Health Technician (Outpatient)

Quick Facts

• Role: Health Technician (Outpatient)

• Setting: Outpatient clinic (OPD)

• Reporting: Outpatient Nurse Supervisor

Description

You will provide patient care plus technical and clerical support in an outpatient setting. Duties include assisting medical providers with vitals and patient history, helping with simple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures (including 12-lead EKG and specimen collection), performing waived laboratory tests, and supporting patient flow. You must document and retrieve patient/work data electronically and via written hard copies.

Responsibilities

• Assist medical providers in clinic with vital signs, body measurements, chief complaint, and brief patient history

• Perform simple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures (e.g., preoperative skin preparation, 12-lead EKG, specimen collection, bandages/dressings)

• Collect serum via venipuncture or assist patients with urine collection

• Perform routine waived laboratory tests

• Work on regularly assigned or rotational schedules to provide continuity, including possible evenings, nights, holidays, and weekends

• Help with patient readiness for examinations and routine clinic tasks (e.g., recording patient information, restocking, preparing transfer/transport packets)

• Support clinical procedures such as venipunctures, injections, immunizations, and intravenous cannulations as applicable

• Support sterile procedures and ongoing performance improvement activities as assigned

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship

• Selective Service registration for males born after 12/31/1959

• Successful completion of a federal background investigation as a condition of employment

• Financial suitability review demonstrating financial responsibility and good standing with creditors

• Comply with IHS Employee Immunization Policy for vaccine-preventable diseases when assigned to an IHS healthcare facility

• Ability to document and retrieve patient and work-related data electronically via standardized computer programs and written records

• Meet the stated minimum qualifications for GS-05 or GS-06 based on specialized experience and/or education

Benefits

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