Position Summary:
The Supervisory Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing) functions as a first-level supervisor responsible for the oversight of a group of MSTs, with administrative responsibility for planning and directing the work.
Required Education & Experience:
- Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
- Ability to direct staff and manage tasks to be completed.
- Ability to oversee and supervise all aspects of decontamination, preparation, sterilization, monitoring, and distribution of RME.
- 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.
- Ability to manage, interact and deal with individuals of varying backgrounds.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
Key Responsibilities:
- Finds ways to improve production or increase the quality of work directed and assists in development of performance standards.
- Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary.
- Resolves complaints from employees, referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager.
- Identifies developmental and training needs of employees, providing for and arranging for needed development and training.
- Makes operational decisions based upon findings, observations or problems presented by subordinate technicians and direct observation.
- Participates in Interview Panels and makes recommendations regarding hiring decisions.
- Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short term priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work. Plans and assigns work on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis and adjusts assignments during a workday to alleviate choke points in reprocessing activities.
- Provides recommendations regarding promotion and advancement of the Medical Supply Technicians on respective shifts.
- Provides advice and counsel to workers related to technical work and administrative matters.
- Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, staff designation as competent to complete and task, and the capability of the employee.
- Provides training to subordinates to fully comply with provisions of safety regulations.