Health Technician

Summary

The Kansas City VA Medical Center is looking for a Health Technician. The Health Technician is assigned to a Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) as part of the Kansas City VA Medical Center. The CBOCs are aligned under the Primary Care Service Line and assist in providing outpatient medical care to Veterans in rural areas.

Duties

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Specimen Collection and Processing Maintain safety, bloodborne pathogen compliance and infection control Maintain laboratory environment, equipment, and supplies Communicate appropriately with patients and provide customer service Administrative duties and electronic health record documentation Assist with primary care clinic flow Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 6:45am-3:15pm CST Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Technician/PD10571A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/16/2026. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): ALL applicants must meet the IOR as a basic requirement in order to qualify for the 0640 occupational series. Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience: Positions in this series range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as specimen collection and processing, maintain safety, bloodborne pathogen compliance and infection control, maintain laboratory environment, equipment, and supplies, communicate appropriately with patients and provide customer service, administrative duties and electronic health record documentation , and assist with primary care clinic flow . OR Education and Training: Education and Training (For positions at the GS-4 level only): Successful completion of 2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours in subjects related to the position. (Transcripts Required) ENGLISH LANGUAGE : 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. GS-4 Qualifications: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Experience: You must have six (6) months of Generalized Experience AND six (6) months of Specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-3 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. General Experience: Any type of work that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. Examples of General Experience would typically include but are not limited to: Independently performing duties such as independently performing customer service duties. Specialized Experience: Examples of Specialized Experience would typically include, but are not limited to: support duties to medical or health personnel such as specimen collection and processing, maintain safety, bloodborne pathogen compliance and infection control, maintain laboratory environment, equipment, and supplies, communicate appropriately with patients and provide customer service, administrative duties and electronic health record documentation , and assist with primary care clinic flow Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position. (Transcripts Required). OR, Combination: For GS-4 level positions, only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to l year of specialized experience. (Transcripts Required) Physical Requirements: The work requires prolonged standing and walking and frequent bending, stooping, and reaching in performing specimen collection, processing, patient-support, and equipment-related activities. These physical activities occur approximately 75 percent of the work time. The work requires manual dexterity and precise hand coordination for venipuncture, capillary blood collection, specimen handling, and operation of assigned equipment. The employee is required to lift and carry items weighing up to approximately 20 pounds. 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/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.