Supply Technician - Medical
What you'd do
This position is located at the Columbus, OH. VA Medical Center and 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 sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instrument sets and equipment.
Major duties
***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include but are not limited to the following: 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 for 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 ensure supplies and material delivered are in sterile and operational condition. Completes specialty cart preparation. Cleans assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles. Receives supplies and material into the medical center's catchment area. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday 7:00am-3:30pm or 7:30am-4:00pm Schedule to be discussed at interview. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved
What you need to qualify
This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet with it are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: A current, valid state-issued driver's license. NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. If an interview is requested, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, valid state-issued Driver's License. In addition to meeting the selective placement factor, you must also meet one of the following: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must 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. Qualifying specialized experience includes providing supplies and material to areas of a facility; scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies; pulling stock, replenishing stock and maintaining records on stock levels; monitoring expiration dates; utilizing an automated system to maintain inventory. OR EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION: 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. NOTE: If you are qualifying based on education, transcripts are required with application. OR COMBINATION OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: 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. NOTE: If you are qualifying based on 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 plus pounds). With proper assistance, may move heavier items that weigh 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/.
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