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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provided pay range This range is provided by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range $40,736.00/yr - $52,957.00/yr
Summary This position serves as 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.
Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 01/14/2026. Applicants may qualify based on experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4. Examples include providing supplies and material to clinical and administrative areas of a complex health care facility; scanning, barcoding, receiving, storing and distributing medical and surgical supplies and instruments; pulling stock, replenishing stock, maintaining records on stock levels; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles; utilizing an automated system to maintain inventory; and answering customer questions regarding supplies and materials.
Education:
Four years of education above high school (transcripts required). If applicable, education may substitute for the required experience.
Combination:
Applicants may combine education and experience. A combination of specialized experience and education beyond high school is required. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. (Transcripts required).
Additional Information:
Experience includes paid, unpaid, and volunteer work through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations. Volunteer work is credited if duties and hours are clearly stated.
Physical Requirements The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday, frequent reaching, bending, and lifting of supply packages (occasionally weighing up to 50 pounds). Workers may need to push loaded carts of medical supplies weighing over 100 pounds. With proper assistance, heavier items weighing over 40 pounds may need to be moved.
Duties
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 as required.
Monitors and controls critical supplies.
Performs daily inventory using barcoding equipment on a predetermined schedule to 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 sterile and operational.
Completes specialty cart preparation.
Cleans assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles.
Receives supplies and material into the medical center's catchment area.
Work Schedule: Full-Time – 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.
Upon completion of training, a rotating schedule will begin and include weekends and holidays (weekend schedule is Wednesday–Sunday with Monday and Tuesday off).
Telework: Not Available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supply Technician/PD99834S.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Government Administration
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provided pay range This range is provided by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range $40,736.00/yr - $52,957.00/yr
Summary This position serves as 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.
Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 01/14/2026. Applicants may qualify based on experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4. Examples include providing supplies and material to clinical and administrative areas of a complex health care facility; scanning, barcoding, receiving, storing and distributing medical and surgical supplies and instruments; pulling stock, replenishing stock, maintaining records on stock levels; monitoring expiration dates; cleaning assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles; utilizing an automated system to maintain inventory; and answering customer questions regarding supplies and materials.
Education:
Four years of education above high school (transcripts required). If applicable, education may substitute for the required experience.
Combination:
Applicants may combine education and experience. A combination of specialized experience and education beyond high school is required. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. (Transcripts required).
Additional Information:
Experience includes paid, unpaid, and volunteer work through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations. Volunteer work is credited if duties and hours are clearly stated.
Physical Requirements The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday, frequent reaching, bending, and lifting of supply packages (occasionally weighing up to 50 pounds). Workers may need to push loaded carts of medical supplies weighing over 100 pounds. With proper assistance, heavier items weighing over 40 pounds may need to be moved.
Duties
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 as required.
Monitors and controls critical supplies.
Performs daily inventory using barcoding equipment on a predetermined schedule to 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 sterile and operational.
Completes specialty cart preparation.
Cleans assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles.
Receives supplies and material into the medical center's catchment area.
Work Schedule: Full-Time – 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.
Upon completion of training, a rotating schedule will begin and include weekends and holidays (weekend schedule is Wednesday–Sunday with Monday and Tuesday off).
Telework: Not Available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supply Technician/PD99834S.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Management and Manufacturing
Industries Government Administration
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