The employee serves as a Materials Handler for the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) with responsibility for the proper receipt, storage, and issuance of all supplies and equipment. The employee performs warehouse work involving receiving, storing, and shipping materials and equipment; loading and unloading materials; maintaining inventory logs; and preparing shipping documents. The position is located in Tucson, Arizona.

Duties

Major duties: Maintains proper storage of items after processing, pending delivery to appropriate storage section by organizing, arranging and assembling items by usage areas. Operates mechanized equipment including utility vehicles and electromechanical automated equipment (forklifts, dollies, pallet jacks, tugs, etc.). Processes and independently completes shipping and receiving documents to ensure accuracy of quantities, identification criteria, and labeling. Uses automated equipment such as optical readers, scanners, and computer terminals to load computerized inventory data, access inventory information, and fill item requisitions. Maintains shipping logs to record receipt, storage and shipment data. Ensures the safe handling, storage and movement of materials handled. Monitors stock levels in all sections to assure maximum equipment efficiency. Selects storage location, rotates stock as appropriate, and places on storage racks, pallets, or shelves according to approved storage methods. Conducts wall-to-wall inventories as scheduled. Maintains stock in a clean and orderly condition, free of deterioration, damage, infestation, and pilferage. Organizes, arrange, and remove stock in storage areas in accordance with established procedures to prevent damage, deterioration, and loss. Screens shipping and receiving documents to identify discrepancies. Conducts inventories and assure that inventories are in agreement with applicable records. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday Varied shifts from 6:00am-12:00am Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Requires working on hard surfaces, in tiring and uncomfortable positions, and standing for long periods of time. Routinely engages in stooping, bending, turning, and lifting heavy supplies and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. Heavier items are moved with weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers. Work is performed in a warehouse setting. Work is done inside or outside in areas that may be hot, damp, cold, drafty, or poorly lighted. Employee is regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, abrasions, falls and injury from falling stock. The work may require wearing protective clothing such as steel-toed shoes, hardhat, and other safety equipment as necessary. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Customer ServiceFollow DirectionsPhysical StrengthWithout more than normal supervision IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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; religious; 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Tucson VA CMOP 3675 E Britannia Dr Room 115 Tucson, AZ 85706 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]