Lead Supply Technician

Summary This position serves as the Lead Supply Technician (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service within Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System -Tuskegee - AL. 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. Qualifications To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 08/03/2026. 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-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 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: providing supplies and material to clinical and administrative areas of a complex health care facility; scanning - bar-coding - receiving - storing and distributing medical and surgical supplies - instruments and other material; pulling stock - replenishing stock and maintaining records on stock levels; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles; utilizing an automated system to maintain inventory; and answers customer questions regarding supplies and materials.. OR - You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Customer Service Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Teamwork 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; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience - including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work 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 - moves heavier items' weighing over 40 pounds. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at Duties Lead three or more GS-2005 employees in the distribution are of Logistic with the following responsibilities: Estimates and reports on expected time of completion of work Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques and make available written instructions - reference materials and supplies 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 that come up Resolves simple - informal complaints of employees and refers others to supervisor Duties included but not limited to: Pulls stock inventory and material for delivery replenishes stock inventory interacts with clinical and administrative customers and maintains records on stock levels Communicates to the Lead or Supervisor any concerns related to supplies - equipment and procedures Provides information to customers regarding medical supplies Monitors expiration dates - rotates stock to limit outdates and removes items from use as required by outdates Monitors and controls critical supplies Performs daily inventory using bar coding equipment on a predetermined schedule that will allow for timely replenishment Resolves differences between records and physical count of stock Distributes items according to established or ad hoc requirements in computerized inventory management systems Delivers supplies in a timely manner and ensures supplies and material delivered are in sterile and operational condition Completes specialty cart preparation Cleans assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles and Receives supplies and material into the medical center's catchment area Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position Position Description/PD#: Lead Supply Technician/PD99833S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized #J-18808-Ljbffr