Job opening: Supply Technician
Salary: $44 180 - 57 431 per year
Published at: Jul 18 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Supply Technician serves under the Department of Prosthetics located at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago providing enhanced procurement support for medical supplies purchased throughout the facility.
Duties
Duties include but are not limited to:
Verifies that adequate supplies of Prosthetic and Orthotic items are on hand to provide for patient services
Recommends stock levels, maintain stock issues and accountability for appliances.
Receives all incoming stock to PSAS, processes receiving documents for all items received.
Manages the receipt, distribution, and stock maintenance of items received from the warehouse and from outside vendors.
Investigates and reconciles routine and recurring discrepancies relating to actions such as receipt control, stock control, reorder points and inventory adjustments.
Assembles some of the durable medical equipment such as walkers.
Maximizes storage space available, and ensures that all work areas are clear of debris for easy flow of stock.
Maintains all inventory barcode label levels in order to maintain consistent label to stock ratio.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00am-3:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: Not available.
Telework: Not available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supply Technician/PD20194O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/26/2024.
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: working with supply procedures; inventory management/maintenance of records and receipts; purchasing supplies; coordinating logistical support; operation of various computer software and equipment.
OR,
Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed of 4 years above high school in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education must have been 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 the GS-05 level. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-05. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:Analysis and Problem SolvingAttention to DetailComputer SkillsCustomer Service
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: Work requires walking, lifting, standing, stooping and bending. Frequently lifts objects that may weigh up to 50 lbs. from warehouse stock and/or cart to shelves.
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:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Contacts
- Address Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center
3001 Green Bay Road
North Chicago, IL 60064
US
- Name: Kristina Ilich
- Phone: 1-447-792-8151
- Email: [email protected]
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