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Job opening: Orthopedic Technician

Salary: $43 782 - 56 913 per year
Published at: Aug 02 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is located at Fort Gregg-Adams, VA. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

Greet and logs patients and provides instruction and information on procedures to be performed. Receive telephone calls and requests for assistance or information from patients, administrative support staff, nurses and physicians. Take patient vital signs to include blood pressure, pulse/heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature. Construct and applies a variety of splints and casts using all forms of casting to include thermoplastic and hydroplastic casting materials Develop and maintain aseptic techniques where required during cast changes/applications and/or removals.

Requirements

  • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter.
  • This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
  • Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
  • This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is subject to annual vaccination.
  • This position requires Basic Life Support training certification from, or in accordance with, the American Heart Association and American Red Cross. Current Advanced Life Support or other advanced certification does not supersede BLS completion.
  • This position has a mandatory Hepatitis B immunization.
  • This position requires that the employee wear a uniform.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes obtaining vital signs, and/or patient history, applying, removing, and or/modifying various types of splints and braces, and assisting physician with examinations, treatments and/or procedures. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

  • Address JT-DHA-DD83CU DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-KENNER AHC DO NOT USE Fort Gregg-Adams, VA 23801 US
  • Name: Army Applicant Help Desk

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