- Position Title
- Health Technician - Telemetry
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSZ-12742295-25-SK Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, May 29, 2025 to Thursday, June 12, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
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Are you an active duty service member expected to be discharged or released under honorable conditions within the next 120 days who will be eligible for Veterans' preference? You may eligible to apply through the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act based on tentative preference.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a "certification" on appropriate letterhead from your branch of service that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed. Note: If selected, prior to appointment you will be required to provide your DD-214 and/or other supporting documentation to verify that you are eligible for Veterans' preference.
For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a "certification" on appropriate letterhead from your branch of service that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed. Note: If selected, prior to appointment you will be required to provide your DD-214 and/or other supporting documentation to verify that you are eligible for Veterans' preference.
For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
Preferences
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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.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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GS-06 Specialized Experience: Do you possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience, which equips you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the Health Care Technician, GS-06 position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to the grade 05 level in Federal service to qualify at the grade 06.
Examples of specialized experience include:
* Measures and records vital signs in Computerized Patient Record Systems (vital signs package and notified assigned Rn or provider, such as temperature (oral and rectal), pulse, respirations, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and pain level. Vital signs, weights, intake and output, bladder scans)
* Performing venipuncture, draw labs, and obtain blood cultures labels and sends specimens to lab
* Patient dressing changes, triage, turning and positioning of patients, enema administration, postmortem care, and morgue transfers
* Providing direct patient observation
* Performs or assists RN with personal care such as body and oral hygiene, dressing/undressing, and toileting/elimination ensuring patient privacy at all times
Does your resume reflect a detailed description of your duties?
Note: Evidence of specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held on your resume. You must provide work experience information such as hours per week, salary, and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of Specialized Experience at or comparable to the required grade level.
GS-06 Specialized Experience: Do you possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience, which equips you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the Health Care Technician, GS-06 position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to the grade 05 level in Federal service to qualify at the grade 06.
Examples of specialized experience include:
* Measures and records vital signs in Computerized Patient Record Systems (vital signs package and notified assigned Rn or provider, such as temperature (oral and rectal), pulse, respirations, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and pain level. Vital signs, weights, intake and output, bladder scans)
* Performing venipuncture, draw labs, and obtain blood cultures labels and sends specimens to lab
* Patient dressing changes, triage, turning and positioning of patients, enema administration, postmortem care, and morgue transfers
* Providing direct patient observation
* Performs or assists RN with personal care such as body and oral hygiene, dressing/undressing, and toileting/elimination ensuring patient privacy at all times
Does your resume reflect a detailed description of your duties?
Note: Evidence of specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held on your resume. You must provide work experience information such as hours per week, salary, and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of Specialized Experience at or comparable to the required grade level.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Performs or assists with all phases of personal care.
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Feeds patients.
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Assists patients with escort duties.
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Assists with transfer and ambulation of patients.
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Assists RN with patient care as directed.
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Provides direct patient observation.
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Answers call lights and if unable to independently assist, communicates patients' needs to assigned RN or Charge Nurse
9.
Performs patient venapunctures.
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Measures and records blood pressure, respirations, oral and axillary temperature, weight, and pulse.
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Collects routine urine, stool and sputum specimens.
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Applies external catheters, leg bags and provides care to patients with indwelling catheters.
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Sets up oxygen for patient use.
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Performs bladder scans.
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Obtain and timely deliver blood products.
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Performs 12 lead EKGs on patients.
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Performs continuous monitoring and analysis of cardiac rate, rhythm, and patterns of conduction on telemetry patients through the use of approved telemetry monitoring system
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Detects abnormal or changing rate, rhythm, or pattern of conduction directly from oscilloscopic rhythm display, from computer triggered alarms, or from EKG records on computer memory
19.
Preserves an analyzed six second EKG rhythm strip every 8 hours and as needed for rhythm changes
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Labels EKG rhythm strip with the patient's name, lead, PR QRS and QT intervals and rhythm interpretation
21.
Documents, on admission to telemetry, an analyzed baseline EKG rhythm strip. Marks monitors with patient's location when they are temporarily taken off the monitor (i.e. medical procedures)
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Reports inoperable telemetry equipment to the Nurse Manager/designee and Biomedical Engineering Department immediately
23.
Runs a continuous EKG strip on a telemetry patient during emergency situation
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Keeps an accurate log of all cardiac arrhythmias on the notification sheet
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Prints EKG rhythm summary every 4 hours on patients recorded on notification sheet