Total 155 Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Fort Washington Medical Center

• Operating an electronic checkout system, making change, and verifying the change fund and amount of currency received during an assigned shift.
• Managing change machines and ensuring proper amounts of cash and coins are available.
• Assisting customers by answering questions concerning prices, identification, and location of items.
• Counting cash and negotiable instruments to prepare an accountability report.
• Managing the self-checkout registers assisting customers in the correct processing of their purchases.
• Changing register tape, and clearing routine equipment and scanning jams on registers.

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• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
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You will serve as a Division Chief under the direction of the Office of Procurement Policy and Oversight. As Division Chief, Procurement Policy and Systems, you will be responsible for facilitating the procurement of goods and services throughout the Coast Guard (CG) by developing, coordinating and administering the CG procurement program, assuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies in all service-wide CG acquisition activities. You will be responsible for building a service-wide acquisition workforce and electronic acquisition tools through the development and issuance of contracting policies and procedures. You will direct and coordinate a service-wide acquisition program that promotes the CG's mission success while preserving the public trust.

Being a CG civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team. Typical work assignments include:

• Evaluating employee performance, assuring that developmental and training needs are met, interviewing candidates for vacancies, selecting personnel, and hearing and resolving employee complaints.
• Providing expert technical leadership and consultation in the oversight of the acquisition process for one or more of the agency's major procurement and reporting systems programs covering acquisitions of vital national importance and overseeing the in-depth compliance review and evaluation of complex, unusual or unprecedented contract actions.
• Serving as the agency-wide expert in the functional area of procurement, e.g., pre-awards issues or price/cost analysis and post award issues.
• Advising contracting activities in formulating programs or concepts to reflect optimum utilization of resources, data, and procurement systems.

As the Contracting Specialist/ Procurement Analyst you will serve as the procurement/contracting subject matter expert and advisor to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and is responsible for planning, advising, and administering contracts, and interagency agreements for services and supplies all in support of the agency, and performing a variety of financial functions to facilitate financial and operational management applicable regulations adherence.

You will perform the following duties:

• Serves as the contracting/procurement expert and advisor on the acceptability and applicability of overall procurement objectives. Provides advice and guidance on contracting matters to project managers and contracting officer representatives.
• Utilizes knowledge of various contract vehicles and applicable statutory requirements to develop and formulate standard operating procedures on issues critical to the STB contracting and procurement activities.
• Develops procurement objectives and strategies including terms of competition, selecting appropriate methods of generating proposals (solicited and unsolicited) and selecting appropriate methods, techniques, and instruments for implementing widely differing types of proposed projects or activities.
• Provides general oversight of agency purchase requests, interagency agreements, purchase orders, contracts, and other source documents to ensure that the agency's expenses remain within applicable limits and thresholds, are accurately documented, and does not violate agency policies, the Anti-Deficiency Act, the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR), and applicable acquisition regulations.
• Reviews external audit reports on procurements and makes recommendations on findings. Analyzes Congressional inquiries involving procurements and prepares appropriate responses based on knowledge of procurement operations.
• Provides consultative technical advice and guidance to clients including the adequacy of work statements and specifications and provides guidance and support in the selection strategy, evaluation process, negotiation of business and technical terms, and the subsequent administration and formal closeout of the area's contracts.
• Monitors purchases, agreements, and contracts, to ensure award requirements are met. Communicates frequently with program managers and subject matter experts to discuss and advise on contractual, financial, and other administrative management matters.

As a Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist, you will:

• Serve as the main agency contact point for the implementation of the Federal Management Regulations for personal property.
• Manage and oversee Departmental personal property inventory programs.
• Plan and conduct management studies and analyses of Departmental property inventory operations, process, and programs.
• Direct all activities involving the administration of bank card purchase, Blanket Purchase Agreements and contracts for various personal property functions, including office equipment maintenance and repair, conventional furniture and case goods purchase, furniture repairs and reconfiguration, and carpet purchase and installation.
• Develop Departmental budget estimates for furniture and equipment needs based upon historical data, knowledge of property requirements and equipment capabilities.

"This is an Open & Continuous announcement. Applicants will be referred to the hiring manager every 2 weeks from the open date of the announcement."

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-06. At the GS-05 grade level, the employee performs assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-06. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Perform technical level purchasing support adhering to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Veteran Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR), Veteran Health Administration (VHA), and Prosthetics directives and handbooks, Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) policy and station memorandums to acquire Veteran specific medical equipment, supplies and services based on a medical provider's clinical assessment and evaluation of the Veteran's medical condition.
• Submits Acquisition Plans and Procurement Packages for stock and veteran specific needs to the Network Contracting Office and uploads quotes, bids, invoices, consults, and other important documents to Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS).
• Verifies Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and Bradstreet information and ensures each vendor is in System for Award Management (SAM) and in good standing with the government to do business with.
• Verifies accountability of all prosthetics expenditures in both the purchase menu and the prosthetics program and associate all obligations to the individual veteran.
• Ensure the services provides are documented not only as the type of service, but the duration.
• Complex purchasing: requires irregular research, analysis, collaboration and many other steps to ensure both best value and the most appropriate devices are purchased for the Veterans.
• Routine purchasing: includes routine purchase orders on established contracts or through established vendor resources using regular significant research, analysis or collaboration.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.
As a Contract Specialist, you will:

• Plan, negotiate, lead, and/or administer complex procurements of goods, systems or services with specialized, state-of-the-art, critical or scarce requirements.
• Develops and/or review complex contractual pricing arrangements and incentives characterized by multiple incentives requiring sophisticated contracting techniques, sharing arrangements such as cost-plus-incentive-fees or fixed-price-incentive-fees where the agency and the contractor share cost risk, or economic price adjustment clauses for adjusting labor and material costs where price cannot be reasonably predicted at the time of negotiation.
• Present findings, recommends corrective actions, and makes policy or procedure improvements.
• Review, advise on, develop and recommend operation-wide or agency-wide procurement processes and systems, procedures and policies; or equivalent assignment.

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment, and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

• Duties and Qualifications
• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
• How You Will be Evaluated

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment, and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

As an Inventory Currency Controller, you will:
- Maintain an adequate supply of replacement inventory for damaged notes.
- Record transactions in the BEP designated electronic system of record.
- Assist in reconciling discrepancies discovered during the count of mutilated stock.
- Responsible for acquiring QA samples from submitted mutts in line with quality procedures.
- Verify accumulated units of cancelled and counted stock, checking each against accompanying identification.

• Position requires certification per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and its supplements necessary to obtain a Contracting Officer Warrant, authorizing signature and the full range of responsibilities that accompany contracting officer duties.
• Manages extensive contact between personnel and customers relating to changes in policies/regulations as changes occur.
• Evaluates overall performance of employees to identify developmental or training needs required to perform the duties of the job assigned.
• Implements a quality assurance process for monitoring accuracy of pre/post contracting actions.
• Advise Customers/Management/Command regarding contracting/procurement policy issues.

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices, and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices, and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

• Duties and Qualifications
• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
• How You Will be Evaluated

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to program management/administration, supervision, clinical and education.

Program Management/Administration

• Oversees the implementation of the pharmacy procurement and inventory programs.
• Responsible for monitoring, communication and coordination of drug and supply recalls, conversions, special handling medications, drug alerts and shortages.
• Serves as the pharmacy recall coordinator by developing and implementing action plans to manage drug recalls.
• Collaborates with Pharmacy Leadership to develop and implement a VAWW Pharmacy cost containment strategic plan by fully utilizing the VISN and National PBM pharmacoeconomic resources and community by translating national data, innovations, and recommendations into local process improvement that maximize fiscal responsibility and providing clinical review and recommendations to develop drug conversion plans to address drug shortages, pharmacoeconomic initiatives and emerging safety concerns.
• Responsible for pharmacoeconomic outcomes and analysis, performance measures, and impact assessments designed to maximize both resource utilization and quality patient care.
• Interfaces with internal and external customers to identify, develop, and implement appropriate formulary programs, outcome assessments, and cost containment activities.
• Manages the non-formulary and prior authorization drug approval process including the establishment and implementation of programs for the appropriate and cost efficient use of selected drugs that are high cost and subject to inappropriate use.

• Analyzes current and future workforce requirements to determine competencies and skills needed.
• Successfully transitions new hires into the position by promptly communicating performance elements and standards within applicable timeframes, providing ongoing feedback and coaching, and making appropriate use of the probationary period to assess the employee's ability to perform.
• Establishes results-oriented plans with subordinate employees with cascaded goals within 60 days of the beginning of the performance appraisal cycles.
• Appropriately identifies and addresses specific, performance-related deficiencies with the employee in a timely manner to ensure employee is given every opportunity to improve to a successful level of performance.
• Develops the ability of the subordinate staff and others, as appropriate, to perform and contribute to the organization through coaching, mentoring and providing ongoing feedback and by granting opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Appropriately recognizes and rewards employee's contributions and performance in accordance with policy and within established timeframes.
• Works with the servicing Human Resources Management Office, as appropriate, to ensure that an employee's conduct deficiencies are addressed expeditiously.
• Ensures that subordinates complete all mandatory training on a timely basis.

• Drug Therapy Monitoring.
• Serves as a drug information resource for other health care providers, answering inquiries regarding therapeutics, drug interactions, dosing, side effects, etc.
• Report any adverse events to VADERS and create order sets for high cost and specialty pharmaceuticals to provide guidance to prescribing, monitoring, and formulary compliance.
• Track patients using high-cost medications to verify therapeutic goals are being met, with an eye on optimizing medication management if they are not achieving desired therapeutic outcomes.
• Performs prescription processing activities in outpatient and/or inpatient pharmacy areas.

• Provides proactive, ongoing communication related to the pharmacy programs under their supervision to professional staff via Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meetings, Medical Staff meetings, Pharmacy Staff meetings, and individualized meetings, as appropriate.
• Serves as a resource and provides information and education to staff, Pharmacy Residents, and Pharmacy Students in areas of Inventory Management and approved clinical guidelines to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate use of drugs.
• Works with the Pharmacy Leadership to identify targeted drug therapy interventions.
• Participates in the precepting or training of pharmacy residents, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, students and other medical center personnel as required.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to program management/administration, supervision, clinical and education.

Program Management/Administration

• Oversees the implementation of the pharmacy procurement and inventory programs.
• Responsible for monitoring, communication and coordination of drug and supply recalls, conversions, special handling medications, drug alerts and shortages.
• Serves as the pharmacy recall coordinator by developing and implementing action plans to manage drug recalls.
• Collaborates with Pharmacy Leadership to develop and implement a VAWW Pharmacy cost containment strategic plan by fully utilizing the VISN and National PBM pharmacoeconomic resources and community by translating national data, innovations, and recommendations into local process improvement that maximize fiscal responsibility and providing clinical review and recommendations to develop drug conversion plans to address drug shortages, pharmacoeconomic initiatives and emerging safety concerns.
• Responsible for pharmacoeconomic outcomes and analysis, performance measures, and impact assessments designed to maximize both resource utilization and quality patient care.
• Interfaces with internal and external customers to identify, develop, and implement appropriate formulary programs, outcome assessments, and cost containment activities.
• Manages the non-formulary and prior authorization drug approval process including the establishment and implementation of programs for the appropriate and cost efficient use of selected drugs that are high cost and subject to inappropriate use.

• Analyzes current and future workforce requirements to determine competencies and skills needed.
• Successfully transitions new hires into the position by promptly communicating performance elements and standards within applicable timeframes, providing ongoing feedback and coaching, and making appropriate use of the probationary period to assess the employee's ability to perform.
• Establishes results-oriented plans with subordinate employees with cascaded goals within 60 days of the beginning of the performance appraisal cycles.
• Appropriately identifies and addresses specific, performance-related deficiencies with the employee in a timely manner to ensure employee is given every opportunity to improve to a successful level of performance.
• Develops the ability of the subordinate staff and others, as appropriate, to perform and contribute to the organization through coaching, mentoring and providing ongoing feedback and by granting opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Appropriately recognizes and rewards employee's contributions and performance in accordance with policy and within established timeframes.
• Works with the servicing Human Resources Management Office, as appropriate, to ensure that an employee's conduct deficiencies are addressed expeditiously.
• Ensures that subordinates complete all mandatory training on a timely basis.

• Drug Therapy Monitoring.
• Serves as a drug information resource for other health care providers, answering inquiries regarding therapeutics, drug interactions, dosing, side effects, etc.
• Report any adverse events to VADERS and create order sets for high cost and specialty pharmaceuticals to provide guidance to prescribing, monitoring, and formulary compliance.
• Track patients using high-cost medications to verify therapeutic goals are being met, with an eye on optimizing medication management if they are not achieving desired therapeutic outcomes.
• Performs prescription processing activities in outpatient and/or inpatient pharmacy areas.

• Provides proactive, ongoing communication related to the pharmacy programs under their supervision to professional staff via Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meetings, Medical Staff meetings, Pharmacy Staff meetings, and individualized meetings, as appropriate.
• Serves as a resource and provides information and education to staff, Pharmacy Residents, and Pharmacy Students in areas of Inventory Management and approved clinical guidelines to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate use of drugs.
• Works with the Pharmacy Leadership to identify targeted drug therapy interventions.
• Participates in the precepting or training of pharmacy residents, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, students and other medical center personnel as required.

Functions as a Warehouse Worker Foreman, responsible for work on a rotational basis, that includes the warehouse, commissary and clothing issue/laundry operations at a Federal Bureau of Prisons’ facility.

Supervises inmate workers who are responsible for receiving, storing, shipment, and issue of a wide variety of supplies, materials, equipment and commodities required in the operation of the facility, as well as, the issuance of inmate clothing and laundering of items for inmates and institutional operations such as Health Services or Food Service.

Responsible for the inventory control of materials for the institution which consists of receipt, cataloging, stocking, and issuing of all incoming materials from outside sources.

Maintains adequate shipping and receiving documents and inventory documentation, using both manual procedures and automated data processing systems, so as to maintain a system of perpetual inventory accountability for all items that pass through or remain under incumbent’s control.

Responsible for the maintenance of inventory documentation, using both manual and automated systems to maintain a system of perpetual inventory accountability.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staffs correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.