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Lead Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration

Department of Veterans Affairs

Fresh

Salary

$45,409 - $59,031

per year

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April 6, 2026More VA jobs →

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to distribute medical supplies, equipment, and materials throughout a Veterans Affairs hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, ensuring everything from sterile items to storage needs is handled efficiently.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in supply management, especially in healthcare settings, who is comfortable with physical tasks like lifting and pushing carts while training and guiding junior staff.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-05, including distributing sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment
  • Experience with scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies and materials
  • Ability to train new employees and maintain knowledge of procedures and policies
  • Skills in maintaining stock levels, pulling and replenishing stock, monitoring expiration dates, and rotating inventory
  • Adherence to aseptic principles for cleaning assigned areas
  • Physical ability to stand, walk, reach, bend, lift up to 50 pounds, push carts over 100 pounds, and move heavier items with assistance
  • Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-05

Full Job Description

The primary purpose of the position is to ensure supplies and materials are distributed to all areas serviced by Logistics.

Leads three or more GS-2005 employees in the distribution area to 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, instruments sets, and equipment.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/06/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: distributing supplies and materials, including sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets and equipment, to all areas of the facility; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing and distribution of supplies and materials; assists in training new employees; maintains current knowledge and answers questions on procedures, policies, etc.; maintains stock by pulling stock, replenishing stock, and maintaining records on stock levels; monitors expiration dates and rotates stock; cleans assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles; and receives supplies and material into the facility.

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/.

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, moves heavier items' weighing 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/.

Major Duties:

Major Duties: Leads three or more GS-2005 employees in the distribution area to 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, instruments sets, and equipment.

Distributes and balances the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization and ensures timely accomplishment of assigned workload.

Monitors the status and progress of work, make day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.

Obtain assistance from the supervisor on problems that may arise, such as backlogs which cannot be disposed of promptly. Estimates and reports on expected time of completion of work.

Instruct employees in specific tasks and job techniques and make available written instructions, reference materials and supplies.

Gives on the job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices.

Maintains current knowledge and answers questions of other employees on procedures, policies, directives, or other guidelines as necessary and obtains needed information or decisions from supervisor on problems that come up.

Checks on work in progress or spot checks work not requiring review. Reviews completed work to see that supervisor instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines have been met.

Monitors working conditions. Resolves simple, informal complaints of employees and refers others to the supervisor. Approves leave for a few hours or for emergencies.

Reports to supervisor on performance, progress and training needs of employees, and on behavior problems or issues.

Provides information to supervisor as requested concerning promotions, reassignments, recognition of outstanding performance, and personnel needs.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:00AM-3:30PM Position Description/PD#: Lead Supply Technician/PD042960 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/30/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/30/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CBTA-12914752-26-KWP