Supply Technician

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Salt Lake City is seeking a Supply Technician (Medical) to support the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) area within the Logistics Service.

The role involves providing wards, clinics, operating rooms, and other hospital facilities with medical supplies and instruments, including sterile items. Responsibilities include pulling and replenishing stock, maintaining stock records, monitoring expirations, and using an automated inventory system.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience includes providing supplies and material to clinical and administrative areas.
• Scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing and distributing supplies and materials.
• Monitors expiration dates and rotates stock to limit outdates.

Responsibilities

• Pulls stock inventory and material for delivery.
• Replenishes stock inventory.
• Interacts with clinical and administrative customers and maintains records on stock levels.
• 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.

Skills

Stock management

Barcoding

Inventory control

Customer service

Education

4 years post-high school education

Tools

Automated inventory system

Job description

Summary

The position is located at the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) area of the Logistics Service within the Salt Lake City 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 the Logistics Service.

Summary

The position is located at the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) area of the Logistics Service within the Salt Lake City 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 the Logistics Service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 09/23/2026. 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-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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have 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. OR - Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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: 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. 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: 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
• Work Schedule: Monday- Friday - 6:00am to 2:30pm 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
• 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.)