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The Health Technician Emergency Department (ED) position primary function is to be a member of the ED team providing compassionate healthcare to Veterans. Incumbent works under the supervision of the ED nurses and physicians to provide initial screening and stabilization of patients, assist on diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, participate on the organization and maintenance of ED equipment, transport patients at the ED and through the Medical Center, and respond as part of the Rescue Team. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/18/2023. 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.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: providing initial screening and stabilization of patients, assisting on diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, participates on the organization and maintenance of Emergency Department equipment, moving and transporting patients at the Emergency Department and through the Medical Center, and responding as part of the Rescue Team. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Clinical Data Collection/Documentation Patient Care 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 work requires some standing, walking, bending, stooping, lifting and positioning of patients. The work requires above average agility and dexterity. The work may require heavy lifting of items or patients with appropriate equipment. 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/. ["The duties of this position can include but are not limited to the following: Interview patients to obtain their medical history. Screen patient complaints to determine emergent requests. Document patient medical records/charts (either paper or electronic). File and/or submit clinical documents and images for scanning. Issuing patients with hospital wear, and collecting their jewelry and accessories for safekeeping. Lifting and positioning patients for personnel to perform medical procedures. Cleaning and dressing wounds, and applying splints. Monitoring breathing and heart rate equipment, and performing EKGs. Transporting patients around the hospital on stretchers and in wheelchairs. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am-4pm Position Description Title/PD#: Health Technician (Emergency Dept)/PD06314A Physical Requirements: The work requires some standing, walking, bending, stooping, lifting and positioning of patients. The work requires above average agility and dexterity. The work may require heavy lifting of items or patients with appropriate equipment."]

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