Supervisory Medical Supply Technician-Sterile Processing

Summary The Supervisor reports to the Assistant Chief or Chief, SPS, and serves as the first-line supervisor for assigned MST staff. The role is focused on daily safe execution of reprocessing work and formal personnel supervision. Specialty program owners and higher-level management retain responsibility for independent QA program management, RMD lifecycle governance, education-system ownership, strategic budget/resource decisions, and executive policy. Learn more about this agency This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarification from the agency * All US Citizens * If you ARE A CURRENT Permanent federal employee, please apply to vacancy announcement CBSU- 13099925 -27-AS which is open to current federal employees * NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. Duties 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 t…

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