Intermediate Care Technician
What you'd do
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) Program is a program designed to hire transitioning service, National Guard, Reserve, and Veteran corpsmen, combat medics and medical technicians into positions at VA Medical Centers as an integral part of the medical team. Candidates generally qualify based on U.S. Armed Forces experience or equivalent education.
Major duties
Duties include but are not limited to: Perform observation-based screening and collecting patient information. Complete approved templates and tools, such as the outpatient intake form, normal result notes, and follow up treatment protocols. Preparing patients for medical evaluation. Operates specialized medical equipment to obtain diagnostic and therapeutic outcomes. Collecting a wide range of specimens and preparing them for transfer to processing. Observes patient status and keeps licensed clinical staff informed of any change in condition. Takes vital signs. Assists with patient exams and screening. Document actions, interventions, and procedures in the medical record. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Intermediate Care Technician/PD99968S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 07/06/2026. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English. Individual Occupational Requirement : Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) (for positions at GS-4 and above): ALL applicants must meet the IOR as a basic requirement in order to qualify for the 0640 occupational series: Specialized Experience IOR: Positions in this series range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists, speech pathologists, medical officers, and optometrists. Therefore, technician experience is experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Prepare and administer medications through various methods, examples include, intramuscular injections, subcutaneous injections, intradermal injections, oral, aerosolized including oxygen, topical, intraocular (eye drops), Otic (ear drops), intranasal, rectal (suppositories), local anesthetics, intraurethral, and intravenous; Perform minor surgical procedures, medical interventions and administer treatments to manage care to combat disease or disabling symptoms example incise and drain various skin infections or abscesses; Order appropriate diagnostic studies under the direction of the supervising Licensed Independent Practitioner (LIP) obtains and Reports Diagnostic and laboratory results. Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed one (1) full year (18 semester hours) of graduate education that is directly related to the work of the position and have submitted transcripts with my application. (Transcripts Required). Preferred Expereince: This position is primarily assigned to Specialty Services to provide foot and nail care. The ICT may also assist in podiatry and general surgery care. This ICT position has the potential to cross-train to other departments in the VA to help better fulfill the mission of caring for our Veterans, and to be able to fill in for other departments during times of absences and low staffing as indicated by their supervisor/management. 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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