Medical Supply Technician (Advanced Level) Position Available In Shelby, Tennessee

Medical Supply Technician (Advanced Level) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Memphis VA Medical Center – Sterile Processing Service Summary The incumbent is considered an advanced level position and loced in the Sterile Processing Service (SPS), VA Medical Center-Memphis. One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level is required. The incumbent may be required to work days evenings, nights, weekends, and/or holidays. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/09/2025 to 05/20/2025 Salary $60,190 – $78,252 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Memphis, TN 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTG-12734625-25-CS

Control number 836753200 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This announcement is only open current permanent employees of the

Memphis VAMC Note:

A current (2024 / 2025) non-award SF50 must be submitted for verificion. Videos Duties The Medical Supply Technician (Advanced Level) assembles highly complex instrument sets including, but not limited to, open heart, major orthopedic total joint, cardiovascular, craniotomy and complex endoscopic instrumention. Processes all complex endoscopic instrumention to include those medical devices used in the gastroenterology laborory, bronchoscopy laborory, urology, robotics, and opering room. Reviews manufacturer guidelines to ensure the correct methods and parameters are followed when cleaning, decontamining and sterilizing RME. Informs management and healthcare staff when cleaning and processing standard opering procedures (SOPs) or instruction for use have been changed or upded to assure the changes have been valided to meet all guidelines. Assignments consist of several duties such as those involved in decontamining, cleaning, and sterilizing RME. Assembling and sterilizing the full range of packs, trays, and sets used including complex sets. Assignments consist of a series of steps involved in loading and unloading sterilizers, inspecting packages for integrity, validing the proper recording of de and placing this informion in the department sterilizion records. Concentrion and discernment are required to the more complex instruments from those th are not complex. The incumbent uses judgment and initiive th includes selecting the approprie equipment and methods, recognizing conditions th cause erroneous results, and troubleshooting technical problems th may occur during the decontaminion and sterilizion process.

FUNCTIONS

Receives contamined critical and semi-critical RME, some non-critical RME, in the decontaminion area. Disassembles RME per manufacturers’ guidelines. Determines approprie method of decontaminion based on local Standard Opering Procedures and manufacturers’ written cleaning instructions. Removes soil, blood, tissue fragments, body fluids, and other contaminants by wiping, soaking, rinsing, and scrubbing. Operes decontaminion equipment such as washer decontaminors, sonic washers, irrigors, laparoscopic insulion tester, automic cart wash; AER and tube dryers. Assembles specialty and complex trays, laparoscopic, and endoscope trays used for a variety of general and specialized medical and surgical procedures. Knowledgeable of all clinic trays, instrumention, equipment and par levels required to maintain continuity of care. Prior to sterilizion, performs quality assurance activities including monitoring biological and chemical indicors, Bowie dick tests, and time/temperure graphs. After sterilizion, ensures approprie RME checks are documented. Other quality assurance activities include verificion or accure labeling of packaging, packaging contents, cleanliness and working order, and verificion of sterilizion parameters. Da ghered is evalued and findings and recommendions to improve effectiveness or processes are made to the supervisor/lead. Incumbent is responsible for following the local Standard Opering Procedure (SOP) drafted in accordance with the manufacturer’s written recommendions when reprocessing

RME. SPS

supervisors and Infection Prevention and Control should be consulted when clarificion of written instructions are needed. Incumbent will not reprocess any reusable medical equipment based on vendor’s verbal instruction alone; this is not an adeque practice. Incumbent will perform and document daily operional checks and records for all sterilizion equipment. The incumbent reprocessing RME must have documented training in the setup, reprocessing and maintenance of specific equipment. Initial validion of competency done, and minimally, on an annual basis. The incumbent th has the responsibility of reprocessing RME can suspend the reuse of any RME if it is suspected the device was not properly cleaned, disinfected or sterilized according to the SOP and manufacturer’s guidelines. The incumbent must have an in-depth knowledge of the importance in reprocessing of RME according to manufacturer guidelines and the significant impact on our Veteran populion through the risk of infectious disease. Assignments involve selecting the approprie series of steps from several alternives in each of the several different work areas. Work involves putting together sterilizion test packs and recording the results after the test pack is run.

Work Schedule :

Monday – Friday 3:30pm –

Midnight Telework :

Not Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 00000

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not Authorized Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion 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 ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualificions Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship:

Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Experience and/or

Educion:

Experience. Six months of experience th demonstres the applicant’s ability to perform the work or provides an understanding of the work; or Educion. One year above high school th included least 6 semester hours in health care reled courses such as sterile processing, nursing assistant, hospital corpsman, and opering room and surgical technician courses or other courses reled to the position; or (

Note:

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion). Experience/Educion Combinion. Equivalent combinion of experience and educion are qualifying for entry level for which both educion and experience are acceptable. ( To calcule the percentage, divide the total months of qualifying experience by 6. Then divide the total number of completed semester of gradue educion by 30. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal least 100 percent to qualify)

English Language:

MSTs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j, this part. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).

Note:

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Grade Determinions :

In addition to the basic requirements, the following criteria must be used when determining the approprie grade assignment of candides.

Required Experience:

: In addition to meeting the basic requirements, to qualify for the GS-07 you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-6). Examples of specialized experience include but are not limited to: Receiving contamined critical and semi-critical RME in the decontaminion area; disassembling the RME and determining the correct cleaning method, such as but not limited to ultrasonic cleaners, mechanical washers, cart washers and chemical cleaning/decontaminion agents, as determined by manufacturer instructions; inspecting, assembling and determining the correct method and packaging for sterilizion such as but not limited to steam, Sterrad, Steris, ETO, and high level disinfecting scope reprocessors; performing and documenting daily operional checks and records for all sterilizion equipment. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre the following

KSAs:

Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. Detailed knowledge of complex surgical instruments used in opering rooms and clinic settings. Ability to assemble specialty opering room and clinic instrument sets. In-depth knowledge of sterilizion and cleaning equipment. Ability to communice both orally and in writing in order to convey informion and thoughts to others.

Preferred Experience:

Knowledge of Sterile Processing equipment, supplies, and processes. Certificion in SPD with

HSPA or VHA Level II References:

For more informion on these qualificion standards, please the United Stes Office of Personnel Management’s website . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS 7. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS 7.

Physical Requirements:

This work is performed in various settings: decontaminion, preparion, clean sterile supply (preparion) and in other services and departments throughout the medical facility/campus. The incumbent may be required to work in areas th are hot, cold, drafty and poorly lighted. The employee is subject to the possibility of falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises, and other injuries from merial handling equipment. The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion such as standing for prolonged periods of time, frequent bending and stretching/reaching, walking, and pushing fully loaded carts which must be negotied up inclines and over rises, or positioning them. There are frequent trips throughout the facility picking up soiled items or delivering clean/sterile equipment. The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday and frequent bending and lifting of packages/trays (occasionally weighing as much as 50 pounds). The work requires dexterity and visual acuity for manipuling, disassembly and assembly of instrumention. There is frequent requirement for lifting individual instruments, instrument trays, and items weighing up to 50 pounds from just above the floor to above the head. The technician transports trays and equipment on a variety of carts th may weigh several hundred pounds when full. Employee must be acutely aware of safety requirements when moving these carts as they have areas th extend outside the visible area th can cause harm to other staff or equipment. Educion There is no substitution of educion for experience this grade level. Additional informion This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

Note:

A current (2025) non-award SF-50 must be submitted for verificion of eligibility for facility, VA and Federal Employee stus.

Note:

Veterans’ Preference is not applicable to VA employees. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Other (1) Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (Required the time of applicion) Most recent SF-50 (Year 2024 / 2025 ); An SF-50 showing your one year of experience and area of considerion eligibility must be submitted with your applicion merials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstres th you possess the next lower grade level experience, as required by the announcement. Award 50’s do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying one year of next lower grade level experience. Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/20/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Charity Street Phone Address Memphis VA Medical Center 1030 Jefferson Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Other (1) Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (Required the time of applicion) Most recent SF-50 (Year 2024 / 2025 ); An SF-50 showing your one year of experience and area of considerion eligibility must be submitted with your applicion merials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstres th you possess the next lower grade level experience, as required by the announcement. Award 50’s do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying one year of next lower grade level experience. Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/20/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Charity Street Phone Address Memphis VA Medical Center 1030 Jefferson Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/09/2025 to 05/20/2025 Salary $60,190 – $78,252 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Memphis, TN 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTG-12734625-25-CS

Control number 836753200 ., .