Health Technician

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Recruitment Incentive may be authorized. Advanced Leave Accrual may be authorized. Advanced In-hire may be authorized.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience 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.

GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Six months of general experience which includes (1) any type of work that demonstrates the ability to perform the work of the position, or (2) experience that provided a familiarity with performing a variety of medical and clerical support duties which facilitate the work of the Physicians and Nurses, AND six months of specialized experience which includes, performing initial screening of patients, recording vital signs and initial patient complaint and preparing patients for exams/procedures.

OR EDUCATION: Two years of education above the high school level that included at least 12 semester hours in subjects related to the position, such as, Nursing, Medical Terminology, Health and Medical Sciences, Medical Assisting, Health Information Technology, Phlebotomy.

OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education by 60. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Provide comprehensive patient care support to orthopedic providers throughout the clinical process.
• Manage patient check-in procedures, prepare patients for examinations, and accurately obtain and record vital signs.
• Perform routine clinical tasks including the removal of dressings and casts.
• Assist providers during in-office procedures such as the application of splints and braces.
• Coordinate and schedule patient appointments and surgical procedures for a team of orthopedic providers.