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Purchasing Agent
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 57 days ago
About the Role
This position is organizationally located in the Prosthetic Service within the Medical Center. Work will be under the supervision of the Supervisory Prosthetic Representative. The incumbent receives and analyzes Prosthetic Consults, and prescriptions for items, services and home medical equipment from physicians, therapists, medical center personnel, patients or their representatives.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Quickly deduce from written prescriptions or oral requests what items or services are needed, selecting the most appropriate cost-effective source to deliver the items/service in the most reliable manner.
- →Manages the collection of data to be used in numerous reports to ensure adequate resource funding and compliance.
- →Researches the use of different solicitation methods, ordering or reporting procedures, and purchasing methods to distinguish between different purchasing strategies.
- →Documents the services required per the contractual agreement and monitors, tracks, and trends contractor performance.
- →Completes transaction on the patient's medical record to ensure documentation of exactly what was purchased and issued.
- →Conduct face-to-face and telephone conversations with patients, family members, and private medical staff, contractors, vendors, and co-workers.
- →Speaks calmly and compassionately to severely disabled patients from all walks of life.
- →Skills in dealing with a large community base, vendors, hospital staff and the public is required to display a positive image of the the organization.
- →Providing patient care and support services to an adult population and serves as the point of contact for external customer service inventory needs and support.
- →Resolves conflicts in administering purchase orders, such as protests, claims, duplicate billing & terminations for convenience or default.
- →Examines contracts, purchasing policies, equipment sources, shipping procedures and corresponding terminology to rapidly find the most reasonably priced item to meet requirement.
- →Works independently to complete purchase orders and reconcile charges.
- →Maintains accurate records of transactions and completes all adjustments to computerized system before final payment to vendor is certified.
- →Maintains an inventory of all purchased and consignment equipment with expiration date, imitate exchange and/or replacement of expired stock.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate 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 organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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