Supply Technician (Medical)

About the role

This position 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 - but not limited to - sterile and non-sterile medical supplies - instrument sets and equipment.

Position Description/PD#: Supply Technician (Medical)/PD99834S

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 09/29/2026.

• 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-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04. 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 and/or education as described below:
  • SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 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. Specialized experience includes providing 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; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas in accordance with regulations and policy; utilizing an automated system to maintain inventory; and answers customer questions regarding supplies and materials.
  • -OR- EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED): 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.
  • -OR- COMBINATION (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED): 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