Health Technician

This position is located in the Gulf Coast VA Healthcare System Compensation and Pension Service and assigned to the Assistant Director. The incumbents perform all delegated administrative duties associated with the completion of the Compensation and Pension Program Examinations and clinical healthcare duties. All duties must be performed within specific timeframes, and work habits must include being highly organized and detail oriented.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Individual Occupational Requirement: Applicants who meet the Individual Occupational Requirements described below are fully qualified for the specified entry grade and must also meet the specialized experience and/or education requirements. Specialized Experience: 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, OR, Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position. In addition to meeting the IOR above, candidates must demonstrate they meet the following grade requirement: GS-05 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of Specialized Experience include: Checks-in and Checks-out patients in a health care setting. Enters, modifies, and retrieves data using the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Identifies problems with medical equipment and properly submits repair requests. Performs clinical health care duties. Stocking and re-stocking exam rooms with linens, gowns, table paper and other medical supplies. Performs program support work that involves scheduling, collection, compilation, research and or tracking of data and program information. Utilizes software applicants to draw and input information. Scheduling and Rescheduling appointments. OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position.(Your application package must clearly describe all of the above specialized experience. We cannot make assumptions when reviewing applications). You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail Clerical Clinical Data Collection/Documentation Communication Computer Skills Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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/. Physical Demands The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, the work requires some walking and traveling between clinic areas and individual work offices. The work requires frequent carrying, moving, and filing medical and c-file charts as well as other C&P supplies to and from the clinic sites. Lifting of boxes 20-30 pounds is required. Prolonged standing, bending, carrying of light items such as papers, books, small parts, or driving an automobile, etc.