Lead Medical Supply Tech (Sterile Processing)

Duties

• Leads a unit or team of employees performing work at the GS-6 level or below
• Provides guidance and technician direction for accomplishing the work of the unit or team
• Ensures work assignments of employees in the unit or team are carried out
• Works with the Chief and Assistant Chief - SPS - in the assignment of functions to team members in order to meet routine and unusual deadlines and priorities
• Distributes and balances workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow - job specialization and/or capabilities of individual
• Ensures timely accomplishment of assigned tasks - and ensures that each employee has enough work to keep busy
• When necessary - revises work schedule to meet anticipated and unanticipated changes in the workload
• Sets up work assignments - including overtime - disagreeable or choice tasks - etc. - equitably among employees
• Explains work requirements - methods and procedures - as needed - giving special instructions on difficult or different operations and answering technical questions about the task
• Makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities
• Maintains a current knowledge and answers questions of other employees relating to procedures - policies and directives
• Trains or arranges for the training of team members in the accomplishment of tasks or projects
• Gives on-the-job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices
• Marks the status and progress of work - checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work to see that the supervisor's instructions on priorities - methods - deadlines and quality assurance have been met
• Checks the cleaning - reprocessing and distribution of technical medical equipment - materiel and instrumentation as deemed appropriate to assess the quality and quantity of work produced by each employee
• Ensures that items are safe to use - delivered on time at the proper place - and in the correct condition to be properly used for VA patient care

Requirements

• Experience: Six months of experience that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work or provides an understanding of the work
• Education: One year above high school that included at least 6 semester hours in health care related courses such as sterile processing - nursing assistant - hospital corpsman - and operating room and surgical technician courses or other courses related to the position
• Experience/Education Combination: Equivalent combination of experience and education are qualifying for entry level for which both education and experience are acceptable
• English Language Proficiency: MSTs must be proficient in spoken and written English

Skills

• Ability to instruct staff on the correct procedures and protocols for completing assignments
• Skill in communicating with staff to ensure compliance with written directives - rules and regulations
• Skill in interpersonal relationships in dealing with employees - team leaders - and managers
• Knowledge of sterility principles in order to instruct staff on decontamination procedures
• Ability to lead individuals - manage priorities - and schedule work assignments