About the Position: This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Duties

Performs paramedic level emergency medical treatment to provide the most extensive pre-hospital care. Identifies, treats, communicates, and documents airway obstructions, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest. Performs advanced airway techniques including the use of an esophageal or dual lumen airway device, oral intubation using laryngoscopy, needle or surgical cricothyrotomy, pleural decompression, and automatic transport ventilator devices. Performs pulmonary resuscitation if breathing fails to start spontaneously upon the opening of the airway, using appropriate techniques such as mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-nose, and mask-to-mouth. Responds to on-site accidents or other emergencies involving injury and/or illness. Performs routine medical technician duties in the Emergency Room, acute care clinic, primary care clinic, or similar type location.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Position requires a current a National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) certification or a US state issued Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) certification.
• This position is required to work uncommon tours of duty hours such as, on-call, working either fixed or rotating shifts, evenings, weekends and/or holidays.
• Must possess and maintain a valid US State issued driver’s license to carry out position related duties.
• Must possess or obtain (and maintain), within 6 months of appointment to position, hazardous materials level training certifications.
• This position requires Basic Life Support (BLS) training certification from, or in accordance with, the American Heart Association and American Red Cross.
• This position requires the incumbent to have tuberculosis testing.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Tier 1 security investigation or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• This position has mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirements and is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations
• Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact.

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. Basic Requirement for Emergency Medical Technician (Ambulance Driver): Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing basic emergency medical treatment; AND driving the ambulance. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). 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-DD83AC DHA NCR MKT-JB ANDREWS DO NOT MAIL Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk