This position serves as Supply Technician (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Supply Chain Management Service within the Kansas City VA Medical Center Health Care System. As a Supply Technician, you will provide wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and other hospital facilities with supplies and material including, but not limited to, sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets and equipment.
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/05/2025. Qualifications: To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the following: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level in the Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this Supply Technician (Medical) position. Specialized experience includes providing supplies and material to clinical and/or administrative areas of a facility; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing and distributing supplies, instruments and other material; pulling stock, replenishing stock and maintaining records on stock levels; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas in accordance with regulations and policy; utilizing an automated system to maintain inventory; and answers customer questions regarding supplies and materials. -OR- EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed 4 years above high school in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education was obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university -OR- COMBINATION (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond high school education as described above that demonstrates my ability to perform the duties of this position. For the GS-05, only education in excess of 60 semester hours (2 years) is creditable. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Reasoning Technical Competence Technology Application Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment Physical Requirements: The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday, and frequent reaching, bending and lifting of supply packages (occasionally weighing as much as 50 pounds). Work requires pushing loaded carts of medical supplies (weighing in excess of 100+ pounds). With proper assistance, may move heavier items that weigh over 40 pounds. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Pulls stock inventory and material for delivery; replenishes stock inventory; interacts with clinical and administrative customers and maintains records on stock levels; · Communicates to the Lead or Supervisor any concerns related to supplies, equipment and procedures. · Provides information to customers regarding medical supplies; · Monitors expiration dates, rotates stock to limit outdates and removes items from use as required by outdates; · Monitors and controls critical supplies; · Performs daily inventory using bar coding equipment on a predetermined schedule that will allow for timely replenishment; · Resolves differences between records and physical count of stock; · Distributes items according to established or ad hoc requirements in computerized inventory management systems; · Delivers supplies in a timely manner and ensures supplies and materials delivered are in sterile and operational condition; · Completes specialty cart preparation; · Cleans assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles; and · Receives supplies and materials into the medical center's catchment Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, Various Description/PD#: Supply Technician/PD99834S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized