Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) – Advanced Level – Mid Shift Position Available In Orange, Florida

Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)

• Advanced Level
• Mid Shift Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Orlando VA Healthcare System Summary In this position, the incumbent will provide sterilizion, preparion, supply items and reusable medical equipment, decontaminion and distribution support for the medical center.

The term “supply item” as used in this functional stement refers to disposable and reusable items for pient care including instrumention, surgical trays and sets and various other items th could be processed or assembled through the Preparion and Decontaminion areas of Sterile Processing Service. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2025 to 05/12/2025 Salary $57,839

• $75,195 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Orlando, FL 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

CBTC-12732485-25-DMD

Control number 836374700 This job is open to Federal employees

• Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to ALL Current Federal Employees, including Current Department of Veterans Affairs (Agency

• VHA, VBA, NCA

  ) Employees, and Orlando VA Healthcare System (Facility) Employees. Facility Employees will have FIRST considerion. Videos Duties The Medical Supply Technician (MST) (Sterile Processing)

• Advanced Level will have knowledge of the processes for Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) as required by this position.

The incumbent required to maintain current knowledge of the Standard Opering Procedures (SOPs) which document the processes and procedures for cleaning, disinfection, sterilizion and preparion of RME approprie to this position. The incumbent able to demonstre their ability to utilize an acceptable proficiency in the use of RME approprie to this position. The Incumbent will assemble highly complex instrument sets used in the opering room and clinical setting including, but not limited to: open heart, major orthopedic total joint, cardiovascular, craniotomy, thoracic and complex endoscopic instrumention. Processes all complex endoscopic instrumention to include those medical devices used in gastroenterology laborory, bronchoscopy laborory, urology and opering room. Reviews manufacturer guidelines to ensure the correct methods and parameters are followed when cleaning, decontamining and sterilizing RME. Troubleshoots and analyzes mechanical failures and makes necessary adjustments to complex decontaminion and sterilizion equipment, as well as interprets alarm conditions which may occur while opering the equipment. 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. Duties may include but are not limited to the following: Knowledge of standard precautions for safety and prevention of cross contaminion. Knowledge of event-reled packaging in regard to sterility. Knowledge of medical terminology, anomy and physiology, microbiology, medical conditions and procedures. Knowledge of sterility principles in regard to instrumention. Ability to read and interpret written instructions and procedures. Receives contamined critical and semi-critical RME in decontaminion area. Disassembles RME and determines the correct cleaning method, such as but not limited to ultrasonic cleaners, mechanical washers, cart washers and chemical cleaning/decontaminion agents as determined by manufactures instructions. Inspects, prepares, assembles and determines the correct method and packaging for sterilizion such as but not limited to steam, plasma, hydrogen peroxide and high-level disinfection. May be required to prepare opering room case carts daily utilizing the surgery schedule, applying the knowledge of medical terminology, anomy and physiology, microbiology, medical conditions and procedures. Removes soil, blood, tissue fragments, body fluids and other contaminants by wiping, soaking, rinsing and scrubbing using the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to avoid any cross contaminion. Inspects packages for indicions of proper sterilizion. Assembles basic and specialty instrument sets and trays used throughout the medical center including those used in the opering room. Performs segments of work pertaining to the decontaminion, sterilizion and inspection RME. Operes equipment involved in sterilizion processes. Performs and documents daily operional checks and records for all sterilizion equipment. Receives guidance from Supervisor.

Work Schedule :

MID SHIFT

• Monday
• Friday, 3:00 pm
• 11:30 pm

Telework :

Not Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # :

PD81709F

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. English Language Proficiency . MSTs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d). 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•Experience/Educion Combinion .

Equivalent combinion of experience and educion are qualifying for entry level for which both educion and experience are acceptable. Foreign Educion. To be creditable, educion completed outside the U.S. must have been submitted to a prive organizion th specializes in the interpretion of foreign educional credentials and such educion must have been deemed least equivalent to th gained in conventional U.S. programs. 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). Grandfhering Provision . All MSTs th are employed in VHA in this occupion on the effective de of this qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the title, series and grade held, th are part of the basic requirements of the occupion. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements required in this standard, but who met the qualificions applicable to the position the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: (1) Employees grandfhered into the GS-622 occupional series as MSTs may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journeyman) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupion. (2) MSTs who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective de of the qualificion standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard. (3) MSTs who are converted to title 38 hybrid stus under this provision and subsequently leave the occupion lose protected stus and must meet the full VA qualificion standard requirements in effect the time of reentry to the occupion.

GRADE REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the Basic Requirements provided above, the following are the grade requirements. Creditable Experience . (1) Knowledge of Current MST Practices . To be creditable, the experience must have demonstred the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) associed with MST responsibilities. Experience sisfying this requirement may be paid/non-paid employment as a MST. (2) Quality of Experience . Qualifying experience must be a level comparable to MST experience the next lower grade level of the position being filled. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, administrive independence, complexity (difficulty) and range of variety as described in this standard the specified grade level and be performed by the incumbent least 25% of the time. (3) Part-Time Experience . Part-time experience as a MST is creditable according to its relionship to the full-time workweek. For example, a MST employed 20 hours a week, or on a ½ time basis would receive 1 full-time workweek for 2 weeks of service.

Grade Determinions :

GS-07 Level (Advanced Level) Experience . One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities . In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre the following

KSAs:

1. Detailed knowledge of complex surgical instruments used in opering rooms and clinic settings. 2. Ability to assemble specialty opering room and clinic instrument sets. 3. In-depth knowledge of sterilizion and cleaning equipment. 4. Ability to communice both orally and in writing in order to convey informion and thoughts to others. Assignment. The Advanced MST 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 and opering room. Reviews manufacturer guidelines to ensure the correct methods and parameters are followed when cleaning, decontamining and sterilizing RME. Troubleshoots and analyzes mechanical failures and makes necessary adjustments to complex decontaminion and sterilizion equipment, as well as interprets alarm conditions which may occur while opering the equipment. 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.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-07. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-07.

Physical Requirements:

See VA Directive and Handbook 5019. 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 standing and walking during the entire workday and frequent bending and lifting of packages (occasionally weighing as much as 25 pounds). The work requires dexterity and visual acuity for manipuling, disassembly and assembly of instrumention.

Educion Note:

If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This is a bargaining unit position. 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. Area of Considerion

• Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order: 1.

Current permanent VA employees of the facility. 2. All other VA Agency employees. 3. All Federal Employees from other Agencies

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

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. 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. License Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript 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 05/12/2025 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 Diana Dieringer Phone Address Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 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. License Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript 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 05/12/2025 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 Diana Dieringer Phone Address Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 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 05/05/2025 to 05/12/2025 Salary $57,839

• $75,195 per year Pay scale & grade GS 7 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Orlando, FL 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

CBTC-12732485-25-DMD

Control number 836374700 ., .