Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) (FLOAT)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 41,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Parental leave

Childcare subsidy

Federal retirement plan

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, is seeking a Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) in San Antonio, TX. The role supports telehealth operations as a telepresenter, imaging, and data management, with duties across clinical and technical facets.

Location is the North Central Federal VA Clinic—17440 Henderson Pass, San Antonio, TX 78232; standard Mon-Fri 7:30am–4:00pm with potential travel and schedule variations; benefits include time off and federal retirement

Qualifications

• Transcript must be submitted with your application.
• Education must be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited institutions.
• If using foreign education, provide a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.

Responsibilities

• Support telehealth encounters as telepresenter and data manager.
• Serve as imager for telehealth store-and-forward applications.
• Manage real-time telehealth events and prepare the clinical environment.
• Provide patient education and technical/administrative support for telehealth operations.
• Schedule intra-facility and inter-facility telehealth appointments.
• Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot telehealth technology.
• Perform program support duties as assigned.

Skills

Telehealth support

Data management

Technical support

Scheduling telehealth

Job description

Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) (FLOAT)

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am -4:00pm

The Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) serves in a generalist role to support and manage telehealth operations and is typically stationed at a clinical care delivery site (VA Medical Center, CBOC, VA Outreach Clinic, etc.), with duties that may require travel. This float position is located at the North Central Federal VA Clinic - 17440 Henderson Pass, San Antonio, TX 78232.

Key Responsibilities

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Major duties include but are not limited to: supporting clinical telehealth encounters by serving as the telepresenter per scope of practice functioning as an imager and data manager for telehealth store and forward applications managing real time clinical telehealth events preparing the clinical environment providing patient education providing technical and administrative support of telehealth operations providing technical support to end-users scheduling simple and complex intra-facility and inter-facility telehealth appointments installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting technology performing a variety of program support duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m.

- 4:00 p.m. Tour of Duty and location may change due to patient care needs to include extended hours. Tour location may vary depending on patient care needs and staffing requirements. Government Vehicle or Travel reimbursement will be requested by employee when covering a clinic beyond 50 miles of your base location. Your base work location will be the North Central Federal VA Clinic - 17440 Henderson Pass, San Antonio, TX 78232.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 54339-F; 54338-F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Note: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $41334 – $59898/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-05.

What is the work schedule?

This is a Monday - Friday, 7:30am -4:00pm position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.