Supply Technician

This position is mission critical to provide support to Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Services (PSAS) by ensuring that appropriate Prosthetic stock appliances and devices are available to our outpatient Veterans. The Supply Technician's duties include supply management and control, research, bar coding, and management of the Prosthetic Inventory Package (PIP) and the Generic Inventory Package (GIP) and use of APAT (Advanced Prosthetics Acquisition Tool) to issue stock. Duties include: Collaborates with Supply Chain Management to maintain adequate stock without creating excess to ensure patient care is not disrupted. Works with Prosthetics leadership and clinical staff to adjust stock levels based on analysis of use. Collaborates with Supply Chain and Prosthetics leadership for monthly spot check inventories to validate stock on hand. Uses Advanced Prosthetics Acquisition Tool (APAT) to record items dispensed to Veterans- to ensure the appliance record accurately reflects accurate costs and quantities. Knowledge of both medical and non-medical products and bar code scanning equipment. Operation of computer equipment, which includes scanners, printers, bar code readers and attachments, etc. Monitoring, and controlling operations during processing and assuring prompt action in response to programmed instructions, equipment malfunction and unscheduled halts. Completes Stock Issues and uses UPS terminal to complete Mail-outs of Inventory items to Veterans. Prepares inventory adjustments with valid justifications. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00am • 4:30pm. Telework: Not Authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supply Technician/PD929800 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/26/2026. 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-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04. 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 and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience using automated computer systems and software, including CPRS, VISTA, Advanced Prosthetics Acquisition Tool (APAT), Generic Inventory Package (GIP)/ Prosthetic Inventory Package (PIP) and National Prosthetic Patient Database (NPPD) used to account for inventories so that input is correct and output from the computer can be reviewed, analyzed, and revised as necessary; Provide supplies and material to clinical and/or administrative areas of a facility; and Experience scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing and distributing supplies, instruments and other material. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have completed 4 years above high school in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education was obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and post high school education as described above that demonstrates my ability to perform the duties of this position. For the GS-05, only education in excess of 60 semester hours (2 years) is creditable. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required. 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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification 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 will 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 interest. In 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.