Health Technician (Orthopedics)

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.10/30/2024 Individual Occupational Requirement: 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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-07 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-06 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: applications of casts and traction, maintenance of casting/splinting equipment, surgical assisting, and instruction on patients and selected healthcare personnel. OR Applicants may substitute education for the experience required for the GS-07 level. Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Applicants may substitute one full year of graduate level education for the specialized experience required for the GS-07 level. Degree must be directly related to the work of the position. (Transcript Required). OR Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-07 level. Combination: (Transcript Required): Combination of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-07. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. 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.
The principal duties of the incumbent are within the Orthopedic Section of the Surgical Service. They perform special duties related to the field of Orthopedics surgery involving retrieval of historical & diagnostic data from the computer or medical records, preparing the patient for examination, recording appropriate clinical data, application of casts & traction, maintenance of casting/splinting equipment, surgical assisting & instruction of patients & selected healthcare personnel.