Supply Technician

Summary

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.