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You will serve in the position of Orthopedic Technician providing direct patient care and provider support in the clinic areas that Specialty Care Clinics support. The position is located in Specialty Care Clinics, Outpatient Nursing Service, at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center located in Spokane, Washington. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 03/22/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience must demonstrate providing patient care by performing personal care, diagnostic support, treatment procedures (such as taking orthostatic vital signs, collecting specimens, applying casts, splints, or cast braces, operating cast saw for removing, cutting, or trimming casts), patient care documentation, and applying the principles of infection control, safety, and universal precautions, which contributes to the implementation and continuity of the care planned, for the health of the patient. OR, Education (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED): Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have I have successfully completed one year of full-time graduate education is the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Physical Strength and Agility Stress Tolerance Teamwork Technical Competence Technology Application 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: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. ["Reviews daily clinic schedule and advises provider of patients that need x-rays prior to visit and phones patients for need of imagining and early arrival. Assists in all post-op suture/staple removals or steri-strip removals. Review clinic schedule in advance and ensure xiaflex is on hand at pharmacy and is removed from medication refrigerator at least 15 minutes prior to injection to attain room temperature. Sets up sterile field for manipulation (24 hours later) of injected digit and provides provider with all needed and appropriate dressings. Responsible for the set-up of trigger finger injections and at the request of the provider. Retrieves medication to be administered by the provider for scheduled procedures. Assists patients in positioning for procedures using any lifts, turns and devices that may be applicable for the patient. Performs a range of diagnostic support duties which include taking, recording, and reporting to their supervisor/provider deviations in vital signs, including pain valuation using a 1-10 scale or a behavioral indicator scale. Verifies pre-packing of all sterile items and assures package integrity and sterility of kits, and the expiration date is current. Handles all specimen collection and pathological labeling of biopsied specimens, and functions as primary scrub person on all procedures. Responsible for the taking of surgical grade pictures of lesion site/location and then documenting and downloading into electronic health record (EHR) and labeling of images for patient records per provider. Responsible for daily maintenance and filling of Liquid Nitrogen canister for patient cryotherapy treatment. Performs EKGs on all cardiology patients with/without magnet per provider direction. Instructs patients and families in post procedure care using standard information sheets per provider instruction. Operates Bladder Volume Index (BVI) machines and performs urine testing. Work Schedule: 7:00am - 15:30 or 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday thru Friday Telework: This position is not eligible for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Orthopedic Technician/PD70588A Financial Disclosure Report: Not required"]

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