Supply Technician

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of the Logistics Service at the VA Portland Medical Center and supported catchment area.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 03/16/2026.

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 within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Applicants may be advanced without time restriction to positions up to GS-5 if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade the employee held within the preceding 52 weeks under his or her latest non-temporary competitive appointment.

For this position, GS-5 applicants must have held at least a GS-3 level position.

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 specialized experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: providing supplies and material to clinical and administrative areas of a complex health care facility; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing and distributing medical and surgical supplies, instruments and other material; pulling stock, replenishing stock and maintaining records on stock levels; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles; utilizing an automated system to maintain inventory; and answers customer questions regarding supplies and materials.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have completed 4 years above high school (120 semester hours/180 quarter hours). Transcripts required.

OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

Applicants must possess an equivalent combination of specialized experience and post high school education as described above that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of this position.

For the GS-05, only education in excess of 60 semester hours (2 years) is creditable. Transcripts required.

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:

Duties: This position serves as a Supply Technician (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Services within the Portland VA Medical Center.

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.

Major duties and responsibilities include: 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 customer 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 difference 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 material delivered are in a sterile and operational condition. Completes specialty card preparation.

Cleans assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles; and Receives supplies and material into the medical center's catchment area.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm, PST (for training only). Actual tour of duty will be determined thereafter. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Supply Technician/PD99834S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized