Lead Supply Technician

Summary This position serves as the Lead Supply Technician (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service. As a Lead Supply Technician, you will ensure supplies and materials are distributed to all areas serviced by Logistics to 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. Qualifications Applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement (07/16/2026). 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. For a GS‑6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS‑5. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in 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. In this instance you must provide an additional SF‑50 that clearly demonstrates one‑year time‑in‑grade. 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. Specialized Experience You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade GS‑5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience include a full year of work that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: distributing supplies and materials—including sterile and non‑sterile medical supplies, instrument sets, and equipment—to all areas of the facility; scanning, bar‑coding, receiving, storing and distributing supplies and materials; assisting in training new employees; maintaining current knowledge and answering questions on procedures, policies, and directives; maintaining stock by pulling and replenishing stock and maintaining records on stock levels; monitoring expiration dates and rotating stock; cleaning assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles; and receiving supplies and material into the facility. Driver's License Requirement: Incumbent must possess a current valid state‑issued driver's license for this position. Duties Distributes and balances workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization and assures timely accomplishment of assigned workload. Monitors status and progress of work and makes day‑to‑day adjustments in accordance with established priorities. Maintains current knowledge and answers questions of other employees on procedures, policies, directives, or other guidelines as necessary and obtains needed information or decisions from supervisor on problems. Maintains stock at primary and secondary inventory locations for all clinical and administrative services—including pulling stock inventory and material from inventory for delivery, replenishing stock inventory, interacting with customers to resolve issues, maintaining records on stock levels—etc. Performs inventory using bar code equipment and resolves differences between records and physical count of stock. Ensures areas are cleaned in accordance with aseptic principles as published in infection control guidelines, local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Joint Commission standards as scheduled. Receives supplies and materials into the catchment area including unpacking/uncrating supplies from shipping cartons, storing supplies and materials, and ensuring sterility and integrity of the supplies and material as well as the data integrity of the inventory management system. Works with clinical and administrative customers as well as outside vendors with tact and diplomacy to coordinate work activities and resolve operating issues pertaining to supply management requirements. Work Schedule: Full‑Time – Monday to Friday, 12:00 am–8:00 am. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description / PD#: Lead Supply Technician / PD99833S. Relocation / Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. #J-18808-Ljbffr U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs