Supply Technician

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Castle Point (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Castle Point VA Medical Center seeks a full-time Supply Technician (Medical) to support the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) within the Logistics Service.

The role ensures timely distribution of sterile and non-sterile supplies to wards, clinics, operating rooms and other hospital areas. Responsibilities include pulling and replenishing stock, maintaining inventory records, monitoring expiration dates, and delivering supplies in sterile and operational

Qualifications

• Specialized Experience: 1 full year at GS-4 level or equivalent in supplying and distributing medical materials.
• Education: 4 years above high school in any field may substitute for specialized experience.

Responsibilities

• Pulls stock inventory and material for delivery.
• Replenishes stock inventory and maintains stock levels.
• Interacts with clinical and administrative customers; maintains inventory records.
• Monitors expiration dates and rotates stock to prevent waste.
• Distributes items via computerized inventory systems; ensures items are sterile and ready for use.

Skills

Technical Competence

Customer Service

Technology Application

Attention to Detail

Reasoning

Physical Demands

Job description

The Castle Point VA Medical Center is seeking a full-time Supply Technician (Medical). This position is located in the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of the Logistics Service in a Veteran Affairs Health Care System (VA HCS) and supported catchment area. The primary purpose of the position is to ensure that supplies and material are distributed to all areas serviced by Logistics.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/16/2026. 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-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. 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. Minimum Requirement: The following are minimum requirements for appointment as a Supply Technician in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - which all applicants must met. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE Specialized Experience (GS-05): 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 (Medical) position. 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: Such experience MUST be well represented in your resume. Failure to do so will results in a Non-Qualification Determination. -OR- EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) Successfully completed 4 years above high school in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education was obtained in an accredited business - secretarial or technical school - junior college - college or university. -OR- COMBINATION (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) Possess an equivalent combination of specialized experience and post high school education as described above that demonstrates my ability to perform the duties of this position. For the GS-05 - only education in excess of 60 semester hours (2 years) is creditable. 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. 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. Technology Application: Uses machines - tools - or equipment effectively; uses computers and computer applications/systems to analyze and communicate information in the appropriate format. Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Reasoning: Identifies rules - principles or relationships that explain facts - data or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions. Physical Requirements and Work Environment: 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 - may move heavier items that weigh over 40 pounds. Works 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. Supported units may be offsite requiring roundtrip travel time in excess of 90 minutes. Tours of duty may require afternoon - evening - and/or overnight shifts. 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/.

Duties

• Duties include - but are not limited to: This position serves as Supply Technician (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System
• 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
• Driver's License Requirement: Incumbent must possess a current - valid state-issued driver's license for this position
• (Please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package
• You will be required to show your valid driver's license at the time of your interview.) Work Schedule: Full-Time - Monday - Friday - 8:30 am - 5:00pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Supply Technician/PD99834S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized