Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Huntington, WV

8h • 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 provides wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and other hospital facilities with supplies and materials, including sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment.

The role involves pulling and replenishing inventory, maintaining stock-level records, responding to customer questions, and distributing supplies through computerized inventory management systems. The technician monitors expiration dates and critical supplies, conducts scheduled barcode inventory, resolves discrepancies between records and physical counts, and ensures deliveries are timely and supplies are in sterile and operational condition. Additional duties include preparing specialty carts, cleaning assigned secondary areas according to aseptic principles, and receiving supplies and materials into the medical center’s catchment area.

This is a full-time, non-virtual position with a Tuesday–Saturday schedule from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Relocation and recruitment incentives, critical skills incentives, and permanent change of station authorization are not available.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Complete all required application steps, including an online assessment.
• Selective Service registration for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Pass a background/security investigation and complete the online onboarding process.
• Provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements; beginning May 7, 2025, non-REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses or state-issued identification cards are not acceptable for this purpose.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Meet the GS-5 time-in-grade requirement if applicable: 52 weeks at GS-4 in Federal service, with supporting SF-50 documentation.
• Qualify through one of the stated pathways: one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-4; four years of qualifying education above high school; or an eligible combination of education and experience.
• Specialized experience, if used, includes providing supplies and materials to facility areas; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies and instruments; pulling and replenishing stock; maintaining stock records; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas under applicable regulations and policy; using automated inventory systems; and answering customer questions about supplies and materials.
• Submit a transcript if education is used to establish qualifications; qualifying education must be from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Provide a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency and transcript if foreign education is used to meet qualification requirements.
• Meet all qualification requirements by the announcement closing date of October 22, 2026.

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, or 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 as required.
• Monitor and control critical supplies.
• Perform scheduled daily inventory using barcode 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, subject to eligibility.
• VA may, upon request and approval before appointment, credit qualifying job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service toward the annual leave accrual rate; approval is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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