- Position Title
- Medical Instrument Technician (Anesthesia)
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSW-12731952-25-GM Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, May 5, 2025 to Friday, May 16, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
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).
Assessment 1
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.
1.
Are you proficient in spoken and written English? Employees appointed to direct patient care positions must be proficient in both spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and 7407(d).
2.
Do you meet the specialized experience at the next lower grades defines as:
Performs logistical and technical support to anesthesiologist and nurse anesthetists. They maintain anesthesiology supplies and equipment, set-up anesthetizing locations and operate, monitor and collect date from anesthesia related equipment. In some cases Anesthesia Technicians will perform clinical laboratory functions, equipment presentive maintenance/repair, and specialized cardiac procedures such as cardiac output measurement, intra-aortic balloon pumping, vessel cannulation and autotransfusion services.
Performs logistical and technical support to anesthesiologist and nurse anesthetists. They maintain anesthesiology supplies and equipment, set-up anesthetizing locations and operate, monitor and collect date from anesthesia related equipment. In some cases Anesthesia Technicians will perform clinical laboratory functions, equipment presentive maintenance/repair, and specialized cardiac procedures such as cardiac output measurement, intra-aortic balloon pumping, vessel cannulation and autotransfusion services.
3.
Do you posses at least one year of experience comparable at the next lower grade GS 6 level which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics related to the duties of the position and must demonstrate the following:
Knowledge of the fundamentals of standard equipment operation, calibration and function.
Knowledge of correct use of non-invasive patient monitoring equipment specific to anesthesiology.
Ability to appropriately interact with patients during anesthetic procedures.
Knowledge of anesthesiology supplies and equipment appropriate to routine anesthetic procedures, such as those found in typical inpatient settings.
Knowledge of the fundamentals of standard equipment operation, calibration and function.
Knowledge of correct use of non-invasive patient monitoring equipment specific to anesthesiology.
Ability to appropriately interact with patients during anesthetic procedures.
Knowledge of anesthesiology supplies and equipment appropriate to routine anesthetic procedures, such as those found in typical inpatient settings.
4.
Do you posses at least one year of experience comparable at the next lower grade GS 7 level which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics related to the duties of the position and must demonstrate the following:
Knowledge of the correct use of invasive patient monitoring equipment specific to anesthesiology.
Knowledge if basic electrocardiography (EKG)
Skill and ability to troubleshoot equipment, often while the patient is anesthetized.
Skills and ability to maintain sterility during procedures
Knowledge and understanding of arterial pressure line wave forms including the ability to recognize and distinguish normal from abnormality, and forewarn the physician or anesthetist of an impending life-threatening situation.
Knowledge of anesthesiology supplies, medications, and equipment appropriate to more difficult anesthetic procedures such as those found in inpatient settings with more acutely ill patients.
Knowledge of the correct use of invasive patient monitoring equipment specific to anesthesiology.
Knowledge if basic electrocardiography (EKG)
Skill and ability to troubleshoot equipment, often while the patient is anesthetized.
Skills and ability to maintain sterility during procedures
Knowledge and understanding of arterial pressure line wave forms including the ability to recognize and distinguish normal from abnormality, and forewarn the physician or anesthetist of an impending life-threatening situation.
Knowledge of anesthesiology supplies, medications, and equipment appropriate to more difficult anesthetic procedures such as those found in inpatient settings with more acutely ill patients.