- Position Title
- Advanced Clinical Telehealth Technician
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSS-12745425-25-RT Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, June 5, 2025 to Wednesday, June 18, 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?
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
Are you a current permanent Federal employee from an agency other than Department of Veterans Affairs?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
5.
Are you a Veterans Health Administration employee?
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.
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.
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.
Applicants are required to undergo and successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening test and must submit to random drug testing after employment. Will you comply with this requirement?
3.
Are you willing to undergo a pre-employment physical?
4.
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 in the Advanced Clinical Telehealth Technician position with the Eastern Kansas VA Medical Center - Junction City. The assessment part of the questionnaire includes questions about basic requirements and minimum qualifications for this position. Please select the answer that best describes you. Your application package must support your answers.
1.
Advanced Clinical Telehealth Technician incumbents must be proficient in both spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2, section D, paragraph 5a, VA Handbook 5005 Part II, Appendix G50. Please select the answer below that best describes you.
2.
Experience and Education - To meet the basic experience and/or education requirements for the Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) position, you must have;
Experience. One year of experience in a health care field that demonstrates the applicant's ability
to perform the work or provides an understanding of the work such as but not limited to a medical or
clinical assistant (or technician) or health technician.
OR
Education. Four academic years above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses
related to the occupation.
OR
Experience/Education Combination. Equivalent combination of experience and education are
qualifying for entry level for which both education and experience are acceptable. Examples are listed
below:
(a) Six months of experience in the health care field and two years of education above high school
that included at least six semester hours in health care related courses such as, biological science,
surgical technician courses, nursing assistant or other courses related to the position; or an associate's
degree in a health care related field; or
(b) Six months of experience in the health care field and successful completion of a course for health
care technicians, hospital corpsmen, or medical service specialists given by the U.S. Armed Forces.
Experience. One year of experience in a health care field that demonstrates the applicant's ability
to perform the work or provides an understanding of the work such as but not limited to a medical or
clinical assistant (or technician) or health technician.
OR
Education. Four academic years above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses
related to the occupation.
OR
Experience/Education Combination. Equivalent combination of experience and education are
qualifying for entry level for which both education and experience are acceptable. Examples are listed
below:
(a) Six months of experience in the health care field and two years of education above high school
that included at least six semester hours in health care related courses such as, biological science,
surgical technician courses, nursing assistant or other courses related to the position; or an associate's
degree in a health care related field; or
(b) Six months of experience in the health care field and successful completion of a course for health
care technicians, hospital corpsmen, or medical service specialists given by the U.S. Armed Forces.
3.
In addition to the basic requirements, the GS-07 Advanced Heath Technician (Telehealth Clinical) must have one year of experience equivalent to the GS-06 level AND you must also demonstrate the following Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
Ability to use independent technical judgment to analyze, evaluate and resolve problems.
Knowledge of quality control and assurance procedures and principles of performance improvement.
Ability to function effectively between competing priorities. Knowledge of proper maintenance and troubleshooting of telehealth equipment.
Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance, plan, organize and coordinate activities of a health technician in order to effectively complete job duties of assignment such as distributing workload, monitoring the status and progress of work, monitoring accuracy of work.
Ability to assist in Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) development, outcome management and strategic planning.
Ability to perform successful knowledge transfer regarding the use of telehealth technologies.
If the experience is not detailed in your resume, then it is recommended to update your resume and/or include a separate document that speaks to the above list of KSAs as applied to your experience.
Ability to use independent technical judgment to analyze, evaluate and resolve problems.
Knowledge of quality control and assurance procedures and principles of performance improvement.
Ability to function effectively between competing priorities. Knowledge of proper maintenance and troubleshooting of telehealth equipment.
Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance, plan, organize and coordinate activities of a health technician in order to effectively complete job duties of assignment such as distributing workload, monitoring the status and progress of work, monitoring accuracy of work.
Ability to assist in Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) development, outcome management and strategic planning.
Ability to perform successful knowledge transfer regarding the use of telehealth technologies.
If the experience is not detailed in your resume, then it is recommended to update your resume and/or include a separate document that speaks to the above list of KSAs as applied to your experience.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
4.
This position is NOT remote nor telework eligible; are you available to work in clinic in Junction City?
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.
- MOST CURRENT SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action (required) - 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.)
- Transcript (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.
- Strongly preferred: VA Form 10-2850c Application for Associated Health Occupations can be found at: https://www.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/vha-10-2850c-fill.pdf.