This position is located under the supervision of the Associate Chief of Surgery within the Surgical Department of the West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System. The incumbent is responsible for the overall coordination and oversight of implant inventory within the facility, including biological and non-biological products, per regulatory agency and VHA requirements.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to : Full operation and management of all organic tissue use at the Medical Center. Utilize Unique Device Identifier (UDI) to manage and track all biological implant devices in the Medical Center. Responsibility for managing, coordinating, controlling, and purchasing a variety of medical, general, and/ in occasions pharmaceutical supplies to support assigned. Responsible for ensuring that existing consignments are used or returned to vendors prior to expiration date of the implant. Will be the Surgical Service liaison for implant recalls, alerts, and withdrawals, independently taking immediate action in "notification of attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and SPS staff concerning the recall. Responsible for; closely working with attending physicians, residents, Cath Lab staff, operating room nursing staff, vendors, and any other affected staff; conducting research to ensure appropriate implantable devices are requested; to obtain best pricing meeting all VA/VHA socioeconomic goals; to observe all mandatory contracts; to meet all quality assurance concerns; and, to obtain items in a timely fashion Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Inventory Management Specialist/PD030620 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/02/2024. 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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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-07 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 utilizing Microsoft access and excel, knowledge of VA Directives and VA Handbooks, experience with inventory management and with statistical and analytical processes. Experience and knowledge of fiscal budgeting and accounting procedures. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond 1 year of graduate level education. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analysis and Problem SolvingAnalytical ReasoningCommunicationsContracting/ProcurementPlanning and Evaluating 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 is administrative in nature and often sedentary. However, walking, carrying, stooping, bending and reaching are required to carry out the inventorying, receiving, and stocking the areas assigned. The activities include physical inspection of merchandise received at the dock, movement of palletized cartons, operation of common materiel handling equipment (pallet jack, carts, etc.), unpacking of outer shipping containers, and stocking customer's shelves. The incumbent may lift and carry items that weigh up to 40 pounds. The heavier items are moved with weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers. 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 West Palm Beach VA Medical Center 7305 North Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33410 US
• Name: Jennifer McCullar
• Phone: 727-398-6661 X64697
• Email: [email protected]