Health Technician (Optometry)

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About the Position: Andrew Rader Health Clinic is located on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, VA with hours of operation 0730-1600 Monday through Friday.

The Optometry unit consists of a blended active duty and civilian team with 2 providers.

You will operate in a team-oriented military healthcare setting with a primary mission to support the clinic's two providers in maintaining the vision readiness of warfighters in the National Capital Region.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation 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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes screening patients, measuring patient visual acuity, and conducting various vision tests.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Optometry.

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 the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9.

Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Review clinic appointments to identify patient needs.
• Receive each patient and initiate examination data recording in the electronic medical record.
• Conduct specialized diagnostic tests.
• Perform and document test results such as automated visual fields, corneal pachymetry and topography, anterior and posterior segment photography and tomography, and widefield retinal imaging.
• Order authorized military prescription eye ware using the DoD Spectacle Request Transmission System.
• Ensure exam rooms are opened and closed properly daily.