The incumbent provides clinical support to the Surgery Service / Podiatry Section located in West Palm Beach, FL. The incumbent is responsible to learn, practice, and support all existing safety practices relevant to this position. The Health Technician in the Podiatry Department assists in various aspects of patient care within the nursing foot care clinic.

Duties

Duties Include: Identifying diseases (peripheral neuropathy, diabetes, peripheral arterial and venous diseases, nail and foot infections, plantar warts, ulcers, wounds, blisters, and other suspicious lesions.). Verifying orders for toenail debridement by healthcare providers. Ensuring accurate documentation of patient encounters. Diagnosing common podiatric pathologies. Operation and use of specialized equipment and materials. Knowledge of supply ordering procedures. Assist patients with positioning in the exam chair, adjust footrest, place disposable pads under feet, and remove socks and shoes. Ability to develop treatment objectives for general purposes and perform standard procedures. Work Schedule: 7:30am-4:00pm Position Description Title/PD#: Health Technician (Podiatry)/PD030630 Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary but also requires some standing, walking, bending, lifting and carrying of light items. The work requires above average agility and dexterity. The work also requires heavy lifting of equipment and patients. Manual dexterity in handling instruments is required in order to accurately perform duties and avoid injury. Work Environment: The work environment involves risks typically associated with performance medical work in direct patient care. Work involves regular and recurring exposure to moderate risks or discomforts such as sharp instruments, chemicals, and diseases that require special safety precautions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Per OPM IOR: Specialized experience: Positions in this series range widely in type and include 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. In addition to the IOR above applicants must meet the Specialized Experience listed below GS-06 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the federal service); Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: Knowledge of direct patient care techniques, including activities of daily living (ADLs), ambulating patients, infection control, and emergency response. Knowledge of health informatics, i.e. design, configuration and management of health information and clinical support systems; health data collection, storage, extraction, manipulation, reporting and communications. Uses of clinical procedures to perform medical tests. Demonstrates application of the principles of infection control in all activities. Understands and utilizes standard precautions and uses proper protective equipment. 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: Graduate education or an internship must be directly related to the work of the position.

Education

EDUCATION: Graduate Education directly related to the work of this position. Such graduate education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. Education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)

Graduate education or an internship must be directly related to the work of the position.

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.Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer (TJO). Please visit the Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), va.gov/EMPLOYEE/docs/The-Fair-Chance-to-Compete-Act.pdf for more information.

Contacts

• Address West Palm Beach VA Medical Center 7305 North Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33410 US
• Name: Marva Gayle
• Phone: 7273986661 X64564
• Email: [email protected]