Summary

The full performance - Critical Care Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) is assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This position serves as an advanced technician for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) - Step-down Unit - and/or Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU) for patients who are present for treatment.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position. - AND - In addition to meeting the English Language Proficiency - to qualify at the GS-07 level - applicants must meet at least one of the following requirements. GS-07 grade level: 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 MUST possess at least one year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge - skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of Intermediate Care Technician position - and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable - this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-6 grade level in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience includes: recognizing life threatening situations and act to correct these emergent situations according to established national or local protocols; understanding the legal/ethical considerations of critical care (e.g. - actual/implied consent - patient rights - advanced directives - etc); taking and recording diagnostic signs to perform patient evaluations and screenings; assisting in behavioral/psychiatric situations; and assisting licensed personnel with complex - specialized - and potentially-life threatening situations. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: successfully completed one (1) year of graduate education or internship directly related to the position at the next lower grade level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent one (1) year of full-time study. If that number cannot be obtained from the school - 18 semester hours will be considered an academic year of graduate study. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. (COPY OF OFFICIAL OR UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: equivalent combinations of creditable specialized experience and education as described above to meet the total experience requirements for the position. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. Only education beyond a one-half year (e.g. 6 months; 9 semester hours) of graduate level education may be used to qualify applicants for the GS-07 level. NOTE: If using education combined with specialized experience to qualify - a copy of your transcript is required. 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.

Duties

• This Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) position is located in the intensive Care Unit (ICU) within the Department of Veteran Affairs - Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
• This position serves as an advanced technician for the ICU - Step-down Unit - and Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU) for patients who are present for treatment
• Major duties and responsibilities include - but are not limited to: Performing ongoing patient care duties in a critical care setting under the delegated authority of the supervising physician - licensed independent provider (LIP) - and/or advanced practice provider (APP) assigned
• Communicating effectively with their supervising physicians - licensed independent provider (LIP) - and advanced practice provider (APP) to provide collaborative - timely and appropriate patient care
• Performing observation-based screening and collecting patient information in collaboration with licensed personnel
• Assisting in behavioral/psychiatric situations in a clinical care setting
• Assisting critical care licensed personnel with the delivery of care to patients with complex - specialized - and potentially life-threatening situations
• Operating specialized medical equipment
• Providing support - relief - and coverage as needed to central telemetry station
• Performing specimen collection
• Responding to medical emergencies on the facility grounds - and sometimes encounters situations which may be life threatening as part of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) - Code Blue - or medical transport team
• Performs other duties as assigned within the training and competencies of the role
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday: 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am - 4:30pm Position Description Title/PD#: Intermediate Care Technician/PD99794-S Physical Requirements: The work involves extended periods of heavy moving and lifting of patients
• Generally - the work requires recurring bending - lifting - stooping - stretching - and positioning of patients
• Must be able to lift and/or move heavy objects over 45 pounds
• Must be able to carry objects over 40 pounds for distances of at least 200 feet
• The work involves regular and recurring exposure to infection and contagious disease - known as Category I classification - based on exposure risk
• Specific gloves - gowns - or masks are required as safety precautions
• Observes - corrects - and reports safety hazards to the licensed staff
• As part of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) or Code Blue team the incumbent may be exposed to all types of weather conditions - and face risks and discomforts at the scene of accidents - to include the possibility of noxious fumes and dangerous substances - requiring the employee to comply with special safety and health precautions and/or to use protective gear.