Health Technician

US Military Treatment Facilities under DHA; Portsmouth (VA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is seeking a Health Technician to support enteral nutrition for infants in the NICU, PICU, and pediatric wards. The role includes preparing formulas, coordinating with care teams, and assisting in nutrition therapy planning and evaluation.

Responsibilities cover patient nutrition screening during treatment and supporting clinical staff in delivering specialized infant feeding services in a busy military hospital setting.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience including preparing infant feedings.
• Experience performing nutrition screenings for inpatients.

Responsibilities

• Prepares enteral nutrition for infants in NICU, PICU and pediatric wards; assists in assessment, planning, and evaluation of medical nutrition therapy.

Skills

Infant nutrition

Nutrition screening

Job description

About the Position

Serves as Health Technician at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia who provides support to management by preparation of enteral nutrition for infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and pediatric wards and also assist in the assessment, planning, and evaluation of medical nutrition therapy for all patients.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

GS-06

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes:

• prepares infant feedings needs (ie, formula, May come in contact with bodily fluids - breast milk / donor's milk);
• performs nutrition screenings for inpatients throughout the treatment period;.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).