Health Technician

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The New Mexico VA Health Care System is seeking a Health Technician to provide medical and administrative support within the Emergency Service Section. The role supports licensed staff and assists with patient care, data entry, and operation of medical equipment.

This position involves handling blood draws, specimen collection, dressing changes, and routine tasks necessary to maintain a safe and efficient emergency department.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-05, including equipment setup and patient data handling.

Responsibilities

• Perform venipuncture and collect blood samples.
• Assist with sterile procedures and set up equipment.
• Change sterile dressings and collect specimens.
• Operate medical equipment and maintain supplies.
• Maintain patient data and answer phones.
• Work in rotating shifts and restock as needed.

Skills

Patient care

Medical procedures support

Phlebotomy / venipuncture

Equipment maintenance

Communication

Job description

Summary

The New Mexico VA Healthcare Network is recruiting a Health Technician. The Health Technician is located in Emergency Service Section of the New Mexico VA Health Care System. The primary purpose of the position is to provide medical and administrative support assistance to licensed staff.

Summary

The New Mexico VA Healthcare Network is recruiting a Health Technician. The Health Technician is located in Emergency Service Section of the New Mexico VA Health Care System. The primary purpose of the position is to provide medical and administrative support assistance to licensed staff.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 11/20/2026. To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. This position has an Individual Occupation Requirement (IOR). You must meet the following: - Possess technician experience that requires application of knowledge - methods - and techniques of the position to be filled. (This position is part of the series that range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists - speech pathologists - medical officers - and optometrists.) In addition to meeting the IOR above - you must meet the experience as described below:GS-06 grade level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade lever GS-05. Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: setting up equipment for procedures; performing personal patient care; utilizing an automated system to maintain and retrieve patient data; assisting with patient test and procedures; and answering phones and directing phone calls to appropriate personnel. 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/.

Duties

• Duties include - but are not limited to: - Performs peripheral and EJ venipuncture to obtain blood samples
• - Assists medical and nursing personnel with the set up for sterile procedures
• - Change sterile dressings
• - Collect and labels specimens (blood - urine - sputum - stool) for testing
• - Operate guidelines to determine technical factors - sets controls - calibrates - and operates equipment and instruments such as EKG machine - CBG monitor - ABI doppler - bladder scan - etc
• - Cleans used medical instruments and disposes of waste materials
• - Performs finger stick glucose mointoring
• - Independently cleans exam rooms and re-stocks supplies as indicated by the needs of the patient or health care professional
• Orders and maintains all supplies
• - Perform other duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Rotating Position DescriptionTitle/PD#: Health Technician/PD10285A Physical Requirements: The work requires frequent walking - standing - stooping - lifting - bending - stretching - pushing - turning and at times lifting heavy equipment and/or patients
• Good vision and hearing are required to collect patient data