Lead Supply Technician

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Pensacola, FL seeks a Lead Supply Technician for the Medical Supply Distribution area of Logistics Service within the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System.

You will distribute supplies, instrument sets, and equipment across the facility, ensuring sterile and non-sterile items are available where needed. The role requires standing and walking, lifting up to 50 pounds, and operating barcode scanners and inventory systems.

Qualifications

• You must have one year of specialized experience in distributing, storing, and tracking supplies and equipment.
• You will assist in training new employees and maintain stock records and expiration dates.
• Experience with bar-coding, receiving, and inventory management systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Distributes and balances workload among staff to ensure timely completion.
• Monitors progress and adjusts priorities as needed.
• Maintains stock at primary and secondary locations and resolves issues with customers.
• Operates bar code scanners and inventory management systems daily.

Skills

Stock management

Bar code scanning

Training new employees

Inventory control

Tools

Bar code scanners

Inventory management system

ADP equipment

Job description

Summary This position serves as the Lead Supply Technician for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service within the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System - at the Pensacola - FL VA Clinic. As a Lead Supply Technician - you will ensure supplies and materials are distributed to all areas serviced by Logistics to provide various hospital facilities with supplies and material including but not limited to - sterile and non-sterile medical supplies - instrument sets - and equipment.

Summary This position serves as the Lead Supply Technician for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service within the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System - at the Pensacola - FL VA Clinic. As a Lead Supply Technician - you will ensure supplies and materials are distributed to all areas serviced by Logistics to provide various hospital facilities with supplies and material including but not limited to - sterile and non-sterile medical supplies - instrument sets - and equipment. Qualifications To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/23/2026. 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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: Distributing supplies and materials - including sterile and non-sterile medical supplies - instrument sets and equipment - to all areas of the facility; Scanning - bar-coding - receiving - storing and distribution of supplies and materials; Assists in training new employees; maintains current knowledge and answers questions on procedures - policies - etc.; Maintains stock by pulling stock - replenishing stock - and maintaining records on stock levels; monitors expiration dates and rotates stock; Cleans assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles; and receives supplies and material into the facility. 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/. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with - understands - and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues. Reasoning: Identifies rules - principles or relationships that explain facts - data or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions. Customer Service: Works and communicates with clients and customers (e.g. any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit provides - including individuals who work in your agency or in other agencies or organizations outside the Government) to satisfy their expectations. Committed to quality services. Leadership: Interacts with others to influence - motivate and challenge them. Technology Application: Uses machines - tools - or equipment effectively; uses computers and computer applications/systems to analyze and communicate information in the appropriate format. Physical Requirements: The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday - frequent bending and lifting of supply packages (occasionally weighing as much as 50 pounds). Regularly pushes loaded carts of medical supplies (weighing in excess of 100+ pounds). With the assistance from other workers or weight handling equipment - will move heavier items weighing over 40 pounds. A portion of time is also spent operating ADP Equipment such as bar code scanners - computers and printers. Works throughout the medical center which includes wards - storage buildings - and warehouses that range from a clean environment to hot - cold - drafty and poorly lighted. Duties will subject the incumbent to the possibility of trips - falls - scrapes - cuts - bruises - or injury. Will stock supplies in the primary inventory area as well as numerous secondary inventory points throughout the hospital work area - including wards - clinics - operating rooms - warehouse - and nursing areas. Will be expected to maintain a clean environment while performing tasks that can produce dust or other infections pollutants while transitioning between environments. Driver's License: A current - valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position. NOTE: We cannot accept photographs - therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. If an interview is requested - you will be required to provide a copy of your current - valid state-issued Driver's License. Duties

• 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 - 7:00 am - 3:30 pm - subject to change based on the needs of the facility
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Lead Supply Technician/PD99833S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized