Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Louisville, KY

24d • Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as a Supply Technician (Medical) in the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service at the VA Health Care System in Louisville, Kentucky. The technician provides wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and other hospital facilities with sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, equipment, and other materials. The role involves work throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, including wards, storage buildings, warehouses, clinics, operating rooms, and nursing areas. Some supported units may be offsite, requiring roundtrip travel exceeding 90 minutes. The job is not virtual; the employee must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the duty location.

The position is full-time, normally scheduled Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with rotating weekends and holidays. Tours of duty may also require afternoon, evening, and/or overnight shifts. The work requires standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent reaching, bending, and lifting supply packages weighing occasionally up to 50 pounds, and pushing loaded medical-supply carts weighing over 100 pounds. With proper assistance, heavier items over 40 pounds are moved. Work environments range from clean areas to hot, cold, drafty, or poorly lit settings, and tasks may produce dust or other infectious pollutants. Potential workplace hazards include trips, falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises, or other injuries.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• A current, valid state-issued driver's license is required.
• Meet one of the following GS-5 qualification pathways: one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-4; four years of qualifying post-high-school education; or an equivalent combination of specialized experience and post-high-school education. For the combination pathway, only education beyond 60 semester hours is creditable.
• Specialized experience, if used, must include relevant work such as supplying clinical or administrative areas; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies or materials; pulling and replenishing stock and maintaining stock records; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas under applicable regulations and policies; using an automated inventory system; and answering customer questions about supplies and materials.
• Submit transcripts with the application if education is used to meet any part of the qualification requirements.
• Complete the required application steps and online assessment.
• Register with the Selective Service if applicable to males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete a background/security investigation and online onboarding requirements.
• Participate in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Meet the physical demands of standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent reaching and bending, lifting supply packages, and pushing loaded carts; heavier items over 40 pounds are moved with proper assistance.

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 outdated items from use as required.
• Monitor and control critical supplies.
• Conduct 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.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to eligible employees and their families.
• Eligible applicants may request consideration of prior work or military service for annual leave accrual credit, subject to approval.

What This Job Offers

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