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Supervisory Purchasing Agent
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent is a member of the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service within Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr VA Medical Center. The incumbent is a member of a team providing support and purchasing, services to an adult, Veteran population with specialized needs. The work has high visibility and a positive attitude and a motivation to expedite services and satisfaction are critical to accomplishing the VA mission.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent is a member of the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service within Lt.
- →Luke Weathers, Jr VA Medical Center.
- →The incumbent is a member of a team providing support and purchasing services to an adult, veteran population with specialized needs.
- →The work has high visibility and a positive attitude and a motivation to expedite services and satisfaction are critical to accomplishing the VA mission.
- →Major duties include, but not limited to: Serves as the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service Supervisory Purchasing Agent and is responsible for all procurement functions of the Service and for ensuring that all patient prosthetic orders are procured within the time frame established by National Program Office.
- →Responsible for decision making and purchasing authority on all areas involving purchasing prosthetic appliances, durable medical equipment and services for patients.
- →Distributing the balance of workload among employees in accordance with established workflow responsibilities, day-to-day modifying workload to staffing levels, to assure timely completion of workload, assure each employee has enough work to keep busy and balanced workload.
- →Instruct employees in specific tasks and job techniques.
- →Provides written and/or oral instructions, on-line references and materials, and supplies.
- →Provide on the job training to new employees and orientation, training and competencies.
- →Maintains a thorough and current knowledge of all prosthetic applications, VHA directives, Prosthetic Sensory Aid Service policies and procedures.
- →Checks prosthetic staffs' work in progress and reviews completed work to see if work is compliant with service line expectations.
- →Evaluate the work performance of subordinates to ensure they are completing their work according to the current established policies, directives, regulations, and performance measures.
- →Examining incoming prescriptions and prepare purchase orders for purchase, rent or lease of prosthetics and orthotic supplies, services and equipment.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job 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.
- ✓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 or trial 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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 9045ba3d-2354-4a82-bb99-9dacc2e39a24
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