Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Albuquerque, NM

15h • 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 position includes pulling and replenishing inventory, maintaining stock records, monitoring expiration dates and critical supplies, and distributing materials through computerized inventory management systems. The technician provides customer information, resolves inventory discrepancies, makes timely deliveries, prepares specialty carts, cleans assigned secondary areas according to aseptic principles, and receives supplies into the medical center's catchment area.

This is a full-time, non-virtual position with a Monday–Friday schedule from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The position is subject to background/security investigation and a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period. A seasonal influenza vaccination is required for VA Health Care Personnel.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Complete the application, questionnaire, and required online assessment.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service.
• Meet the GS-05 time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: 52 weeks at GS-04 in Federal service.
• Qualify through one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-04, four years of education above high school, or an allowable combination of education and experience.
• Specialized experience includes supplying clinical or administrative areas; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies or materials; pulling and replenishing stock; maintaining stock 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 transcripts if using education to qualify; foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with the transcript.
• Complete background/security investigation and online onboarding requirements.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• 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 of stock levels.
• Communicate concerns about supplies, equipment, and procedures 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 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.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to eligible employees and their families.
• VA may grant qualifying newly appointed Federal employees credit for job-related non-Federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual, 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