HEALTH TECHNICIAN
Location: Hill AFB, Utah
Description: Department of the Air Force is at present recruited HEALTH TECHNICIAN right now, this position will be settled in Utah. For complete informations about this position opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Hill Air Force Base provides worldwide engineering and logistics management for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt II, and the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, and performs d! epot maintenance of the F-16, A-10, and C-130 Hercules aircraft. The base is located between Ogden and Salt Lake City. The area is known for year round activities, including skiing, hiking, boating, extreme sports, fishing and hunting, with four distinct seasons, low humidity and moderate snow fall in the valley.
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THIS IS A 90 DAY STANDING REGISTER
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90 Day Register: This announcement will result in a 90 day register (list of eligible candidates) that may be used to fill like vacancies for 90 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.
Â"THIS IS A TEMPORARY POSITION NTE September 30, 2013Â"
DRUG TESTING:
THIS POSITION HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR DRUG TESTING. IF YOU ARE SELECTED FOR THIS POSITION YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO URINALYSIS TESTING PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT AND YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO RANDOM URINALYSIS TESTING AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.
! WHO MAY APPLY:
Click
here
for more i! nformation. You MUST have the identified eligibility in order to be considered. **Air Force is not responsible for erroneous eligibilities you list or fail to list**
Air Force Employee (Current Permanent Competitive Service Career/Career-Conditional Employees and Current Permanent AF DCIPS Employees with Reinstatement Rights to the Competitive Service)
Federal Time-In-Grade (TIG) Requirement for General Schedule (GS) Positions:
Current/prior federal civilian applicants must have served at least 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or higher grade (or equivalent in an alternate pay system) within the Federal Civil Service to be considered for referral.
FOR THIS JOB ANNOUNCEMENT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT (BY 11:59PM EASTERN TIME):
1. Résumé, for each block of work experience you must include mo/year (starting/ending dates), salary, hours per week, job title, super! visors name/phone number (may we contact statement).
2. Responses to the on-line Occupational Questionnaire.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
U.S. Citizenship Required
Travel and relocation expenses will not be paid
DUTIES:
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MAJOR DUTIES
:
As a
Health Technician, GS-0640-06,
you will perform a variety of paraprofessional medical support duties for several clinics, including: Geriatrics, Gynecological, Pediatrics, Deployment Readiness, Family Medicine and Surgical Health.
You will also:
- Perform patient intake, examination support and discharge duties.
- Utilize a variety of medical specific computer programs to make patient appointments, record patient histories, retrieve patient medical histories and prepare billing for Tri-Care and other insurance providers.
- Perform a wide variety of treatments including dispensing prescribed medicati! ons, sterile dressing changes, and wound irrigations, cleaning and dres! sing abrasions.
- Remove sutures, sterile packing of wounds.
- Perform start of day, between procedures and end of day examination room reviews -AND-
- Conduct patient and family instruction.
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SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
You must have one year of specialized experience at a level close to the work of this position that has given you the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform.
Typically, we would find this experience in work within this field that is closely related.
To be creditable, the specialized experience must have been equivalent to the next lower grade level
(GS-05)
pay band or equivalent.
Specialized experience
is described
as experience utilizing a working knowledge of standard medical technology and basic anatomy of the human body, physical and emotional reactions, nursing! care, and contraindications to medications to interpret providersÂ' communications; understanding of established procedures during medical and surgical procedures.
Only experience obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
1. Knowledge of the common elements of a patients care plan sufficient to provide appropriate verbal information and written facts for a plan of patient care.
2.
Ability to utilize a variety of specialty computer programs in the updating, retrieval and maintenance of patient electronic records; Knowledge sufficient to identify and use equipment; drugs, and supplies properly and to communicate proper use to patients and family members.
3. Knowledge of st! andard medical technology for the human body, physical and emotional re! actions, nursing care, pharmacology, and communications to medications sufficient to provide and gather information in patient care conferences with patient, and family members.
4. Knowledge of medical facility rules, procedures, and operating instructions including those relating to aseptic procedures; Knowledge sufficient to perform end of day business to include coding of patients episode of care by visit, telephone, or other related care.
5.
Knowledge of the nursing process sufficient to participate in planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care in all settings where patient care takes place; Considerable theoretical
knowledge, clinical experience and technical skill in order to independently asses-the physiological, psychological and socio-economic
need of each patient to determine the priority of patient needs.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE
:
Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid wo! rk on the same basis as for paid experience. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. To receive credit for such experience you must indicate clearly the nature of the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.
BENEFITS:
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This link provides an overview of the benefits currently offered to Federal employees.
http://www.usajobs.gov/ResourceCenter/Index/Interactive/Benefits#icc
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OTHER INFORMATION:
OTHER INFORMATION
:
1. Work will routinely require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
2.
Technician is required to change into proper attire to perform duties within the examination room. Attire includes surgical scrubs, shoe covers, surgical cap and mask.
Prescribed limitations exist for hairstyl! e, jewelry and nail fashions in these settings for the purpose of safet! y and limiting the transmission of infection.
3. CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED (Automated external defibrillators) certification is required with mandatory recertification.
4. Current and ongoing certification under current state statutes as a Medication Aide Certified or equivalent is required.
5. The position may be identified as "having regular contact with children", requiring a State Criminal History Repository (SCHR) check to be completed on any person selected for the position.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: INCUMBENT MUST BE ABLE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL SECURITY CLEARANCE AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.
PHYSICAL EFFORT
: The work requires long hours of continuous activity sometimes in cramped spaces when examination room equipment in use must be modified or maintained while in use. The work involves regular and recurring physical exertion.
Must be able to lift and move equipme! nt weighing 25 pounds and over with assistance;
Requires frequent bending, walking, lifting, stretching to reach objects, positioning patients, carrying, pushing, or pulling, heavy objects.
Duties require above average dexterity.
WORKING CONDITIONS
:
The work may require exposure to contagious and potentially fatal diseases (AIDS, hepatitis) through contact with patients.
The work may also be emotionally stressful during life threatening or other situations with extremely short response times.
Technician is required to perform duties on a daily basis around compressed gases and volatile agents.
In addition, there is regular and recurring daily exposure to infectious and contagious diseases, disorders, exposure to x-rays, etc, .The type3s of contagious exposures include, but are not limited to, hepatitis, staphylococcus, streptococcus, herpes, HIV. Safety equipment includes surgical attire, gloves, masks! , safety glasses and lead aprons.
It is the responsibility of ! the technician to observe reasonable safety precautions and to use appropriate safety equipment based on the expected exposure (i.e., lead apron during x-ray, etc.).
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION:
you are deaf or Hard of Hearing and need assistance via TDD/TTY, please contact Andrea Rathbun at (801) 586-1819.
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see
www.sss.gov
).
To determine if you are qualified for this position, your resume will be reviewed and compared to your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Please follow all instructions carefully.
Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility, qualifications, and/or rating.
HOW TO APPLY:
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The following documents are required and must be provided by the closing date of the announcement:
- Online Application (Questionnaire)
- Resume - If you submit a resume wit! h inappropriate material e.g. photos, you will not be considered for this vacancy. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). Resumes that do not contain this information will be marked as insufficient and applicants may not receive consideration for this position.
Apply Online
button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure you click the
Submit My Answers
button at the end of the process.
To fax documents you are unable to upload, complete this cover page
http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf
using the following Vacancy ID:
931785
. Fax your documents to
1-478-757-3144
.
If you! cannot apply online:
1. Click the following link to view and p! rint the occupational questionnaire
View Occupational Questionnaire
.
2. Print this 1203FX form to provide your response to the occupational questionnaire
http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/opm1203fx.pdf
, and
3. Fax the completed 1203FX form along with any supporting documents to
1-478-757-3144
. Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
PLEASE NOTE:
In Section 25 of the Occupational Questionnaire, you
may notice
that the numbering restarts with number one. When entering your responses on the 1203-FX form please continue to enter your responses on the next available number within this section. The numbers on the 1203-FX will not match the Occupational Questionnaire once it restarts with number one. This issue has been identified and will be resolved as soon as possible.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If sel! ected, you will be required to submit the following documents to substantiate your eligibility and/or qualifications within 2 business days. A list of required documents for each eligibility may be located
here
.
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Eligibility Documentation, SF50, DD214, Proof of Disability, Certification of Job Readiness, etc.
- Transcripts, if qualifying based on education or positive education series
here
for more information
.
QUESTIONS:
Any questions concerning this announcement may be addressed to Sharon M. Kartchner (801)586-9197SHARON.KARTCHNER@HILL.AF.MILThe subject line of your email must indicate the announcement number only (i.e., 8L-HILL-931785-881270-SMK). Email inquiries are to address specific questions concerning this announcement.
General inquirie! s unrelated to a specific announcement will not receive a response
!
. Responses to inquiries will generally be returned within 2 business days.
COMPLETE APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING ALL ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION, MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59PM EASTERN TIME ON THE CLOSING DATE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT, Wednesday, July 31, 2013.
AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
Sharon M. Kartchner
Phone: (801)586-9197
Email: SHARON.KARTCHNER@HILL.AF.MIL
Agency Information:
Hill Air Force Base
OO-ALC/DP
6053 Elm Lane
Bldg 1245 Rm 2
Hill AFB,
UT
84056-5819
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If you were eligible to this position, please deliver us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Department of the Air Force.
Interested on this position, just click on the Apply button, you will be redirected to the official website
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