Description:
The Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) - Advanced provides high level support, training, and advanced management of telehealth operations and is typically stationed at a clinical care delivery site (VA Medical Center, CBOC, VA Outreach Clinic, etc.), with duties that may require travel.Requirements:
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.Basic Requirements :
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- Experience: One year of experience in a health care field that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work or provides an understanding of the work such as but not limited to a medical or clinical assistant (or technician) or health technician.
OR
Education: Four academic years above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation.
OR
Experience/Education Combination: Equivalent combination of experience and education are qualifying for entry level for which both education and experience are acceptable.
Examples are listed below: - Six months of experience in the health care field and two years of education above high school that included at least six semester hours in health care related courses such as, biological science, surgical technician courses, nursing assistant or other courses related to the position; or an associate's degree in a health care related field; or (b) Six months of experience in the health care field and successful completion of a course for health care technicians, hospital corpsmen, or medical service specialists given by the U.S. Armed Forces.
Grade Determinations : One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level.
Preferred Experience: Telehealth, Primary Care experience
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to use independent technical judgment to analyze, evaluate and resolve problems.
- Knowledge of quality control and assurance procedures and principles of performance improvement.
- Ability to function effectively between competing priorities.
- Knowledge of proper inventory management, maintenance and troubleshooting of telehealth equipment.
- Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance, plan, organize and coordinate activities of a health technician in order to effectively complete job duties of assignment such as distributing workload, monitoring the status and progress of work, monitoring accuracy of work.
- Ability to assist in Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) development, outcome management and strategic planning.
- Ability to perform successful knowledge transfer regarding the use of telehealth technologies.
Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting (15-44 pounds), moderate carrying (15-44 pounds), reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, both hands required, walking (6 hours), Standing (4 hours), near vision correctable to 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4, Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other, ability to distinguish basic colors, emotional/mental stability, ability to read written material.
Mar 6, 2025;
from:
usajobs.gov