Supply Technician (Medical)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Supply Technician to distribute medical supplies and equipment throughout a VA medical center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The position requires lifting, scanning barcodes, and maintaining accurate inventories. Qualified candidates have 4 years of education above high school or one year of specialized experience at the GS-04 level, and must meet Time-In-Grade requirements if applicable.

Qualifications

• Education/experience to meet GS-5 minimum.
• Ability to distribute equipment and materials throughout a medical center.
• Time-In-Grade requirements apply for current/former federal employees.
• Volunteer experience may be credited toward qualifying experience.

Responsibilities

• Distribute supplies to all areas within the VA medical center.
• Stock primary and secondary inventory points and round out wards, clinics, and operating rooms.
• Use barcode scanning to receive materials and update the automated inventory system.
• Work may require standing, walking, lifting up to 50 pounds, and occasional shifts in the afternoon/evening/overnight.

Skills

Distributes equipment and materials

Bar-code scanning

Interpersonal skills

Reading comprehension

Reasoning

Teamwork

Customer service

Education

4 years of education above high school

Specialized experience at GS-04 level

Tools

Automated inventory system

Job description

Ensure that supplies and material are distributed to all areas within the VA medical center. Provides various hospital facilities with supplies and material including, but not limited to, sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instruments sets, and equipment.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/02/2026. 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.

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS - Supply Technician

There are no Individual Occupational Requirements for this series.

GRADE DETERMINATION GS-5

A. Education: 4 years above high school OR B. Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized experiences must meet all of the following:

• Distributes equipment and materials
• Scans bar-codes to receive material and or supplies
• Utilizes an automated equipment record system

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Customer Service
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Teamwork

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part‑time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

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.

Work Environment: Work is performed 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/.