Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Castle Point, NY

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Castle Point VA Medical Center is seeking a full-time Supply Technician (Medical) in the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service within a VA Health Care System and its supported catchment area. The role’s primary purpose is to ensure supplies and materials are distributed to all areas served by Logistics. The technician supplies wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and other hospital facilities with sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment.

The position involves pulling and replenishing stock, monitoring inventory and expiration dates, receiving and distributing supplies, and maintaining accurate stock records using computerized inventory systems and bar-coding equipment. The technician communicates with clinical and administrative customers, answers questions about supplies, and refers concerns about supplies, equipment, or procedures to the Lead or Supervisor. Other duties include preparing specialty carts, cleaning assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles, and ensuring deliveries are timely and supplies are sterile and operational.

The work is full-time, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It is not a virtual position. The employee must have a current, valid state-issued driver’s license. Work takes place throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, including wards, storage buildings, and warehouses. The announcement also notes that supported units may be offsite and that tours of duty may require afternoon, evening, and/or overnight shifts.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• A current, valid state-issued driver’s license.
• Meet the GS-5 specialized experience requirement: one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level in federal service, including experience providing supplies and materials to facility areas; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies, instruments, and other materials; 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.
• Alternatively, successfully complete four years of education above high school in an eligible accredited institution, or a qualifying combination of specialized experience and post-high-school education. For GS-5, only education beyond 60 semester hours (two years) is creditable toward the combination.
• Current federal employees and certain former federal employees must meet the time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-4 for a GS-5 position, when applicable.
• Complete the required application steps, including the online assessment.
• Register with Selective Service if male and born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete a background/security investigation and online onboarding, and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Ability to perform work involving standing and walking throughout the workday; frequent reaching, bending, and lifting supply packages occasionally weighing up to 50 pounds; and pushing loaded medical-supply carts weighing over 100 pounds. With proper assistance, heavier items over 40 pounds may be moved.
• Ability to work in varying conditions throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, including clean, hot, cold, drafty, or poorly lighted environments, and to maintain a clean environment while transitioning between areas where dust or infectious pollutants may be present.

Responsibilities

• Pull stock inventory and materials for delivery and replenish stock inventory.
• Interact with clinical and administrative customers and maintain records on stock levels.
• Communicate concerns related to supplies, equipment, and procedures to the Lead or Supervisor.
• Provide customers with information about medical supplies.
• Monitor expiration dates, rotate stock to limit outdates, and remove expired items from use as required.
• Monitor and control critical supplies.
• Conduct scheduled daily inventory using bar-coding equipment to support timely replenishment.
• Resolve differences 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 employee benefits package available to the employee and family; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• VA may offer newly appointed federal employees credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual; approval is required and not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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