This position is located in the Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Service of the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS). As a Supply Technician, you will provide wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and additional support facilities with maintenance, document control, and cataloging, but not limited to, purchasing support, inventory management, and property accountability.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Maintains stock levels for authorized items including equipment, property, publications, and forms. Maintains various supply data files such as supply action receipt files, supply back-order files, stock record change files, supply requisition files, etc. Groups like items together and arranges in item number or other designated sequence. Maintains cataloging information files, such as item description patterns, reference groups, specifications, cataloging manuals, and other cataloging information files. Contacts customers to obtain item and quantity requirements for recurring and nonrecurring items. Oversees all requests for services for prosthetic devices making final determination relating to eligibility and entitlement to such devices. Provides customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures. Tracks purchase request entries through Share point website. Generates barcode labels for each item in stock. Researches and corrects automated supply transaction input and output errors or problems. Maintains inventory of multiple sites using various database systems. Makes decisions on stock levels based on data history, purchase stock, receives stock and maintains stock to such levels to ensure timely care to patients but also to ensure the service is not overstocked. Determines replenishment for common, nonrecurring or items not previously ordered, such items associated with new workload, one-time modifications, or onetime special projects. Analyzes and considers factors such as usage, inventory, seasonal demands, prices, special projects or program changes. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm (subject to change based on the needs of the agency) Position Description/PD#: Supply Technician/PD043440 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required This position is covered by AFGE bargaining unit. Per the AFGE Master Agreement, the Area of Consideration will be: 1st Area of Consideration - current permanent Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock employees including satellites; 2nd Area of Consideration - current permanent Veterans Healthcare Administration employees; 3rd Area of Consideration - current permanent VA Nationwide employees; 4th Area of Consideration - All Other Status Applicants.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/17/2024. 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-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. 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-4 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: an understanding of how to conduct physical inventories and adjust and/or maintain inventory, stock and records of inventory, knowledgeable of procedures related to purchasing stock, ability to communicate orally and in writing with a variety of people, and familiar with computer programs, i.e.: Microsoft Office Suite. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully 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. If you are qualifying on education, transcripts are required. 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 your ability to perform the duties of this position. For the GS-05, only education in excess of 60 semester hours (2 years) is creditable. If you qualify by a combination, your experience must be detailed in your resume and transcripts are required. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Customer Service (Clerical/Technical)Decision MakingManages and Organizes InformationTechnology Application 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

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/.

Contacts

• Address John L McClellan Memorial Veterans' Hospital 4300 West Seventh Street Little Rock, AR 72205 US
• Name: Shaquira Timmons
• Phone: 4434218496
• Email: [email protected]