Supply Chain Specialist

6 days ago

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Full time
Job Summary

This position serves as a 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.

Key Responsibilities
  • Pull stock inventory and material for delivery
  • Replenish stock inventory
  • Interact with clinical and administrative customers and maintain records on stock levels
  • Communicate to the Lead or Supervisor any concerns related to supplies, equipment, and procedures
  • Provide information to customers regarding medical supplies
  • Monitor expiration dates, rotate stock to limit outdates, and remove items from use as required by outdates
  • Monitor and control critical supplies
  • Perform daily inventory using bar coding equipment on a predetermined schedule to allow for timely replenishment
  • Resolve differences between records and physical count of stock
  • Distribute items according to established or ad hoc requirements in computerized inventory management systems
  • Deliver supplies in a timely manner and ensure supplies and material delivered are in sterile and operational condition
  • Complete specialty cart preparation
  • Clean assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles
  • Receive supplies and material into the medical center's catchment area
Work Schedule and Environment

This position requires standing and walking during the entire workday, 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). The work environment is throughout the medical center and supported catchment areas, which includes wards, storage buildings, and warehouses that range from a clean environment to hot, cold, drafty, and poorly lighted.

Requirements and Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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.

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.
  • Education: Successfully completed 4 years above high school in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite.
  • Combination: Possess an equivalent combination of specialized experience and post-high school education as described above that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position.

For the GS-05, only education in excess of 60 semester hours (2 years) is creditable.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail, Customer Service (Clerical/Technical), Reasoning, Technical Competence, and Technology Application.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Physical Requirements: The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday, 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.

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