Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Madison, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as a Supply Technician (Medical) in the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service at the William S. Middleton VA Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. 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 includes inventory management, receiving and distributing materials, responding to customer needs, monitoring supply expiration dates, and maintaining clean secondary areas according to aseptic principles. Work takes place throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, including wards, storage buildings, and warehouses, in environments that may range from clean to hot, cold, drafty, or poorly lit. Supported units may be offsite and require roundtrip travel exceeding 90 minutes.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must possess a current, valid state-issued driver's license.
• For current or former Federal employees subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement: one year at GS-4 for this GS-5 position, documented by an SF-50.
• Qualify through one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-4, such as supplying facility areas; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies or instruments; maintaining inventory records; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas; using an automated inventory system; and answering customer questions.
• Alternatively, qualify through four years of education above high school in an eligible field, or a qualifying combination of specialized experience and post-high-school education. Education used to qualify must be documented with transcripts.
• Must complete the required application steps, questionnaire, and online assessment.
• Must complete a pre-placement physical examination and a background/security investigation.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Physical work requires standing and walking throughout the workday; frequent reaching, bending, and lifting packages occasionally weighing up to 50 pounds; and pushing loaded supply carts weighing over 100 pounds. With proper assistance, may move heavier items over 40 pounds.
• Work may involve trips, falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises, or other injury risks; maintaining cleanliness while tasks produce dust or other infectious pollutants; and travel to supported offsite units.

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 regarding medical supplies.
• Monitor expiration dates, rotate stock to limit outdates, and remove outdated 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 and materials in a timely manner and ensure they are in sterile and operational condition.
• Prepare specialty carts.
• Clean assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles.
• Receive supplies and materials into the medical center's catchment area.

Benefits

• Comprehensive federal employee benefits package, with access to benefits for employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed