Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)

Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administrion

West Texas VA Health Care System (WTVAHCS)

Summary

The Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing), provides leadership for daily operions and functions as both the Quality Technician and Reusable Medical Device (RMD) Coordinor within the Sterile Processing Service (SPS). The MST Supervisor directs daily SPS operions, oversees staff training and competency development, manages quality assurance programs, coordines all RMD documention, and maintains ongoing survey readiness.

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Summary

The Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing), provides leadership for daily operions and functions as both the Quality Technician and Reusable Medical Device (RMD) Coordinor within the Sterile Processing Service (SPS). The MST Supervisor directs daily SPS operions, oversees staff training and competency development, manages quality assurance programs, coordines all RMD documention, and maintains ongoing survey readiness.

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Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

04/15/2026 to 04/20/2026

This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more

Salary

$65,678 - $85,378 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 8

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

Big Spring, TX

1 vacancy

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

Yesas determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required

50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Excepted

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

0622 Medical Supply Aide And Technician

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Other

Drug test

Yes

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure

No

Bargaining unit stus

No

Announcement number

CAZM-12934891-26-AO

Control number

865239600

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Federal employees - Competitive service

Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.

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

NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more informion, refer to Required Documents below. This job is open to current permanent Department of Veteran Affairs employees, current, permanent Federal employees of other agencies, and all US Citizens.

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The Supervisory Medical Supply Technician provides leadership of day-to-day operions under the direction of the Chief, Sterile Processing Service.

Leadership and Supervision

2. Exercises deleged supervisory authority for workload distribution, time-and-tendance, and leave approval.

3. Assigns, monitors, and reviews work for completeness, accuracy, and compliance.

4. Conducts performance evaluions and provides mentoring and feedback.

5. Serves as the Chief's designee and backup for SPS operions during absences.

6. Collabores with the Chief and Team Lead to ensure continuous survey readiness and adherence to local accredition requirements.

Quality Management (acts as Quality Technician)

1. Serves as the Quality Technician responsible for developing, monitoring, and reporting quality metrics.

2. Conducts audits of sterilizion documention, biological indicors, load records, and CensiTrac da.

3. Analyzes trends, implements corrective and preventive actions, and prepares quality reports for local leadership.

4. Maintains all local quality-assurance files and evidence-of-compliance documention.

RMD Coordinor Responsibilities

1. Acts as the Reusable Medical Device (RMD) Coordinor for SPS in accordance with VHA Directive 1116(2). Maintains the facility's RMD inventory alongside the Team Leader, ensuring precise risk classificion of all devices. Reviews and distributes manufacturer Instructions for Use (IFUs) and verifies th Standard Opering Procedures (SOPs) and competency assessments reflect current valided instructions, in compliance with VHA Directive 1116(2).

Training, Competency, and SOP Management

1. Develops, implements, and evalues the SPS training and competency program.

2. Reviews, writes, and revises SOPs and competencies to reflect current IFUs and standards.

3. Maintains official training files and competency validion records.

Safety and Pient Care Impact

Ensures compliance with VHA Directive 1050.01(1) - Quality and Pient Safety Programs, as well as AAMI ST90 Quality Management in Sterile Processing Services. Reports equipment or utility failures to Biomedical Engineering/HTM immediely. Promotes the safe handling and transport of RMDs to prevent cross-contaminion.

Performs other reled duties as assigned by the Chief, SPS, to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient operions.

Oversee daily operions and assess staff performance.

Utilizing quality management systems, auditing, and da analysis.

Work Schedule : Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:30pm

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Stion (Relocion 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 : AD-HOC (Employees who telework on an occasional, episodic, or short-term basis, and have completed required telework training and telework agreement.) (Portion of day acceptable)

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Stement # : 51736-F

Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

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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.

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 ( ). 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.

Driving Requirement-Must possess a valid driver's license to opere a vehicle.

Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Complete all applicion requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evalue 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 organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and

whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your trial period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualificions

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 toperform the work or provides an understanding of the work; or

Educion. One year above high school th included least 6 semester hours inhealth 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.

English Language Proficiency. MSTs must be proficient in spoken and writtenEnglish 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).

Grade Determinions : GS-08 Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)

Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.

In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre 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 decontaminion, preparion, sterilizion, monitoring, and distribution of RME.

4. Ability to perform a full range of supervisory duties, including assigning, planning and evaluing work, recommending awards, approving leave, identifying training needs, and resolving staff issues.

Preferred Experience:

Nional Certificion

Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-08. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS08.

Physical Requirements: Occasional travel required for VA-sponsored training, certificion, or temporary on-site support other VA facilities. Travel may also be incumbent during emergency shutdowns, when off-site reprocessing is manded, or when transporting Reusable Medical Devices (RMD's) to or from CBOCs. RMD's may not be transported outside of a government vehicle. The position will require distant vision 20/40 in one eye with or without correction, field of vision 70 degrees, ability to distinguish red, green and amber, whispered voice five feet, or average hearing loss of not greer than 40 dbs. 500, 1000 and 2,000 Hz.

Educion

Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . 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, : .

Note: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this informion in your applicion.

Note: If your school was accredited by the Department of Educion the time of graduion but is no longer listed on the Accredition: Postsecondary Educion Institutions | U.S. Department of Educion website, you must provide documention of accredition with your applicion packet.

Additional informion

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.

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 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, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

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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 Learn more about federal benefits .

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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 evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

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 VA for Vets 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.

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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 Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

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.

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Required Documents

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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:

Resume

Special Note for Applicions: To complete your applicion, please use the following link to download the standard Clinical Resume Document. This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field.

Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limition into the 'Other' document upload field.

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

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (Schedule A)

Disability Letter (VA)

Other (1)

PCS Orders

Performance Appraisal

Professional Certificion

Proof of Marriage Stus

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-15

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

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

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

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

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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 04/20/2026 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

VISN 17 SSU USAS Group

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Address

George H O'Brien Jr VA Medical Center

300 Veterans Boulevard

Big Spring, TX 79720

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 USAJobs Help Center .

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.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:

Resume

Special Note for Applicions: To complete your applicion, please use the following link to download the standard Clinical Resume Document. This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field.

Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limition into the 'Other' document upload field.

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

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (Schedule A)

Disability Letter (VA)

Other (1)

PCS Orders

Performance Appraisal

Professional Certificion

Proof of Marriage Stus

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-15

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

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

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

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

Help

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 04/20/2026 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.

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Agency contact informion

VISN 17 SSU USAS Group

...

Address

George H O'Brien Jr VA Medical Center

300 Veterans Boulevard

Big Spring, TX 79720

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 USAJobs Help Center .

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.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/15/2026 to 04/20/2026 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $65,678 - $85,378 per year Pay scale & grade GS 8 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Big Spring, TX 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. 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 CAZM-12934891-26-AO Control number 865239600