Medical Supply Technician - Floater

Medical Supply Technician (Floater)

Are you looking for a challenge? Looking for an innovative organization and the opportunity to learn and grow professionally? We are seeking a Medical Supply Technician (Floater) to help at the Veterans Affairs Medical Facility in Washington D.C.. Join our team, grow your career, and crush your goals at Terrestris.

At Terrestris, we leverage technology to create better mission outcomes through better human performance. We form strong client and team relationships through transparency and strive to create an environment where our team can let their excellence shine through. By finding, developing, and incorporating new ideas, we provide memorable services. Rooted in the USMC values of honor, courage, and commitment, Terrestris seeks to deliver extraordinary value to the American people by helping the Government become more efficient and effective.

This is an on-call / as-needed role. Weekly schedule / hours are not guaranteed.

So, what will the Medical Supply Technician at Terrestris do?

Big picture, we are seeking a dependable and hardworking Medical Supply Technician. This position serves as Supply Technician 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. This position is a part time, on call role as a floater. This means in the event staff needs additional assistance or someone calls out, you may be called into help.

What does a typical day look like for the Medical Supply Technician?

You will:

• Pull stock inventory and material for delivery; replenishes stock inventory; interacts with clinical and administrative customers and maintains 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, rotates stock to limit outdates and removes items from use as required by outdates;
• Monitor and controls critical supplies;
• Perform daily inventory using bar coding equipment on a predetermined schedule that will 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 ensures supplies and material delivered are in sterile and operational condition;
• Complete specialty cart preparation;
• Clean assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles; and
• Receive supplies and material into the medical center's catchment area.

What qualifications do you look for?

You might be the leader we're looking for if you have:

• 1-2 years related experience
• High School Diploma or Equivalent, preferred
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be able to pass a background check
• Physical requirements - 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. Works 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.

What kind of benefits does Terrestris Offer?

We offer outstanding benefits including health and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, and tuition assistance. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category.

Terrestris is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.