Summary
This position is located at the Richard L. Roudebush VAMC, IN within the Nursing, Perioperative service. Provides assistance of a technical, specialized, or support nature of health and medical personnel in the diagnosis or treatment of patient illnesses or medical conditions. Supports medical and health care professionals in tests and procedures to diagnose, and treat medial conditions, as well as the completion of clerical and administrative duties
Duties
Patient Care duties:
1. Makes observations and thoroughly documents care and the patient's response. Appropriately seeks assistance and guidance by informing the appropriate medical provider of changes in the patient's condition requiring higher-level intervention.
2. The Health Technician performs, reports, and records assigned nursing care in SDS/PACU.
3. Promptly recognizes urgent or emergent patient care situations, seeks assistance, and effectively performs supportive tasks as directed when appropriate.
4. Based on the patient's goals, provides patient and family health education, after initiated by provider or registered nurse, to include self-management, prevention, and wellness.
5. Interacts and communicates appropriately with patients and family members.
6. Teaches patients and family members to necessity of continuing proper handling and precleaning of reusable medical equipment.
7. Adheres to principles of infection control, safety, and universal precautions.
8. Incumbent possesses knowledge of proper handling and pre-cleaning of reusable medical equipment.
9. Demonstrates competence utilizing special equipment needed to perform job duties.
10. Supports patient-driven care in a safe, efficient, and cost-efficient manner, using evidence-based principles.
11. Promotes patient and personnel safety. Demonstrates competence utilization of Safe-Patient Handling equipment.
12. Technically proficient in initiating, performing, and completing assigned duties based on the Peri Anesthesia/Perioperative Care Model while providing care to variable patient populations.
13. Receives request or instructions for procedures. Interprets request for instructions for medical or health care personnel. Receives assignments for a variety of difficult examinations. Employee understands and carries out the request made by the health care professional. Monitors patients
for adverse reactions and takes appropriate action based on established policy and past experience. Records results and ensures that they are made a part of permanent medical record. Recognizes abnormalities and brings them to the attention of the appropriate medical/health care professionals. Performs other duties as directed or assigned.
14. Assists medical staff with or performs diagnostic procedures used to diagnose medical conditions. Adjust, adapts, and operates specialized equipment and accessories needed for difficult procedures. Perform difficult specialized tests and measurements that are preliminary to the
physician's treatment of the patient.
Administrative Duties: Provides clerical and administrative support to the unit. Maintains patients records/charts. Provides general clerical/administrative support coordination work for the unit. Accurately enters order and/or consults approved through Outpatient Protocols. Assist patients in contacting members of their care team within PCS Surgery and/or navigating through the health care system. Support clinical flow to
include but not limited to scrubbing provider panel, communicating with Specialty Care Clinic/Medical Support Assistance for scheduling needs, pre-appointment check-in, and clinical reminder review. Support completion of medical documentation through communication with the Specialty Clinic Team; to include FMLA, faxes, etc. Checks appointments, tests, and coordinates all activities and appointments for the clinical areas, avoiding conflict in patient treatment plan. Supports SDS/PACU through evaluating, answering, and sending secure messaging to appropriate care tea, member.
Documents, uploads files/documents to patient record appropriately in the Veterans Electronic Health Record (EHR) meeting facility and VHA Directives. Collects data from patients records in preparation for patient appointment or in quality improvement initiatives. Identifies inconsistencies or discrepancies among patients EHR and alerts appropriate staff for corrective action.
Work Schedule: Full Time, 8:00 - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
Position Description Title/PD#: Health Technician - Perioperative/PD92089A
Physical Requirements: Work pace range from sedentary to a very rapid pace to include walking, standing, bending, and reaching. Includes lifting to positioning patients on/off gurney, and or wheelchair. Work requires specific, but common, physical abilities such as agility and dexterity to position patients' examination or treatment in usual alternate positions for patients with common disabilities. Heavy lifting occasionally may be required
to relocate clinic equipment or patients.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
NOTE: You MUST include description of qualifying specialized experience with employment periods in mm/yyyy to mm/yyyy format on your resume and indicate Full-Time or Part-Time (if Part-time, must include # of hours worked per week). AND, if you have held a Government position, that position's grade level MUST be listed on your resume; Failure to include all requirements in your resume will result in disqualification. Please refer to https://www.usajobs.gov/help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/ for additional information on resume requirements.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Required Documents
Documents Required:
Please review the above list to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your application. Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).
You will not be contacted for additional information. Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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 07/14/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12756661.
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2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
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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.