- Position Title
- Health Technician - Dodge City CBOC
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSS-12715911-25-CNH Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, March 20, 2025 to Thursday, April 10, 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 an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
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.
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
The following instructions pertain to the Health Technician position. Select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your current level of experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience and education are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience or education as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
1.
I understand that I must provide SF-50(s) - Notification of Personnel Action, to verify my eligibility to apply to the area of consideration listed in the announcement and to verify that I possess the time-in-grade requirements for the position. The following information is provided to assist applicants in the submission of appropriate SF-50s to verify eligibility and time-in-grade requirements:
- To verify your eligibility to apply to the area of consideration listed in the announcement, you must provide your most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee
- An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must also be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as outlined in the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade
- Award 50's do not provide sufficient information and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade.
- Examples of appropriate SF-50's to document time-in-grade include:
- Within grade increases at the highest grade held; or
- Promotions with an effective date more than one year old; or
- SF-50's at the highest grade held with an effective date more than one year old.
2.
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?
3.
This occupational series has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series, and it is something that cannot be waived.
The IOR for the GS-04 grade level is: You must have successfully completed 2 years of study, beyond high school, that included at least 12 hours in subjects related to the position, OR you must have 12 months of specialized experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled.
The IOR for the GS-05 grade level is: You must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study, beyond high school, leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position, OR you must have one year equivalent to the GS-4 specialized experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled.
The IOR for the GS-06 grade level is: you must have one year specialized experience at the GS-5 level that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled.
Do you meet one of the above IOR's?
Please select the best answer below. Your response must be demonstrated in your resume and the following assessment responses. In addition, if using education for qualification, you must provide transcripts. If you do not provide the transcript, you will not be referred.
The IOR for the GS-04 grade level is: You must have successfully completed 2 years of study, beyond high school, that included at least 12 hours in subjects related to the position, OR you must have 12 months of specialized experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled.
The IOR for the GS-05 grade level is: You must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study, beyond high school, leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position, OR you must have one year equivalent to the GS-4 specialized experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled.
The IOR for the GS-06 grade level is: you must have one year specialized experience at the GS-5 level that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled.
Do you meet one of the above IOR's?
Please select the best answer below. Your response must be demonstrated in your resume and the following assessment responses. In addition, if using education for qualification, you must provide transcripts. If you do not provide the transcript, you will not be referred.
4.
In addition to the basic requirements of the position, please select the response that best reflects your level of education and/or experience at the GS-4 level.
5.
In addition to the basic requirements of the position, please select the response that best reflects your level of education and/or experience at the GS-5 level.
6.
In addition to the basic requirements of the position, to qualify at a GS-6, you must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: Cardiac monitoring using appropriate telemetry equipment such as EKG, cardiac monitors, and other diagnostic equipment; measuring, printing and interpreting rhythms at designated intervals and as needed; validating and invalidating alarms; monitoring patient's vital signs; recognizing, responding, and reporting signs and changes in cardiac rhythms; recognizing life threatening situations and notifying RN while initiating emergency procedures; identifying and troubleshooting potential telemetry equipment malfunctions; and ability to use computers and other basic office equipment to enter data.
OR
Education: Graduate education or internship may meet the experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position. Transcripts must be included if basing any qualifications on education.
Choose the answer that best describes this statement.
OR
Education: Graduate education or internship may meet the experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position. Transcripts must be included if basing any qualifications on education.
Choose the answer that best describes this statement.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
7.
Provide continuous monitoring of cardiac rate, rhythm, and patterns of conduction.
8.
Measures, prints, and interprets rhythms at designated intervals and PRN, for an average of 30 patients at one time.
9.
Recognizes and reports changes in rhythms that are outside of the established parameters.
10.
Recognizes life threatening situations and notifies RN while simultaneously altering emergency medical staff.
11.
Identifies and troubleshoots potential telemetry equipment malfunctions.
12.
In collaboration with biomedical engineering, works to address equipment issues at the lowest possible level without disrupting service.
13.
Maintains logs of telemetry equipment locations.
14.
Effectively utilizes basic office equipment including, but not limited to multi-line phones, computers, fax machines, and printers.
15.
Ability to adapt to ever-changing technologies and processes.
16.
Maintains the unit census board to ensure it is kept up to date with patient movement throughout the shift.
17.
Orders office supplies for the unit as necessary to maintain adequate levels.
18.
In addition to routine and repetitive tasks, the incumbent readily identifies and completes additional tasks with little direct supervision.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
- Resume (required) - Resume must include the following information for each job listed: job title, duties, start and end dates, full time or part time status (include hours worked per week). Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.
- Transcript (required if applicable) - Transcript must include the following information to be considered acceptable: student's name, college/ university name, degree obtained, and date degree conferred. Diplomas will not be accepted.
- MOST CURRENT SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action (non-award) - Must show your current title, series, grade, step, salary, and tenure. (This is used to determine you meet an area of consideration for internal to agency employee or a federal employee. You can obtain a copy from your Electronic Official Personnel File (eOPF) at https://eopf.opm.gov/va/, which can only be accessed from a VA networked computer.)