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Health Technician
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
California
Salary
$51,358 - $67,762
per year
Type
Full Time
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January 14, 2026
GS-6 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $37,764 - $49,094
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-5. Bachelor's degree + some experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job is for a health technician in a military hospital's OB/GYN clinic in San Diego, where you'll handle front-desk tasks like answering calls, scheduling appointments, and managing patient records, along with some hands-on clinical work such as screening patients and preparing them for exams.
It's a mix of office coordination and basic medical support in a busy healthcare setting.
A good fit would be someone organized with customer service experience and comfort using computers for patient info, ideally with some background in medical offices or volunteer health roles.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience at GS-05 level, including answering patient questions on clinic services and appointments
- Proficiency in using automated computer systems to collect, record, and maintain patient medical information and history
- Experience scheduling medical appointments and preparing master appointment schedules
- Ability to administer topical medications and operate specialized medical equipment for patient screening
- Skills in preparing laboratory, radiology requests, and routing consultation forms to providers
- Strong customer service for greeting patients, handling calls, and addressing general inquiries (not diagnosis-related)
- U.S. citizenship required; education transcripts if qualifying via education
Full Job Description
About the Position: This position is located at Naval Medical Center, Defense Health Agency, Defense Health Network Pacific Rim, San Diego, CA Directorate of Surgery OB/GYN.
This position has both administrative and clinical responsibilities. Administrative responsibilities will require coordination of all the clinic's clerical and administrative activities.
Clinical responsibilities related to screening patients prior to medical appointments.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education requirements described below.
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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience GS-06: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) answering patient questions regarding general clinic services or appointment concerns; and (2) utilizing automated computer systems to collect, record, and/or maintain patient medical information and history and; (3) scheduling medical appointments for patients.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). Major Duties:
- Answers clinic telephones, greets patients, answers patient's questions about appointment time, TRICARE benefits, waiting times, clinic services and other general questions not related to diagnosis or treatment.
- Prepares and activates the master appointment schedule for the clinic.
- Routes consultation forms to the appropriate provider or service.
- Administers topical medications.
- Operates specialized medical equipment associated with screening clinic patient.
- Prepares laboratory, radiology requests and other forms as ordered by providers.
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