical and administrative customers and maintain records of stock levels.
• Communicate supply, equipment, and procedural concerns to the Lead or Supervisor.
• Provide customers with information about medical supplies.
• Monitor expiration dates, rotate stock to limit outdates, and remove outdated items from use as required.
• Monitor and control critical supplies.
• Perform scheduled daily inventory using bar-coding equipment to support timely replenishment.
• Resolve discrepancies between inventory records and physical stock counts.
• Distribute items according to established or ad hoc requirements in computerized inventory management systems.
• Deliver supplies promptly and ensure delivered supplies and materials are sterile and operational.
• Prepare specialty carts.
• Clean assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles.
• Receive supplies and materials into the medical center's catchment area.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service, subject to prior request and approval.

What This Job Offers

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