- Position Title
- Med Inst Tech (Vascular)
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSZ-12736044-25-JMB Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, June 17, 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.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
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
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. 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.
INSTRUCTIONS: Resume Reminder - Your resume must include the following information for each job listed: Employer name and complete address; 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); and 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. Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.
Transcript Reminder - If you are using Experience and Education to qualify at the GS-5 level or above then there is a minimum requirement of unofficial transcripts or an appropriate course listing must be submitted with your application. Applications will not be considered without appropriate transcripts.
INSTRUCTIONS: Resume Reminder - Your resume must include the following information for each job listed: Employer name and complete address; 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); and 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. Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.
Transcript Reminder - If you are using Experience and Education to qualify at the GS-5 level or above then there is a minimum requirement of unofficial transcripts or an appropriate course listing must be submitted with your application. Applications will not be considered without appropriate transcripts.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: I am proficient in spoken and written English. [Per VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, Paragraph 3j: No person will be appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C., chapter 73 or 74, to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA who is not proficient in written and spoken English.]
2.
This position encompasses primarily clinical duties related to the veteran patient with peripheral vascular disease. The incumbent in this position will independently perform standard diagnostic studies such as: Venous duplex, Arterial doppler, AAA screening, Carotid duplex studies.
Do you have experience in the above duties longer then 52 weeks?
Do you have experience in the above duties longer then 52 weeks?
Experience and Basic Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
At least one year of experience comparable to the next lower grade level which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), and other characteristics related to the duties of the positions to be filled. This would be experience which demonstrates that the technician has the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform complex procedures requiring the ability to select appropriate equipment based on symptomology and the objective of the examination and the ability to adapt procedures and techniques to enhance diagnostic results. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs.
After indicating your level of experience with each of the skills listed below, please also use the free text box to indicate where this experience is located in your resume.
(For Example: Page 2 of resume, paragraph 3, bullet 1)
At least one year of experience comparable to the next lower grade level which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), and other characteristics related to the duties of the positions to be filled. This would be experience which demonstrates that the technician has the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform complex procedures requiring the ability to select appropriate equipment based on symptomology and the objective of the examination and the ability to adapt procedures and techniques to enhance diagnostic results. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs.
After indicating your level of experience with each of the skills listed below, please also use the free text box to indicate where this experience is located in your resume.
(For Example: Page 2 of resume, paragraph 3, bullet 1)
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
3.
1. Ability to perform noninvasive vascular ultrasound procedures or examinations of upper and lower extremity, abdominal, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular vessels which require adaptation of procedures or instruments.
Select the option that closest describes your level of experience.
Select the option that closest describes your level of experience.
4.
Indicate where in your resume this experience is explained.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
5.
2. Knowledge of anatomy and physiology including location and function of major body organs and structures as they relate to vascular ultrasonography. This would also include knowledge of physiological influences on the hemodynamics of blood flow.
6.
Indicate where in your resume this experience is explained.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
7.
3. Knowledge of pharmacology and chemistry to understand drug reactions, action, effects, and method of administration specifically related to vascular ultrasonography.
8.
Indicate where in your resume this experience is explained.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
9.
4. Knowledge of disease entities that impact the vascular system and their influence on the test results to select the appropriate procedures.
10.
Indicate where in your resume this experience is explained.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
11.
5. Ability to obtain a patient history and perform and appropriate physical assessment based on patient presentation and type of exam to include observation, inspection, auscultation, and palpation.
12.
Indicate where in your resume this experience is explained.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
13.
6. Knowledge of cross-sectional and longitudinal vascular anatomy in normal and abnormal vessels, anatomical planes and tissue structures, physiologic effects of disease entities that impact the vascular system, signs and symptoms of acute and chronic vascular disease, and the characteristic appearance of aneurysms, psuedoaneurysms, thromboses, stenoses, occlusions, AV fistulae, and morphology of atherosclerotic plaque formulation.
14.
Indicate where in your resume this experience is explained.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
15.
7. Ability to provide Doppler information of peripheral vessels; demonstrate characteristic differences related to the organs they supply; accurately quantify carotid artery stenoses; and identify and correlate specific waveform analysis, plethysmographic tracings, velocity changes, and pressure gradients characteristic of normal, obstructed, or occluded vessels or grafts.
16.
Indicate where in your resume this experience is explained.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
17.
8. Ability to perform intracranial (transcranial) vascular examinations.
18.
Indicate where in your resume this experience is explained.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
19.
9. Ability to operate the instruments to extract the highest quality image utilizing the appropriate transducer frequency, Doppler angle, focal zones, gain, depth, color map, wall filter, and sample volume.
20.
Indicate where in your resume this experience is explained.
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below.
21.
. 10. Ability to provide objective data to document progression or regression of disease.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
22.
Certification - Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications are desirable.
Are you certified?
Are you certified?
23.
Please explain your certification and the date of issue in the free text box.
All individuals assigned to this occupation MUST have an approved parenthetical title.
For individuals at the GS-4 and GS-5 levels, the approved 4 title will be Medical Instrument Technician (Trainee). For supervisory positions over two or more approved specialties, the approved title will be Supervisory Medical Instrument Technician (Multiple Function).
Non-supervisory individuals whose assignments involve two or more specialty areas will be assigned the parenthetical title for the predominant specialty considering both the intended function and qualifications background of the individual.
For individuals at the GS-4 and GS-5 levels, the approved 4 title will be Medical Instrument Technician (Trainee). For supervisory positions over two or more approved specialties, the approved title will be Supervisory Medical Instrument Technician (Multiple Function).
Non-supervisory individuals whose assignments involve two or more specialty areas will be assigned the parenthetical title for the predominant specialty considering both the intended function and qualifications background of the individual.
24.
Identify the approved parenthetical title assigned to you in the text box below:
Name of the certification
Accrediting body over the certification
Date issued
Specify the location of this information in your resume
(For Example: Diagnostic Ultrasound Technician, Registration is offered by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), Issued: June 21, 2014, Located on page 3 under Certifications and Skills- bullet #3)
Name of the certification
Accrediting body over the certification
Date issued
Specify the location of this information in your resume
(For Example: Diagnostic Ultrasound Technician, Registration is offered by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), Issued: June 21, 2014, Located on page 3 under Certifications and Skills- bullet #3)
Completion of appropriate training such as in-service training programs, on the job training, training acquired while in the Armed Forces, government sponsored developmental training programs, and/or training under physicians certified in the functional area will be allowed on a month-for- month basis through the GS-5 level.
25.
In the text box below please name the location your education was achieved, the address of the school, the years attended and the number of hours or credits completed, date graduated from the program.
(For Example: St. Joseph's University, 850 Greenfield Rd. Lancaster, PA 17601, 2 yrs, 69 credits achieved, graduated May 15, 2020)
NOTE: If you are including education as part of your qualifications you must include a copy of your transcripts with your application package. To be creditable education must have been gained in an accredited Community College, College, or University.
(For Example: St. Joseph's University, 850 Greenfield Rd. Lancaster, PA 17601, 2 yrs, 69 credits achieved, graduated May 15, 2020)
NOTE: If you are including education as part of your qualifications you must include a copy of your transcripts with your application package. To be creditable education must have been gained in an accredited Community College, College, or University.