Medical Supply Technician (Office Automation)

Full Job Description

About the Position: Rotates among the various duty assignments in the Central Material Supply (CMS).

Assignments include decontamination, sterilization, instrument and cart preparation, equipment maintenance and supply storage and issue in the Department of Surgery located at Ft. Bragg, NC.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/ or experience requirements described below.

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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which maintaining supply level for sterilized operating room instruments and equipment used in peri-operative/surgical services; utilizing automated supply and accounting system to order equipment; and reassembling and sterilizing medical equipment.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as operating room technician, medical instrument technician, or medical supply technician.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9.

Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Reassembles medical equipment, including complex equipment such as cell centrifuges, which require skilled careful positioning of parts and the completed elimination of dust particles or lint from the chambers.
• Advises medical personnel on problems that arise in connection with the use of the equipment.
• Assures gross contamination has been removed, instruments function properly, and determines the correct packaging for instrument sterilization.
• Monitors operation of various sterilizers in accordance with established parameters.
• Assembles and loads a wide variety of instrument trays and sets according to schedules and fills special and emergency request for supplies.
• Carefully selects and positions the items.
• Folds linen and assembles linen packs assuring proper quantity and arrangement of linen, sponges, syringes, sterile indicators and other items.
• Checks for damaged or missing items and arranges for replacements, maintenance, or repair as needed.