Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)

Company: Veterans Health Administration
Location: Madison
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 15 days of the closing date of this announcement, 04/15/2021. BASIC REQUIREMENT: Must have one of the following:
Experience: Six months of experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the work or understanding of the work; OR
Education: One year above high school that included at least 6 semester hours in health care related courses such as sterile processing, nursing assistant, hospital corpsman, and operating room and surgical technician courses or other courses related to the position; OR
Combination: Equivalent combination of experience and education as described above. GS-8 GRADE REQUIREMENTS:
You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the lower grade level (GS-7) directly related to Medical Supply Technician work. Examples of specialized experience are: Knowledge of current MST Practices within the last three years. Exercising independent judgment in all technical matters within the scope of SPS activities. Ability to provide technical supervision relating to MST work. GS-8 Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
In addition to the experience above, you must demonstrate the following KSAs:
1) Ability to manage, interact and deal with individuals of varying backgrounds.
2) Ability to direct staff and manage tasks to be completed.
3) Ability to oversee and supervise all aspects of decontamination, preparation, sterilization, monitoring, and distribution of RME.
4) Ability to perform a full range of supervisory duties, including assigning, planning and evaluating work, recommending awards, approving leave, identifying training needs, an resolving staff issues. Physical Requirements:
This work is performed in various settings: decontamination, preparation, clean sterile supply (preparation) and in other services and departments throughout the medical facility/campus. The incumbent may be required to work in areas that are hot, cold, drafty and poorly lighted. The employee is subject to the possibility of falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises, and other injuries from material handling equipment. The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday and frequent bending and lifting of packages (occasionally weighing as much as 50 pounds). The work requires dexterity and visual acuity for manipulating, disassembly and assembly of instrumentation. On a regular and recurring basis, the employee alternates between a contaminated environment and a carefully controlled clean environment. The employee wears special clothing, hair covers, personal protective equipment and shoe covers that can be uncomfortably warm. The employee uses insulated gloves to remove carts from sterilizers. The employee is subject to burns from accidentally touching hot items. The hazards of working around minute quantities of sterilizing gasses are unknown. The employee often works around body fluids, mucous, excretions and bits of tissue, some of which may be foul smelling. Strong, unpleasant odors are encountered while decontaminating bloody or grossly contaminated instrumentation or reusable medical equipment. The work area is noisy due to the clatter of metal instruments, rumbling of carts and operation of pre-sterilizing equipment. References: VA Handbook 5005/76, Part II, Appendix G47: Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) Qualification Standard.

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