Supply Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Kansas City, MO, is seeking a Supply Technician to support Medical Center operations within the Logistics Service. You will deliver supplies and equipment to wards, clinics, operating rooms, and other locations across the facility.

Responsibilities include maintaining an automated inventory, stocking and replenishing stock, checking expirations, and assisting customers with questions about supplies and materials.

Qualifications

• One full year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-4 in the Federal service.
• Education substitution: four years above high school in an accredited school; transcripts required.
• Combination of specialized experience and post-high school education; transcripts required.

Responsibilities

• Provide wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations and other hospital facilities with sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instruments and equipment.

Skills

Inventory management

Stock replenishment

Barcode scanning

Customer service

Facility supply handling

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Automated inventory system

Job description

The position(s) is located in the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD), under Logistics Service at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Medical Center, in Kansas City, MO. 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.

To qualify for this position at the GS-5 level, you must meet one of the following:

1. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 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 position. Qualifying 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 answering customer questions regarding supplies and materials. ~OR~
2. 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. If you are qualifying on education, transcripts are required. ~OR~
3. 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. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable towards meeting the specialized experience requirement. If you qualify by a combination, your experience must be detailed in your resume and transcripts are required.

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/.