Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Louisville, KY

11d • 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 supplies 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 includes inventory, distribution, customer service, receiving, and maintaining supply areas in accordance with aseptic principles.

The position works Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a weekend rotation. Tours of duty may require afternoon, evening, and/or overnight shifts. The work is performed throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, including wards, storage buildings, and warehouses, in environments ranging from clean to hot, cold, drafty, or poorly lit. Supported units may be offsite, requiring roundtrip travel exceeding 90 minutes. Physical work includes standing and walking throughout the workday, reaching, bending, lifting supply packages, and pushing loaded carts.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and possess and maintain a current, valid state driver's license. Qualification requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-4, four years of qualifying post-high-school education, or a qualifying combination of experience and education. Current or former federal employees may also be subject to time-in-grade requirements. The position requires a background/security investigation, seasonal influenza vaccination, and completion of required assessments and onboarding. A one-year probationary period or two-year trial period applies.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must complete the required application steps, questionnaire, and online assessment.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must possess and maintain a current, valid state driver's license.
• Must complete a background/security investigation and required online onboarding.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• For GS-05 qualification through experience, must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-04, including relevant supply distribution, inventory, medical/surgical supply handling, stock replenishment, expiration monitoring, aseptic cleaning, automated inventory, and customer service duties.
• Applicants may qualify through four years of qualifying education above high school, or a combination of qualifying education and experience; for GS-05, only education beyond 60 semester hours is creditable toward the combination option.
• Current federal employees and certain former federal employees must meet the GS-05 time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-04, where applicable.
• Applicants using education to qualify must submit transcripts.
• The work requires standing and walking throughout the workday, frequent reaching and bending, lifting supply packages occasionally weighing as much as 50 pounds, and pushing loaded supply carts weighing over 100 pounds. Heavier items over 40 pounds may be moved with proper assistance.
• Must be able to work across hospital and warehouse areas and maintain cleanliness while transitioning between environments; day-to-day work may involve exposure to trips, falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises, or other injury risks.

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.
• 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.
• Stock supplies in primary and secondary inventory locations throughout the hospital work area.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• VA may consider crediting job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service toward the annual leave accrual rate, subject to prior request and approval.

What This Job Offers

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