Supply Technician - Medical

Full Job Description

The official title of this position is Supply Technician.

These positions serve as Supply Technician - Medical for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service within the Asheville VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC.

To qualify for this position at the GS-5 level, you must meet one of the following: Experience: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-4) in the federal service that has given you the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of a Supply Technician - Medical, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.

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.

NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates, AND hours worked per week.

~OR~ Education: Successfully completed four (4) years of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite.

This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial, or technical school, junior college, college, or university.

One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school.

NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

~OR~ Combination: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education (beyond the second year) and specialized experience, as described above, which meet the total experience requirements for this grade level.

This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial, or technical school, junior college, college, or university.

NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

~AND~ Driver's License Requirement (Screen-out): This position requires a current and valid state-issued driver's license (and must possess at application) to perform the official duties of the position.

Note: We cannot accept photographs; therefore, please do not submit a copy of your driver's license with your application package.

If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your current and valid state-issued driver's license.

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/.

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 that weigh over 40 pounds.

Work is performed throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, which includes wards, storage buildings, and warehouses that range from a clean environment to hot, cold, drafty, and poorly lighted.

The possibility of trips, falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises, or injury are present in the day-to-day work of the position.

Work requires stocking supplies in the primary inventory area as well as numerous secondary inventory points throughout the hospital work area, including wards, clinics, operating rooms, warehouses, and nursing areas.

Work requires maintaining a clean environment while performing tasks that can produce dust or other infectious pollutants while transitioning between environments. Major Duties:

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** The Supply Technician - Medical provides 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.

The major duties include but are not limited to: 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 material delivered are in sterile and operational condition; Completes specialty cart preparation; Cleans assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles; Receives supplies and material into the medical center's catchment area; and, Performs all other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full-Time tour of duty schedule varies, must be flexible to work rotating shifts, and may include weekends and holidays.

Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved