Clarification from the agency

This is open to current, permanent Hines VA Hospital employees only.

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This position will act in a lead capacity and will provide leadership and guidance to entry level Supply Technicians.

• Distributes and balances the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization.
• Gives on the job training to new employees.
• Maintains current knowledge and answers questions on procedures, policies, directives, or other guidelines.
• Resolves simple, informal complaints of employees and refers others to supervisor.
• Reports to supervisor on performance, progress and training needs, and on behavior problems or issues.
• Provides information to supervisor concerning promotions, reassignments, recognition of outstanding performance, and personnel needs.
• Maintains stock at inventory locations for clinical and administrative services.
• Pulls stock inventory and material from main inventory for delivery.
• Interacts with clinical and administrative customers to ensure issues and needs are identified and resolved or elevated to the supervisor.
• Checks inventory for stock identified for recalled items and hazard alerts.
• Ensures critical supplies are monitored and controlled, resolving deviations, and escalating significant deviations to supervisors.
• Performs daily inventory of primary and secondary inventory points using bar coding equipment.
• Distributes items according to requirements in computerized inventory management system such as GIP.
• Receives supplies and materials, into the VA Health Care System and supported catchment area.
• Unpacks or uncrates supplies from shipping cartons and properly stores supplies and materials in the main inventory area.
• Stores items in accordance with established guidelines utilizing a computerized inventory system.

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm
Telework: Not Suitable
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Lead Supply Technician/PD17159A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/09/2026.

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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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.

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-05 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 in positions that required the utilization of computerized systems for ordering, inventory, and communication; utilization of barcode-based computer systems, such as Generic Inventory Package (GIP), to ensure proper input and interpretation of computer data
  • ability to interpret computer printouts and take appropriate action from within the barcode-based computer system
  • experience in working with the maintenance of inventory and issuance of supplies
  • experience in utilizing computer systems to track inventory, record purchase orders, and prepare reports; ability to set priorities
  • ability to produce required tasks in a logical order and on a timely basis
  • communication and customer service skills in relationship to customers, staff and vendors
  • experience in delivering, shipping and receiving items, supplies and/or equipment.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Customer Service
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Teamwork

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/.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.