Health Technician
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Salary context
Based on 148 annual-salary jobs in the same occupational series. This role pays above most similar positions.
Job Details
Qualifications & Requirements
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education/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 interviewing the patient and soliciting general health and ocular history; aid in the treatment of patients; utilize an automated systems to schedule or reschedule appointments, receive/greets incoming patients, answer telephone and refer calls as needed. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Nursing, Patient care, or Medical Laboratory Science. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9. Add the two percentages. (NOTE: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
Position Overview
About the Position: This position is located at Naval Medical Center, Defense Health Agency, Defense Health Network Pacific Rim, San Diego, CA Directorate of Surgery Neurosurgery. This position has both administrative and clinical responsibilities. Administrative responsibilities will require coordination of all the clinic's clerical and administrative activities. Clinical responsibilities related to screening patients prior to medical appointments. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Duties
- Answers clinic telephones, greets patients, answers patient's questions about appointment time, health benefits, waiting times, clinic services and other general questions not related to diagnosis or treatment.
- Prepares and activates the master appointment schedule for the clinic.
- Routes consultation forms to the appropriate provider or service.
- Administers topical medications.
- Operates specialized medical equipment associated with screening clinic patient.
- Prepares laboratory, radiology requests and other forms as ordered by providers.