This position is located at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is organizationally aligned within the Emergency Department. The position functions as a non-licensed member of the nursing care team in the Emergency Department and combines the responsibility and selected aspects of a productive team member carrying out and ensuring quality and timely delivery of care.

Duties

Major Duties:

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. Medical Instrument Technicians must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2, section D, paragraph 5a, this part. Preferred Experience: BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) and ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certifications are desirable Emergency Department experience preferred Excellent interpersonal skills Telemetry training Grade Determinations: GS-6 Experience: at least one (1) year of experience comparable to the next lower grade level (GS-5) which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics related to the duties of a Medical Instrument Technician (Electrocardiograph). In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: 1. Ability to recognize special patient needs such as disabilities, impaired mobility, and complicating medical conditions in order to prepare and position the patient for the prescribed procedure; 2. Knowledge of the specialized equipment and accessories appropriate to Holter monitoring and ability to perform such tests; 3. Knowledge of universal precautions and sterilization techniques and ability to follow CDC guidelines in cleaning equipment; 4. Ability to monitor the patient for adverse reactions and take appropriate action; 5. Ability to operate the equipment to perform standard and routine highly specialized procedures including exercise stress testing. GS-7 Experience: At least one (1) year of experience comparable to the next lower grade level (GS-6) which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics related to the duties of a Medical Instrument Technician (Electrocardiograph). This would be experience which provide knowledge of the equipment, standard tests and procedures, and typical readings including arrhythmias and abnormalities. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: 1. Knowledge of typical patient reactions and signs of distress including the ability to recognize, report and treat potentially lethal arrhythmias; 2. Knowledge of common equipment settings and standardized procedures plus knowledge of common errors and corrective measures; 3. Ability to modify procedures/positions to obtain the correct results with patients with complicating conditions such as amputations, Parkinson's disease, structural defects, and scar tissue; 4. Ability to act as a mentor or preceptor to lower graded technicians; 5. Ability to conduct in-service training on the EKG equipment and related instrumentation. References: VA Handbook 5005/15 Part II Appendix G27The full performance level of this vacancy is a GS-7 Physical Requirements: This position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking, standing kneeling, sitting, bending, pulling and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. The incumbent may be exposed to infectious patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations or procedures. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative to secondary delirium, dementia or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be mature, flexible, sensible individual capable to working effectively in stressful situations, able to shift priorities based on patient needs.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Clement J Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center 5000 West National Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53295 US
• Name: Trisha Juanez
• Phone: 414-384-2000 X44342
• Email: [email protected]