Expendable Materials Lead Supply Technician

Duties: This position serves as the Lead Supply Technician (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System. 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 but not limited to sterile and non-sterile medical supplies instrument sets and equipment. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• 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; and
• 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.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory qualification and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:30pm
Position Description/PD#: Expendable Materials Lead Supply Technician/PD99833S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

A VALID AND UPDATED DRIVERS LICENSE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

Qualifications

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 02/05/2026.

NOTE: You MUST include qualifying specialized experience employment periods in mm/yyyy to mm/yyyy format on your resume and indicate Full-Time or Part-Time (if Part-time must include # of hours worked per week). AND if you have held a Government position that positions grade level MUST be listed on your resume; Failure to include all requirements in your resume will result in disqualification. Please refer to for additional information on resume requirements.

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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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 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 and/or education as described below:

• Specialized Experience: To meet the minimum qualifications for this position you must meet the following: One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of this Lead Supply Technician 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 distribution of supplies and materials; assists in training new employees; Maintains current knowledge and answers questions on procedures policies etc.; Maintains stock by pulling stock replenishing stock and maintaining records on stock levels; Monitors expiration dates and rotates stock; Cleans assigned areas in accordance with aseptic principles; and receives supplies and material into the facility. NOTE: 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:

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform ones job; works with understands and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
• Reasoning: Identifies rules principles or relationships that explain facts data or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Customer Service: Works and communicates with clients and customers (e.g. any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit provides including individuals who work in your agency or in other agencies or organizations outside the Government) to satisfy their expectations. Committed to quality services.
• Leadership: Interacts with others to influence motivate and challenge them.
• Technology Application: Uses machines tools or equipment effectively; uses computers and computer applications/systems to analyze and communicate information in the appropriate format.

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 frequent bending and lifting of supply packages (occasionally weighing as much as 50 pounds). Regularly pushes loaded carts of medical supplies (weighing in excess of 100 pounds). With the assistance from other workers or weight handling equipment will move heavier items weighing over 40 pounds. A portion of time is also spent operating ADP Equipment such as bar code scanners computers and printers. Works throughout the medical center which includes wards storage buildings and warehouses that range from a clean environment to hot cold drafty and poorly lighted. Duties will subject the incumbent to the possibility of trips falls scrapes cuts bruises or injury. Will stock supplies in the primary inventory area as well as numerous secondary inventory points throughout the hospital work area including wards clinics operating rooms warehouse and nursing areas. Will be expected to maintain a clean environment while performing tasks that can produce dust or other infections pollutants while transitioning between environments.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at