Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Sheridan, WY

12h • 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 materials, including sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment. The role involves distributing and replenishing stock, supporting customers, maintaining inventory records, receiving supplies, and preparing specialty carts. The position is full-time, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Telework is not available, and this is not a virtual position.

The work takes place throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, including wards, storage buildings, and warehouses. Conditions may range from clean areas to hot, cold, drafty, or poorly lit environments. Duties may involve travel to offsite supported units, with roundtrip travel time exceeding 90 minutes. The work includes maintaining clean areas while tasks may generate dust or other infectious pollutants.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Current, valid state-issued driver's license.
• Compliance with Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Completion of a background/security investigation and online onboarding process; acceptable identification is required for pre-employment requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• For GS-05 qualification through experience: one full year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-04 in or related to the work, including experience with supply distribution, scanning or bar-coding, receiving, storing and distributing supplies or instruments, stock replenishment and records, expiration monitoring, cleaning assigned areas, automated inventory systems, and answering customer questions.
• Alternatively, qualify through four years of post-high-school education in any field from an accredited business, secretarial, or technical school, junior college, college, or university; transcripts are required.
• Alternatively, qualify through a combination of specialized experience and post-high-school education; for GS-05, only education exceeding 60 semester hours is creditable, and transcripts are required.
• Current Federal employees who held a GS grade within the past 52 weeks must meet time-in-grade requirements; for GS-05, this means 52 weeks at GS-04, with supporting SF-50 documentation.

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 procedure 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.
• Monitor and control critical supplies.
• Perform 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 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 request and approval before appointment.

What This Job Offers

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