Supply Technician - Medical

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

The VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines, IA, is seeking a Supply Technician - Medical for the Medical Supply Distribution area. You will provide wards, clinics, operating rooms and other hospital facilities with sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets and equipment.

Responsibilities include maintaining stock, receiving and distributing items, and managing inventory records. A valid driver's license is required; GS-5 qualifications may be met via experience or

Qualifications

• Specialized experience includes providing supplies to clinical or administrative areas and using automated inventory systems.
• Education substitution allows four years above high school in applicable fields.
• Combination of experience and post-high school education is evaluated.

Responsibilities

• Provide wards, clinics, operating rooms and other hospital facilities with supplies and equipment.
• Maintain stock levels, receive, store and distribute supplies and instrument sets.
• Monitor expiration dates and keep inventory records accurate.

Skills

Specialized experience

Inventory control

Stock replenishment

Education

4 years above high school

Education substitution

Job description

This position serves as a Supply Technician - Medical for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service within the VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines, IA. As a Supply Technician-Medical, 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:

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.)

In addition to the Driver's License Requirement, to qualify for this position at the GS-5 level, you must meet one of the following requirements:

• SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Possess 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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/