Purchasing Agent

About the role

The incumbent has coordination and active involvement with various Community Based Outpatient Clinics. Additional information to ensure the reader understands the position's overall purpose. Relevant mission and function information should be included in the Introduction. The incumbent receives and analyzes Prosthetic Consults, and prescriptions (VAF 10-2431) for items, services and home medical equipment from physicians, therapists, medical center personnel, patients or their representatives. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/10/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. **Please Note: You must submit an SF-50 for two reasons when applying to this announcement. First, your SF-50 will be viewed to show you are a current employee. Please be sure you are using your most recent SF-50 to prove this, or you may not be viewed as eligible to apply to this announcement. Secondly, your SF-50 will be viewed to prove you meet the Time and Grade requirement which means, you have worked for 52 weeks, in at least the required grade (GS-5). If the first SF-50 doesn't prove this, Please be sure to provide more SF-50s to show you meet both of these requirements also. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: analyzing and Interpreting equipment orders; using contracts, purchasing policies, equipment sources, trade policies, shipping procedures and the corresponding terminology; using electronic databases, software or systems, purchasing equipment, supplies and/or services using an agency/organizational purchase card; reconciling charges, preparing and submitting reports, and providing quality customer service. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary when conducting purchasing functions for PSAS. However, while conducting inventory management functions, the incumbent may work comfortably in a warehouse environment, sitting, standing, walking, bending, lifting, carrying, retrieving and managing inventory. Prolonged periods of working at a computer terminal is required. Ability to retrieve equipment from a storage room is required. Climbing associated with stocking of equipment and other items in storage areas is necessary. Incumbent may carry/lift items weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Normal safety precautions are adequate. The work involves moderate discomfort when visiting sites away from the office. At times, the employee may be required to wear protective clothing when visiting the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Fabrication Laboratory. Often, walking between the main medical center and other parts of Prosthetics to conduct professional duties. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

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