Inventory Control Technician (Prosthetics)
What you'd do
This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Asheville VA Medical Center, Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Service. The position serves as a Supply Technician, performing work comprising a wide range of systematized supply operations such as performing records functions in inventory, storage, cataloging, receipting, and control processes.
Major duties
Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Dispense off-the-shelf inventory items to patients and post the items to the patients' 2319 transaction record screen. Verify eligibility through the prosthetic package before issuing the equipment to the patient (i.e. ensuring a consult for medical equipment has been submitted to the service and proper disability codes are entered into the veterans Prosthetics record). Reviews "stat" consults submitted to prosthetics and contacts the service that submitted to educate on Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service (PSAS) consult submittal process Deliver property to departments when received in PSAS and notates on the patient record of the status of the device. Notify Inventory Managers of items with low amounts prior to running out of items on the shelves. Mail out stock room orders as required. (i.e. Process consults for medical devices to be mailed from VA inventory to veterans' homes to include, picking, packaging, labeling, providing to mail the room, and posting to the veteran's medical record). Receives, opens, reviews, and distributes by function all incoming property from Logistics/Supply Chain Management Warehouse staff. Determines if the property should be brought to the immediate attention of the supervisor, what should be given to other members of the staff and what needs to be delivered. Knowledge of an extensive body of rules, policies, procedures or operations that require extended training and experience to perform a wide variety of interrelated or non- standard procedural assignments and to resolve a wide range of problems. Regularly review & monitor utilization of equipment from PSAS inventory & arrange for disposal of equipment condemned from inventory. Prepares the report of survey when non-expandable property is lost, damaged, or destroyed. Issue and/or deliver material to work center personnel or patients directly; contact customers, supply organizations, SCM, etc. to obtain material status information. Initiates procurement activities using a government Purchase Card in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines. Ensures accurate reconciliation of purchase transactions, maintains comprehensive purchase records, and serves as an authorized Government Purchase Cardholder. Communicates effectively with internal and external vendors regarding purchase and delivery orders, manages the distribution and filing of purchase documentation, processes amendments to purchase orders, addresses vendor reclaims, responds to payment requests, resolves purchase disputes, and properly closes out each purchase order in accordance with Government Purchase Card regulations. Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Inventory Control Technician (Prosthetics)/PD50297A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/24/2026. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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 as described below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-5 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: Works with clients and customers to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work; Develops and maintains the file systems for the Inventory/Supply process; Provide 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. Preferred Experience: Knowledge of medical supplies and purchasing experience. Physical Requirements: Required to walk, push, pull, lift, climb and bend in order to perform supply inventory stock receipt, storage and issuance, and demonstrate equipment use to patients. Work will be regularly performed in a stock room and/or in an office setting (ie: gathering supplies, issuing equipment, entering inventory data, etc.) The work is performed indoors, in either a stockroom/supply area or in an office. The area is adequately lit, heated, and ventilated. A workstation provided. The work is performed in a hospital setting so universal precautions are observed, as needed 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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