Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration•Kansas City, MO

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Technician position is in Medical Supply Distribution (MSD), under Logistics Service at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. 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. This is not a virtual position. The employee must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the duty location. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, full-time shift work, with schedules of 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. or 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; the schedule will be discussed during the interview. Recruitment and relocation incentives are not authorized, and a Critical Skills Incentive has not been approved. The position requires standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent reaching, bending, and lifting supply packages occasionally weighing up to 50 pounds. It also requires pushing loaded medical-supply carts weighing more than 100 pounds and, with proper assistance, moving heavier items weighing over 40 pounds. A one-year probationary period is required.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Meet the GS-5 qualification standard through one of the following: one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level; four years of post-high-school education in a qualifying accredited institution; or an equivalent combination of specialized experience and qualifying education.
Specialized experience, if used, must relate to providing supplies and materials to clinical or administrative areas; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies, instruments, and other materials; pulling and replenishing stock and maintaining stock records; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas under applicable regulations and policy; using an automated inventory system; and answering customer questions about supplies and materials.
Complete the required application steps, questionnaire, and online assessment.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
Subject to a background/security investigation and required online onboarding.
Provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements; beginning May 7, 2025, a non-REAL-ID-compliant driver's license or state identification card cannot be used as acceptable identification.
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
Serve a one-year probationary period.
Be able to meet the physical requirements, including standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent reaching, bending and lifting, and pushing loaded supply carts.

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 expired 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.