Lead Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration; Fort William Henry Harrison (MT); In loco; USD 45.000 - 59.000; Tempo pieno

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Lead Supply Technician (Medical) within the Montana VA Health Care System to manage and distribute medical supplies and equipment across wards, clinics, ORs, and storage areas.

This role requires coordinating workload, maintaining stock, and ensuring accuracy of inventory data. The position emphasizes aseptic practices, adherence to infection control guidelines, and collaboration with clinical and administrative teams to resolve supply issues.

Competenze

• No educational substitution at this grade level.

Mansioni

• Distributes and balances workload among employees per workflow and priorities.
• Maintains stock at primary and secondary inventory locations and replenishes stock.
• Performs inventory using bar code equipment and reconciles differences.
• Ensures aseptic cleaning and infection control per SOPs and Joint Commission standards.

Conoscenze

Inventory management

Bar code scanning

Team leadership

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• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position serves as the Lead Supply Technician (Medical) within the Supply Chain Management Service at the Montana VA Health Care System.

Key Responsibilities

As a Lead Supply Technician, you will ensure supplies and materials are distributed to all areas serviced by Logistics 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, instrument sets, and equipment.

Major duties and responsibilities include: Distributes and balances workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization and assures timely accomplishment of assigned workload; Monitors status and progress of work and makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities; 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; Maintains stock at primary and secondary inventory locations for all clinical and administrative services, including pulling stock inventory and material from inventory for delivery, replenishing stock inventory, interacting with customers to resolve issues, maintaining records on stock levels, etc.; Performs inventory using bar code equipment and resolves differences between records and physical count of stock; Ensures areas are cleaned in accordance with aseptic principles as published in infection control guidelines, local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Joint Commission standards as scheduled; Receives supplies and materials into the catchment area including unpacking/uncrating supplies from shipping cartons; storing supplies and materials; and ensuring sterility and integrity of the supplies and material as well as the data integrity of the inventory management system; and Works with clinical and administrative customers as well as outside vendors with tact and diplomacy to coordinate work activities and resolve operating issues pertaining to supply management requirements.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00am-3:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Lead Supply Technician/PD99833S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $45409 – $59031/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-10.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.