Lead Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)

Lead Medical Supply Technician

The Lead Medical Supply Technician works with the Chief and Assistant Chief for SPS, in the assignment of duties to team members GS-6 and below. Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Distributes and balances workload and tasks among employees.
• Ensures timely accomplishment of assigned tasks.
• Revises work schedule to meet changes in the workload.
• Breaks out tasks as necessary to provide new employees with experience and training.
• Explains work requirements, methods and procedures on difficult or different operations and answers technical questions.
• Provides on-the-job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices.
• Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work to see that the supervisor's instructions on priorities, methods, deadlines and quality assurance have been met.
• Obtains assistance from the supervisory staff on problems that may arise;
• Amends or rejects work not meeting established standards.
• Refers questions or matters not covered by standards and problems in meeting performance standards to the supervisory staff.
• Checks the cleaning, reprocessing and distribution of technical medical equipment, materiel and instrumentation to assess the quality and quantity of work produced by each employee.
• Ensures that items are safe to use, delivered on time at the proper place, and in the correct condition to be properly used for VA patient care.
• Monitors working conditions such as seating, ventilation, lighting or safety.
• Approves emergency leave for a few hours or for emergencies in the absence of supervisory staff.
• Informs employees about the policies, procedures and goals of the service.
• Reports to the supervisor on performance, progress and training needs of employees, and on behavior problems.
• Informs supervisor of employees' participation, suggestions, and reactions.
• Conducts and records competencies on individuals for the proper reprocessing of RME, following established checklists devised by supervisory staff and approved by Infection Control.
• Performs quality assurance inspections of instruments and equipment in the Sterile Preparation area of SPS prior to items being wrapped and sterilized.
• Conducts inspection of the Decontamination area of SPS to verify that proper techniques and processes are being followed by staff and that all equipment is working properly.
• Inspects to verify that all instrumentation is disassembled to the simplest form.
• Inspects all instrumentation for cleanliness and to assure that it is in good working order, checking lock boxes, alignment, sharpness and general operation.
• Independently prepares the full range of trays and sets necessary to be used in wards, clinic areas and dental clinic.
• Effectively processes and sterilizes a wide variety of instrumentation, to include implant devices, in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations, and ensures that they are held for the required time post sterilization per regulations.
• Completes training coursework and VA SPS certification as required for a Sterile Processing Technician position in the VA.
• Maintains certification by completing approved, annual Continuing Education Units (CEU) and annual in-service hours.
• Maintains current knowledge of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) which document the processes and procedures for cleaning, disinfection, sterilization and preparation of RME appropriate to this position.

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday, 1500-2330

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 04067A

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA.

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).