Summary

This position serves as an Advance Technician for Outpatient Care settings such as; Primary Care - Mental Health - and Specialty Clinics. As an Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) Generalist the incumbent may serve in a Medical Center - Community-Based outpatient clinic (CBOC) - mobile medical unit or may have virtual/remote assignments DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.205) for this occupation.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 06/26/2026. 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-7 level - applicants must meet at least one of the following requirements. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 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. 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. Preferred Qualification: Veterans - transitioning service - National Guard - and Reserve military Corpsmen - Combat Medics - and Medical Technicians interested in temporary or permanent Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) positions. Examples of military occupational specialties highly desired - include but are not limited to: 4NOX- Basic Medical Technician - 4NOIC- Independent Duty Medical Technician - X4NO- Aeromedical Evacuation Technician - 1T2X1- Pararescueman - 68W- Combat Medic Specialist - 18D- Army Special Forces (Medic) - 68WW1- Special Operations Flight Medic - HM0000- Basic Hospital Corpsman - HM8404- Field Medical Service Technician - HM8425- Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman - HM8402- Submarine Force Independent Duty Corpsman - HM8401- Search and Rescue Medical Technician - HM8403- Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance Independent Duty Corpsman - HM8406- Aerospace Medical Technician - and HS- Basic Health Services Technician.

Duties

• The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) Program is a program designed to hire former military corpsmen - combat medics and medical technicians into positions at VA Medical Centers as an integral part of the medical team
• This Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) position is with the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Service within the Department of Veteran Affairs - Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
• This position serves as an advanced technician for PACT 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
• 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 7:00am-3:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Intermediate Care Technician - Direct Hire Authority/PD99968S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized ICT Program Background: Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) - ICTs are advanced unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) who have graduated from intensive specialized military medical training programs and served as combat medics - medical technicians - and corpsman
• They possess fundamental knowledge - background and experience in emergency medicine - critical care - medical readiness - field medicine - bedside care - and primary care
• This role provides a higher level of clinical support to both nursing and medicine
• ICT Program Mission and Vision - The ICT Program is designed to (1) allow ICTs to function in a health care role commensurate with their military education - training and experience without the need for a license or additional credential
• (2) enhance quality of care and patient satisfaction among Veterans in multiple clinical settings and
• (3) enable a path for ICTs to attain licensed professional roles through advanced education and clinical opportunities for long-term VA employment.