Health Technician Job in Big Spring, TX

Summary

This job is open to

• The public

  U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

• Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

  Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

Duties

• Responsible for developing and maintaining a therapeutic professional helping relationship with Residents admitted to the MHRRTP.
• Provides orientation to new Residents by explaining MHRRTP policies/procedures, treatment expectations and goals.
• Interviews each Resident to assess skills associated activities of daily living, leisure and work interests, personal hygiene, interpersonal communication, etc.
• Maintains close contact with Residents to ensure that their behavior and social adjustments are satisfactory.
• Demonstrates the ability to work with Residents who have a variety of physical, mental, emotional, and behavior issues using approved care techniques.
• Appropriately identifies or resolves Resident s concerns or refers them to staff with specific administrative or clinical expertise.
• Remains accessible to Residents and serves as a role model for appropriate behavior.
• Treats Residents, staff, and visitors in a courteous, professional, and positive manner.
• Uses good judgment, tact and discretion in dealing with Residents who have difficulty conforming to acceptable standards or complying with requirements for acceptable adjustment to MHRRTP living.
• Provides crisis intervention in situations of a medical, psychiatric and/or behavioral emergency.
• Receives telephone calls from beneficiaries, relatives, friends, other VA facilities, service organizations, community agencies, etc. relating to Residents under his/her supervision and may provide information in accordance with HIPAA guidelines, the Privacy Act, and as stated in the Medical Care System Memoranda on Automatic Information System (AIS) Security Policy.
• Responsible for ensuring a clean, safe, and healthy environment for all Residents and staff to include housekeeping and sanitation, security safety, repair and maintenance of rooms, ramps, and areas surrounding the buildings.

Work Schedule: 7:30 AM - 8 PM; 7:30 PM - 8 AM (12 hours shifts). Rotating shifts including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.
Position Description Title/PD#: Health Technician/PD01152A
Physical Requirements: Work is carried out in a 24/7 residential treatment setting serving a population of male and female Veterans ranging from the adult, age 18, to the elderly adult, age 65 and over. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing, twisting, climbing stairs, climbing ladders, simple grasping, reading above shoulder. Transferring patients and/or objects 6 may be required. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don PPE. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative due to psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be a mature, flexible, sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations, able to shift priorities and use good judgement based on residents needs. Conditions may also include heat, cold, excess humidity, work with chemicals, dust, noise, driving a vehicle, fire manipulation.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc
• 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.

How You Will Be Evaluated

Required Documents

How to Apply

All applicants are encouraged to apply online.

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/05/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12730940.

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Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email.