Health Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Department of Veterans Affairs Robley Rex VA Medical Center seeks a Health Technician to deliver clinical and administrative support across inpatient medical wards on a float basis. This role helps ensure timely direct patient care in the Nursing Service and accurate medical records, with a focus on phlebotomy and related tasks.

Ideal candidates will have healthcare experience, familiarity with phlebotomy and EKGs, and the ability to adapt to both acute and non-acute care settings.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience includes obtaining, labeling at the patient's bedside and sending laboratory specimens as ordered.
• Use knowledge of human anatomy to provide first aid and patient care.
• Verbally reports and/or documents observations in the medical record using approved forms.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical and administrative support in nursing service on multiple inpatient medical wards on a float basis.
• Supports delivery of acute and non-acute direct patient care and ensures accurate recordkeeping.

Skills

Phlebotomy

EKG

Patient care

Medical records documentation

Laboratory specimen handling

Job description

The position of Health Technician provides clinical and administrative support in a wide variety of patient care and related activities in the Nursing Service at the Robley Rex VA Medical Center. The purpose of this position is to support the delivery of acute and non-acute direct patient care on multiple inpatient medical wards on a float basis. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/02/2026.

Individual Occupational Requirement:

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.

Specialized Experience:

Do you possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-5) Specialized experience includes, Obtains, labels at the patient's bedside and sends laboratory specimens as ordered according to policy and procedure, Uses knowledge of human anatomy to provide first aid and patient care, Verbally reports and/or documents in the medical record observations of and the treatment given to the patient to insure accurate records and quality of patient care, using standard nomenclature and approved forms.

Preferred Experience:

Previous experience in a Healthcare setting. Experience with Phlebotomy and EKGs preferred. Experience in inpatient and outpatient care setting preferred.

Reference:

For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-06. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is the GS-06.

Physical Requirements:

The work requires the HT to be mobile throughout the Emergency Department and medical center as needed, involving standing, walking, bending, pushing, and lifting (moderately heavy). The HT should be capable of prolonged standing/walking and be physically capable of pushing equipment, wheelchairs and patient stretchers. Proper lifting and body mechanics must be utilized at all times to prevent injury.

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/.