Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Fayetteville, AR

21d • 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 medical supplies and materials, including sterile and non-sterile supplies, instrument sets, and equipment.

The position involves inventory management, replenishment, receiving, storage, and distribution of supplies. The technician interacts with clinical and administrative customers, provides information about supplies, monitors stock and expiration dates, uses barcode equipment and computerized inventory systems, and ensures deliveries are timely and supplies are sterile and operational. Other duties include preparing specialty carts and cleaning assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., subject to change based on agency needs. This is not a virtual position. The 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 more than 100 pounds. Heavier items over 40 pounds are moved with proper assistance.

Applicants must meet the GS-05 qualification requirements through one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-04, qualifying education, or an appropriate combination of experience and education. A current, valid state-issued driver's license is required. The position requires U.S. citizenship, applicable background and security checks, a pre-employment physical examination, and participation in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program. A one-year probationary period or two-year trial period may apply.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• For current Federal employees and certain former Federal employees, meet the GS-05 time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-04, when applicable.
• Meet GS-05 qualifications through one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-04, four years of qualifying post-high-school education, or a qualifying combination of experience and education. For the combination route, only education beyond 60 semester hours is creditable.
• Specialized experience may include supplying clinical or administrative areas; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies and instruments; pulling and replenishing stock; maintaining stock-level records; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas according to regulations and policy; using automated inventory systems; and answering customer questions about supplies and materials.
• Submit a resume including job titles, duty descriptions, employment beginning and ending dates (month/year), and average hours worked per week.
• Submit a transcript if using education to qualify; qualifying education must be from an appropriately accredited institution.
• Current, valid state-issued driver's license.
• Complete all required application steps, including the online assessment.
• Register with Selective Service if applicable to males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete a background/security investigation, online onboarding, and pre-employment physical examination.
• Participate in the Department of Veterans Affairs seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Meet identification requirements for pre-employment processing.
• Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.

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 supply, equipment, and procedural 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.
• Perform scheduled daily inventory using barcode 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.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefit eligibility depends on position type and other factors.

What This Job Offers

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