- Position Title
- Medical Instrument Technician -Polysomnography
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSU-12687166-25-JMW Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, February 7, 2025 to Friday, June 27, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
2.
Are you willing to accept the working conditions as indicated in the announcement?
3.
Are you willing to accept the conditions of employment as indicated in the announcement?
4.
In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English?
If you are basing your qualifications on education (or a combination of education and experience) or if the position requires a college education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
2.
I authorize my application information being shared with hiring managers for similar positions. I understand this option may not result in further consideration for additional positions nor will it impact my application for this announcement.
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest as a Medical Instrument Technician, MIT-Polysomnography Technician with the Veterans Health Administration.
Please select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your current level of education and/or experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position.
Note: Education must be verified by uploading copies of unofficial college transcripts with your resume. Experience will be verified by applicant's completing the duty section under each job history section in the resume.
Failure to upload your transcripts and/or adequately document your job experience and/or knowledge, skills, and abilities may result in disqualification of your application materials for this position.
Please read the job announcement carefully to ensure all pertinent data in included in your resume.
Please select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your current level of education and/or experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position.
Note: Education must be verified by uploading copies of unofficial college transcripts with your resume. Experience will be verified by applicant's completing the duty section under each job history section in the resume.
Failure to upload your transcripts and/or adequately document your job experience and/or knowledge, skills, and abilities may result in disqualification of your application materials for this position.
Please read the job announcement carefully to ensure all pertinent data in included in your resume.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
GS-4 MIT-Trainee experience requirements:
Do you have at least 1 year experience comparable to next lower grade demonstrating KSAs & characteristics related to position duties. 6 months of experience may have been in medically related fields: nursing assistant, practical nursing, or similar fields. The other 6 months must have been operating diagnostic & therapeutic MIT equipment. Experience gained operating MIT equipment for animal diagnosis/treatment may be credited at this level.
OR
Have you successfully completed 2 years of education above high school or associate's degree w/ major field study directly related to MIT occupation?
OR
Meet the Grandfathering Provision: All persons employed in VHA in this occupation on March 17, 2006 are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education and licensure/certification/registration that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation.
Note: Failure to upload your transcripts and/or adequately document your job experience and KSAs may result in disqualification of your application materials for this position.
Do you have at least 1 year experience comparable to next lower grade demonstrating KSAs & characteristics related to position duties. 6 months of experience may have been in medically related fields: nursing assistant, practical nursing, or similar fields. The other 6 months must have been operating diagnostic & therapeutic MIT equipment. Experience gained operating MIT equipment for animal diagnosis/treatment may be credited at this level.
OR
Have you successfully completed 2 years of education above high school or associate's degree w/ major field study directly related to MIT occupation?
OR
Meet the Grandfathering Provision: All persons employed in VHA in this occupation on March 17, 2006 are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education and licensure/certification/registration that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation.
Note: Failure to upload your transcripts and/or adequately document your job experience and KSAs may result in disqualification of your application materials for this position.
2.
GS-4 MIT-Trainee Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities, KSAs requirements:
Can you demonstrate the GS-4 KSAs:
1) Knowledge of basic medical terminology.
2) Ability to learn the components, operating characteristics, and settings of the equipment to be used.
3) Ability to learn typical patient reactions to the basic procedures involved and ability to recognize signs of distress.
4) Ability to learn the standard positions for the procedure being conducted.
5) Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
Note: Failure to adequately document your job experience and KSAs may result in disqualification of your application materials for this position.
Can you demonstrate the GS-4 KSAs:
1) Knowledge of basic medical terminology.
2) Ability to learn the components, operating characteristics, and settings of the equipment to be used.
3) Ability to learn typical patient reactions to the basic procedures involved and ability to recognize signs of distress.
4) Ability to learn the standard positions for the procedure being conducted.
5) Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
Note: Failure to adequately document your job experience and KSAs may result in disqualification of your application materials for this position.