Supply Technician

Responsibilities

• 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 to customers regarding medical supplies
• Monitors expiration dates, rotates stock to limit outdates, and removes items from use as required
• Monitors and controls critical supplies
• Performs daily inventory using bar coding equipment on a predetermined schedule 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 ensures 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

Qualifications

• Time‑in‑Grade Requirement: For a GS‑5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS‑4 level; an SF‑50 showing this eligibility must be submitted with your application (if the most recent SF‑50 is within the past year, provide an additional SF‑50 that clearly demonstrates one‑year time‑in‑grade). This requirement also applies to former Federal employees seeking reinstatement and to current employees applying under VEOA.
• Specialized Experience: One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS‑4 level in Federal service, including providing supplies to clinical/administrative areas; scanning, bar‑coding, receiving, storing, and distributing supplies, instruments, and other material; pulling and replenishing stock; maintaining stock‑level records; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas per regulations; using automated inventory systems; and answering customer questions about supplies and materials.
• Education Substitution: Successfully completed 4 years of post‑high‑school education in any field for which high school graduation (or equivalent) is the normal prerequisite, obtained at an accredited business, secretarial, or technical school, junior college, college, or university (transcripts required).
• Combination: An equivalent combination of specialized experience and post‑high‑school education that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position (transcripts required). For GS‑05, only education in excess of 60 semester hours (2 years) is creditable.

Work Schedule

Monday‑Friday – 7:30am‑4:00pm or 3:30‑Midnight (Subject to change based on the needs of the Agency)

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. Work occurs throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, including wards, storage buildings, and warehouses that range from clean environments to hot, cold, drafty, and poorly lighted conditions. The possibility of trips, falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises, or injury is present in day‑to‑day work. Work requires stocking supplies in primary inventory areas 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 off‑site, requiring round‑trip travel time in excess of 90 minutes. Tours of duty may require afternoon, evening, and/or overnight shifts.