Health Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Rochester (Beaver County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is seeking a Health Technician to provide clinical and administrative support at the Beaver County CBOC. Responsibilities include scheduling, front desk coverage, rooming patients, call support, consult tracking, and documenting medical records.

The role requires meeting the qualifications listed in the IOR, including potential substitution of education for experience and combinations of education with experience for GS-5 level.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience at GS-04 level or equivalent.
• Education can substitute for experience as described in the IOR.
• Combination of education and experience may qualify at GS-5 level.

Responsibilities

• Perform clerical and clinical duties in a healthcare environment.
• Answer and direct phone calls and schedule appointments.
• Document medical records and collect specimens when needed.
• Take and record vital signs and assist with patient care tasks.

Skills

Scheduling

Patient care

Phone support

Documentation

Clerical tasks

Vital signs

Medical records

Education

Bachelor's degree with related subjects

24 semester hours in related subjects

Job description

The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is seeking a Health Technician for the Beaver County VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). The Health Technician provides clinical and administrative support for Veteran care, including scheduling, patient care tasks, call support, consult tracking, front desk coverage, and rooming patients. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/30/2026.

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR):

• Specialized Experience: 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. OR,
• Education and Training (For positions at the GS-5 level only): Successful completion of 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. Note: This education is also qualifying as stated below. (Transcripts Required)

For the GS-5 level You may qualify based on your experience and/or education s described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Performing both clerical and clinical duties in a medical/healthcare environment; answering and directing phone calls; scheduling appointments; documenting medical records; taking and recording vital signs; and collecting and labeling specimens. You must provide work experience information such as duties, hours per week, salary, and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of Specialized Experience at or comparable to the required grade level. OR,
• 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. OR,
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond specialized experience requirements for grades GS-3 through GS-5 and courses directly related to the work of the position. 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. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for GS-5.

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/