Supervisory Medical Supply Technician-Sterile Processing

01Basic Requirements

United States 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 chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j, this part. Experience and/or Education: (1) Experience. Six months of experience that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work or provides an understanding of the work; or (2) 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 (3) Experience/Education Combination. Equivalent combination of experience and education are qualifying for entry level for which both education and experience are acceptable.

02Certification

None. Foreign Education: To be creditable, education completed outside the U.S. must have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education must have been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U. S. programs.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

03Grade Determinations

GS-08 Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing). Experience; One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-7. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities; In addition to the experience above, the candidate 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, and resolving staff issues.

Assignment: The Supervisory MST functions as a first-level supervisor responsible for the oversight of a group of MSTs, with administrative responsibility for planning and directing the work. Oversees attendance and leave, including approval of sick and annual leave and vacation schedules. Informs higher level management of anticipated vacancies or increases in workload.

Recommends promotions, reassignments, recognition of superior performance, retention or release of probationary employees or other changes of assigned personnel. Holds corrective interviews with employees, referring disciplinary problems to higher levels of management. Resolves informal complaints of employees and deals with union representatives on personnel matters. Provides technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the organizational unit.

04Preferred Experience

3 years Sterile Processing experience. VA Sterile Processing (level2) certification, or HSPA Certified Registered Central Service Technician, or CBSPD certification. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

05Physical Requirements

Work may occur in contaminated and clean reprocessing environments and may require PPE, standing/walking, bending, lifting/handling, dexterity/visual acuity, and exposure to noise, heat, humidity, chemicals, sharps and contaminated RMD. Existing occupational-health and physical requirements remain applicable.

1. First-Line Supervision. Performs the full range of first-line supervisory duties, including work assignment, attendance/leave, schedules, performance feedback/appraisal, recognition, training needs, corrective interviews, informal complaints, labor/employee-relations coordination, and personnel recommendations within delegated authority. 2. Daily Staffing and Workflow. Conducts shift huddles, assigns staff according to current competency and workload, balances priorities, anticipates changes, and reports unresolved staffing/capacity risk. 3. Process and Area Readiness. Verifies required daily equipment/process checks, environmental status, supplies and operational readiness; stops/limits affected work and initiates work orders/escalation when criteria are not met. 4. Technical Oversight. Provides technical supervision, direct observation, spot checks and immediate correction of decontamination, assembly, packaging, sterilization/HLD, storage/distribution and documentation work within scope. 5. Nonconformity Response. Leads immediate STOP/CONTAIN/NOTIFY/DOCUMENT actions for failed controls, equipment alarms, traceability gaps, damaged/incorrect RMD, compromised packaging, environmental excursions and other unsafe conditions; ensures affected RMD is not released until authorized criteria are met. 6. Competency and Certification Enforcement. Ensures staff are assigned only to authorized tasks; coordinates remediation/revalidation with Education; tracks supervisory certification requirements and maintains VA-recognized certification as required by current VHA policy. 7. QA and CAPA Execution. Responds to QA findings, quality feedback and assigned corrective actions; verifies frontline implementation and reports barriers/repeat issues. Independent audit/trending ownership remains with QA Coordinator. 8. Documentation and ITS Integrity. Ensures required traceability, process records, count sheets, logs and ITS data are completed accurately and that unresolved documentation exceptions are corrected/escalated. 9. Handoff and Reporting. Provides structured end-of-shift/status reporting covering workload, staff, quality events, equipment/environment issues, shortages, overdue actions and unfinished priority work. 10. Downtime/Emergency Execution. Directs staff under approved downtime, emergency and continuity procedures and ensures alternate documentation, segregation, traceability and recovery actions are followed. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday 6am - Friday 2:30pm, Monday 10:00pm - Saturday 6:30am and Monday 2:00pm - Friday 10:30pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized. Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 52346A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.