Job Description

SummaryThis position is located in the Emergency Room Primary Care and Specialty Clinic at the Charles George VA Medical Center. The duties and responsibilities are carried out in the department the incumbent will be selected to work. Learn more about this agencyHelpOverview Accepting applications Open & closing dates 07/28/2022 to 07/23/2023 Salary $44740 - $58158 per year Pay scale & gradeGS 7 HelpLocation2 vacancies in the following location: Asheville NC 2 vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocation expenses reimbursed No Appointment typePermanent - Work scheduleFull-time - ServiceCompetitive Promotion potential 7 Job family (Series) 0640 Health Aid And Technician Supervisory statusNo Security clearance Not Required Drug testYes Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determination process Suitability/Fitness Announcement numberCBTA-11581471-22-YM Control number667937600 HelpThis job is open to Career transition (CTAP ICTAP RPL)Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee. Federal employees - Competitive serviceCurrent or former competitive service federal employees. Individuals with disabilities Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Special authoritiesIndividuals eligible under a special authority not listed above but defined in the federal hiring regulations. Veterans Clarification from the agency This position is open to: Status Candidates (this includes Merit Promotion Status Candidates Former Overseas Employees CTAP ICTAP VRA VEOA 30% or More Disabled EVHO Schedule A Military Spouses Americorps Peace Corps Vista Interchange Agreement Eligibles Land Management and other non-competitive eligibles)VideosHelpDuties In this position you will serve as Intermediate Care Technician. Duties include but are not limited to: Evaluating patients for emergency medical conditions order appropriate diagnostic studies and perform a wide range of treatment procedures under the direction of the supervising physician. Necessary interventions based upon patient symptoms and established protocols / standards of care should be part of the routine capabilities of this position. Assisting in behavioral/psychiatric situations to include crisis intervention management of aggressive or suicidal psychiatric patients and one-to-one observations. Assisting Physicians with complex specialized. and potentially life threatening procedures such as defibrillation cardioversion or initiation of mechanical ventilation to restore normal physiological function or prevent deterioration of patients condition. These duties are not all inclusive and require the demonstration of appropriate training and documented competence prior to their unrestricted performance. And other duties assignedPosition Description/PD#: Intermediate Care Technician/PDS0031-A Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Travel Required: Not Required Work Schedule: Full -Time Varying tours with weekend requirement Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Physical Requirements: The work requires a level of physical fitness that allows for standing for extended periods heavy lifting to position patients and manual dexterity to perform clinical procedures. The work will require recurrent bending lifting stooping standing squatting stretching sitting and walking. THIS IS AN OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT WITH A CLOSING DATE OF: October 28 2022. The initial date is: August 11 2022. Applications will be reviewed every 15 business days thereafter. Applications will remain on file for the time-period of this announcement.HelpRequirementsConditions 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 Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment if required 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 This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. 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 07/23/2023. 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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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. GS-07 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: experience as a first responder to emergent situations experience with extracting assisting moving lifting transferring and transporting patients experience in obtaining and documenting patients vital signs experience in recognizing emergency situations and episodes of patient deterioration and responding appropriately experience in utilizing S-BAR format to verbally report and/or document and experience in venipuncture and collection of specimens. EMT-B level or greater preferred. OR Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Graduate education or an internship that meets the specialized experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. (*Transcripts required). OR Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. 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. Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u) Schedule A Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e. intellectual disabilities severe physical disabilities or psychiatric disabilities] and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment change to lower grade transfer appointment or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment. Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA career development services for our existing Veterans and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.Education A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Education must be from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For additional information refer to the U.S. Department of Education web site at http://www.ed.gov. Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) or you may submit a list with all of your courses grades semester year and credit for the courses. Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. For example specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the Department of Education as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.Additional informationNOTE: Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted. HCP in violation of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who during the influenza season work in VHA locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locations include but are not limited to VA hospitals and associated clinics community living centers (CLCs) community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) domiciliary units Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed clinical and administrative remote and onsite paid and without compensation full- and part-time employees intermittent employees fee basis employees VA contractors researchers volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents interns fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with patients outside VA medical facilities. Reasonable Accommodation Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e. physical or mental) covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments you will be granted the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation in your online application. Requests for Reasonable Accommodations for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for Reasonable Accommodation must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for Reasonable Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position after notification of the adjudication of your request you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a Reasonable Accommodation please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php? title=Reasonable Accommodations for USA Hire. Read more Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.Review our benefitsEligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be EvaluatedYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume supporting documents) the responses you provide on the application questionnaire and the result of the online assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge skills abilities and other characteristics):Diagnostic Medical TestingEmergency CareFirst ResponsePatient CareSpecimen Collection To be considered for this position you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration you may be asked to submit additional job related information which may include but not limited to; responses to the knowledge skills and abilities; completion of a work sample and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice your most recent performance rating and your most recent SF-50 noting current position grade level and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be considered well qualified under CTAP you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position. In addition you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. Information about CTAP eligibility is on OPMs Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.. Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.Review our benefitsEligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered. As a new or existing federal employee you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether youre a permanent part-time temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits however check with your agency to make sure youre eligible under their policies. To apply for this position you must submit a complete Application Package which includes one or more of the following documents. Please use this checklist to make sure you have included documents required for your application. You will not be contacted for additional information: Your resume showing work schedule hours worked per week dates of employment and duties performed. Cover letter optional SF-50 No...