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Summary This position serves as a Health Technician in the Nursing, Acute Care - Emergency Department. This role will operate at full performance capacity, managing routine and non routine assignments independently while demonstrating proficiency in handling routine tasks autonomously. Responsibilities Duties include, but are not limited to: Initiate cardiac monitoring and admits/discharges patients from the monitoring system. Insert angiocaths into peripheral arm veins and obtain blood for laboratory tests according to policy and procedures. Document and report procedures appropriately in the medical record. Perform Urinary catheter insertions and irrigations according to policy and procedure and discontinues catheters when ordered. Assist in preparing patients designated for admission, including separating, securing, and inventorying clothing and personal valuables. Welcome and assist patients, their families, visitors, and ambulance personnel upon arrival, directing them to the appropriate treatment areas. Accurately measuring and fitting crutches and providing verbal and written instructions for their proper use. Perform venipunctures to obtain serum blood samples according to the ED and laboratory policy. Set up suction, and oxygen equipment, and demonstrate the ability to identify the correct oxygen delivery device. Aid in specialized examinations and procedures by preparing patients, supplying necessary instruments to the physician. Work Schedule: 7:30pm-8:00am with rotating weekends Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Technician/PD08457A Requirements Conditions of Employment 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 You may be required to serve a probationary period 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 dentification 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) Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/28/2025. Individual Occupational Requirement: 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. 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. 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. In addition to the IOR 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: Setting up suction, and oxygen equipment, and demonstrate the ability to identify the correct oxygen delivery device; Retrieve and print patient EKGs from the CPRS and/or EKG database; Perform Urinary catheter insertions and irrigations according to policy and procedure and discontinues catheters when ordered; Perform finger stick blood glucose testing and reports; Qualified to initiate and assist with Basic Life Support (BLS) when required; Accountable for ensuring that supplies for the ED are adequately stocked; Managing telephone communications, which include answering incoming calls and placing outgoing calls or pages as necessary. EMT-P or EMT-B certification required. Preferred Experience: Current within 3 years, experience as an EMT-P or EMT-B You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Diagnostic Medical Testing Emergency Care Patient Care Specimen Collection Technical Competence 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. Physical Requirements: The Healthcare Technician role necessitates mobility throughout the ED and the medical center as required, which includes activities such as standing, walking, bending, pushing, and lifting moderately heavy items The Health Technician must be capable of prolonged periods of standing and walking and maneuvering equipment, wheelchairs, and patient stretchers. Proper lifting techniques and body mechanics must be consistently employed to prevent injury. 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/. Education There is no educational substitution for the GS-06 level. Additional Information This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.