Purchasing Agent

Veterans Health Administration; Saginaw (MI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Michigan is seeking a qualified candidate for a position within the Prosthetics Service at Aleda E. Lutz VAMC.

Responsibilities include time management, data entry, ordering and dispensing items, and using CPRS/VistA and related software to support patient services. The role involves assisting with onboarding of new employees and coordinating with multiple departments to ensure efficient service delivery.

Qualifications

• Examples of specialized experience include managing time and calendars, answering inquiries, and coordinating notifications through multiple platforms.
• Data entry, updating and verifying data, and consolidating information from various systems.
• Ordering and/or dispensing items to the correct service or patient.
• Using office technology such as Microsoft Word, Excel, CPRS, VistA R3, Oracle/Cerner.

Responsibilities

• Manage time and calendars efficiently and respond to customer inquiries and disputes.
• Perform data entry, updating and verification across systems.
• Order and/or dispense items to the correct service or patient.
• Use CPRS, VistA, Oracle/Cerner and other office tech; assist onboarding of new employees.

Skills

Time management

Data entry

Customer service

Office tech

CPRS/VistA

Onboarding support

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

CPRS/VistA

Oracle/Cerner

Job description

This position is located in the Prosthetics Service, Aleda E. Lutz Saginaw Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/27/2026. 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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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.

Specialized Experience:

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Managing time and calendars efficiently, organizing tasks, answering phone calls, sending and receiving notifications, and responding to customer inquiries and disputes appropriately through various communication platforms.


• Performing data entry, including updating, evaluating, verification, removal of errors, and combining data from various software systems.


• Ordering and/or dispensing simple and complex items appropriately to the correct service or patient.


• Utilizing office-related technology such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Chrome/Edge, CPRS, VistA R3, Oracle/Cerner, etc.


• Assisting with onboarding and integrating new employees.

Physical Requirements:

The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: 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/.