Supply Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Marion (IL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Marion, IL, seeks Supply Technicians (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System.

You will supply wards, clinics, operating rooms, and other hospital facilities with medical supplies and equipment. Applicants must meet a driver’s license requirement and one of the qualification paths (specialized experience, substitution of education, or a combination of both).

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in providing supplies to clinical and/or administrative areas.
• Documentation must include job title, duties, start/end dates and hours per week.
• Combination of experience and education is acceptable; transcripts may be required.

Responsibilities

• Provide wards, clinics, operating rooms, and other hospital facilities with supplies and material (sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, equipment).

Skills

Specialized experience

Education

Four years above high school level

Job description

These positions serve as Supply Technicians (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System, Marion, IL. 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.

DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT

A current, valid state driver's license (We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. You will be required to show proof of such before selection.)

AND

In addition to the DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT, you must meet one of the following:

• SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-4) of Federal service. 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: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title; duties; month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week.
• SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: Possess the successful completion of four (4) years above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university.NOTE: If you are qualifying based on education, transcripts are required with application.
• COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Possess the equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and specialized experience as described above that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of this Supply Technician position. NOTE: If you are qualifying based on experience and education, transcripts are required with application.

Physical Requirements:

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, moves heavier items weighing over 40 pounds.

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/.