Supply Technician (Medical)
Company: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Location: Cincinnati
Posted on: September 19, 2023
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Job Description:
Summary This position serves as Supply Technician (Medical) for
the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of the Logistics
Service in Cincinnati Veteran Affairs Health Care System (VA HCS)
and supported catchment area. This position was approved for a 10%
group Recruitment Incentive for qualifying applicants.
Responsibilities 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 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; and ? Receives supplies and material into the medical
center's catchment area Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 08:00 am to
4:30 pm or Wednesday-Sunday 7:00am-3:30pm Position Description/PD#:
Supply Technician (Medical)/PD99832S, PD912000, PD99834S, and
PD06451A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: A 10% Recruitment
Incentive may be authorized for qualifying individuals. Permanent
Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure
Report: Not required Requirements Conditions of Employment You must
be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service
Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be
required to serve a probationary period Subject to
background/security investigation Selected applicants will be
required to complete an online onboarding process Participation in
the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health
Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional
Information" below for details. Qualifications To qualify for this
position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date
of this announcement, 12/29/2023. 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-05
position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04. 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 and/or
education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have
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 position. Specialized experience includes
providing equipment and material to clinical and administrative
areas of a health care facility; scanning, bar-coding, receiving,
storing and distributing equipment and related material; utilizing
an automated system to maintain equipment records; and answering
customer questions regarding non-expandable equipment and
materials. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for
the required experience. To qualify based on education for this
grade level you must have successfully completed 4 years of
education above high school 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. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education
and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a
combination of specialized experience and education beyond high
school education as described above that demonstrates the ability
to perform the duties of this position. 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). With proper assistance, moves
heavier items weighing over 40 pounds. This level of physical
demands occurs, for example, when employees are regularly assigned
to activities such as tracing misplaced items or conducting
physical inventories in warehouses, and other storage areas, or
when they are regularly involved in stocking and retrieving items
from shelves and cabinets. 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/.
Education A transcript must be submitted with your application if
you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department
of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or
institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can
verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If
you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements,
you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your
transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For
further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Additional Information Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual
(Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4,
6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years
they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may
qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work
experience or military service experience. This credited service
can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual
leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the
appointment date and is not guaranteed. Special Employment
Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply,
including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u),
Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e.,
intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or
psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a
compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact
the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this
appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. The
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career
Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced
Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority
over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be
qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the
agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most
recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty
location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be
well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the
minimum qualifications of the position including all selective
factors, and who are proficient in most of the required
competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP
eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at
http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional
vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate
method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact
listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Keywords: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Cincinnati , Supply Technician (Medical), Healthcare , Cincinnati, Ohio
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