- Position Title
- Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnography-Sleep Medicine)
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTG-12751951-25-AZ Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, June 18, 2025 to Monday, June 30, 2025
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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
In accordance with 2024 VHA Shortage Occupation Report, Annual Determination of Staffing Shortages; 0649 Medical Instrument Technician (all specializations are included) are not subject to Veterans Preference. Veterans Preference will not be collected for this public announcement.
There are no specific educational requirements for this occupation. Education may be substituted for experience only at the GS-4 and GS-5 levels. See the grade requirements part of this standard for information regarding educational substitutions.
Creditable Experience - Knowledge of Current Medical Instrument Technician Practices. To be creditable, the experience must have required the use of knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics associated with current Medical Instrument Technician practice appropriate to the identified specialty area (Polysomnographer).
Quality of Experience. Experience is only creditable if it is equivalent to at least the next lower grade level and is directly related to the position/specialty to be filled.
You must meet all the Basic Requirements of this position in addition to the Qualifications Requirements, in order to be found qualified.
The following section is used to determine your eligibility for appointment in the Federal Government. Failure to respond to these questions may result in an Ineligible Rating. Please choose A (Yes) or B (No) for each of the following items to identify which of the following descriptions applies to you.
There are no specific educational requirements for this occupation. Education may be substituted for experience only at the GS-4 and GS-5 levels. See the grade requirements part of this standard for information regarding educational substitutions.
Creditable Experience - Knowledge of Current Medical Instrument Technician Practices. To be creditable, the experience must have required the use of knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics associated with current Medical Instrument Technician practice appropriate to the identified specialty area (Polysomnographer).
Quality of Experience. Experience is only creditable if it is equivalent to at least the next lower grade level and is directly related to the position/specialty to be filled.
You must meet all the Basic Requirements of this position in addition to the Qualifications Requirements, in order to be found qualified.
The following section is used to determine your eligibility for appointment in the Federal Government. Failure to respond to these questions may result in an Ineligible Rating. Please choose A (Yes) or B (No) for each of the following items to identify which of the following descriptions applies to you.
RESUMES: Although not mandatory, periods of federal service should include pay plan, series, grade level, agency worked for, dates of employment (month and year) and whether it was full-time, part-time or intermittent (include number of hours worked per week). For non-federal service, resumes should include job title, duties (be detailed as possible), start and end dates (include month and year) and whether it was full-time or part-time (include hours worked per week). Failure to provide this information in your resume may make it difficult to determine your qualifications for the position. If your qualifications cannot be accurately determined it may result in, you being found not qualified for the position for which you are applying.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Medical Instrument Technicians must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2, section D, paragraph 5a, this part. Are you proficient in spoke and written English?
2.
I am a Citizen of the United States.
The following section is used to determine grade specific requirements. Please select "Yes" or "No" to the following questions.
Applicants applying under this announcement must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level, Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnographer). Examples of specialized experience include but are not limited to CPAP function and operation to select and fit appropriate PAP patient interface devices. Independently titrate and document PAP level to achieve therapeutic goals. Indications, complications and contraindications of CPAP therapy. Bi-Level pressure titrations. Recognize changes seen during the PSG tracing and identify all stages of sleep. This includes the ability to score and analyze sleep stages in clinical polysomnography recordings.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
3.
Experience. Do you have at least 1 year of experience comparable to the next lower grade level which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics listed below?
- Knowledge of CPAP function and operation to select and fit appropriate PAP patient interface devices.
- Ability to independently titrate and document PAP level to achieve therapeutic goals.
- Knowledge of indications, complications, and contraindications of CPAP therapy.
- Knowledge of Bi-Level pressure titrations.
- Ability to recognize changes seen during the PSG tracing and identify all stages of sleep. This includes the ability to score and analyze sleep stages in clinical polysomnography recordings.
4.
In addition to the specialized experience, you must demonstrate the following Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities.
- Advanced knowledge or the International Classification of Sleep Disorders and the ability to recognize uncommon and/or rare sleep disorders.
- Ability to summarize and report polysomnographic data in narrative form.
- Knowledge of event characteristics (e.g., respiratory, cardiac, sleep stage, seizures, etc.) and ability to take appropriate action.
- Ability to provide briefings and orientation to hospital staff including physicians.
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VERIFICATION: Your rating is subject to verification based on the resume, narratives and other relevant documents you submit and through verification of references as appropriate. Deliberate attempts to falsify information are grounds for non-selection and for termination. In addition, falsifying information on your application can result in your being barred from federal employment.