This position is located at the Prescott VA (Northern Arizona VA Health Care System). Receives requests or instructions for endoscopic procedures. Employee understands and carries out the requests made by the health care professional.

Duties

Major duties include, but are not limited to: Receive request or instruction for endoscopic procedures. Understand and carry out requests made by Health Care Professionals Operate and maintain medical instruments and equipment for diagnostic and treatment procedures. Determine technical and infection control factors. Set, control, and operate endoscopic equipment and instruments. Select, adjust, and adapt specialized equipment for endoscopy procedures. Locate, set up, store and handle endoscopy equipment. Follow manufacture instructions for the cleaning and handling of reusable equipment. Adjust, adapt, and operate specialized equipment accessories required for procedures. Help interpret results to determine completeness of information as required by manufacturing guidelines. Adjusts equipment and retake tests as indicated. Recognize abnormalities and bring them to the attention of appropriate team leader/RN. Demonstrate use, purpose, and care of instruments and accompanying accessories. Locate and set up equipment. Operate and maintain medical instruments according to quality assurance and infection control guidelines. Provide orientation and training to staff regarding equipment. Provide assistance of a technical, specialized, or support nature to health and medical personnel. Perform a range of diagnostic support duties such as taking, recording, and reporting to the QA and PI. Make gross visual observations and identify equipment failure. Perform direct patient support work including personal patient care. Perform administrative tasks such as maintaining control records for specimens and tests and documenting measurements taken. Perform other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 7:00am to 5:30pm; Monday through Thursday work schedule, but work schedule may be adjusted to meet the needs of the service. Telework: Ad-Hoc basis only Position Description Title/PD#: Health Technician - Scope Technician/PD069080 Physical Requirements: The work requires some standing, walking, bending, lifting and carrying of light items. The work requires above average agility and dexterity. The work may require heavy lifting of equipment or patients. Could come in contact with bodily fluid.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-06 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists, speech pathologists, medical officers, and optometrists. Therefore, technician experience is experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: CommunicationDiagnostic Medical TestingTechnical CompetenceTechnology Application 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Education

There is no educational substitution for the GS-06 level.

Contacts

• Address Bob Stump VA Medical Center 500 Highway 89 North Prescott, AZ 86313 US
• Name: Ian Quentin
• Phone: 928-445-4860 X6720
• Email: [email protected]