Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Butler, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as a Supply Technician (Medical) in the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service within a VA Health Care System. The technician supplies wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and other hospital facilities with sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, equipment, and other materials. The role also supports inventory control, supply distribution, customer service, and upkeep of assigned areas.

The work takes place throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, including wards, storage buildings, and warehouses. Conditions may range from clean to hot, cold, drafty, or poorly lighted environments. Supported units may be offsite and require roundtrip travel exceeding 90 minutes. The position requires a current, valid state-issued driver’s license for travel between campuses and community-based outpatient clinics. The stated schedule is Monday through Friday, either 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. or 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; tours of duty may also require afternoon, evening, and/or overnight shifts. This is not a virtual position.

Requirements

• Current, valid state-issued driver’s license; required for travel between campuses and community-based outpatient clinics.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level, including experience providing supplies and materials to clinical or administrative areas; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies or instruments; 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, four years of education above high school in any field for which high school graduation or equivalent is the normal prerequisite, completed at an accredited business, secretarial, or technical school, junior college, college, or university. Transcripts are required when qualifying based on education.
• Alternatively, an equivalent combination of specialized experience and post-high-school education. For GS-05, only education beyond 60 semester hours (two years) is creditable; transcripts are required when qualifying based on education.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must complete the required application steps, questionnaire, and online assessment.
• Must undergo a background/security investigation and complete online onboarding and pre-employment identification requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Work requires standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent reaching and bending, and lifting supply packages occasionally weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Work requires pushing loaded medical-supply carts weighing more than 100 pounds; heavier items over 40 pounds may be moved with proper assistance.
• Must be able to work in varied medical-center environments and travel to supported units, which may be offsite.

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 about supplies, equipment, or procedures to the Lead or Supervisor.
• Provide customers with information regarding 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.
• Complete specialty cart preparation.
• Clean assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles.
• Receive supplies and materials into the medical center’s catchment area.
• Stock supplies in primary and secondary inventory locations throughout the hospital, including wards, clinics, operating rooms, warehouses, and nursing areas.
• Maintain a clean environment while working in areas where tasks may produce dust or other infectious pollutants.

Benefits

• The job announcement describes a comprehensive federal employee benefits package, with eligibility depending on position type and other factors.
• 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; this must be requested and approved before appointment and is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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