Intermediate Care Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs Battle Creek VA Medical Center seeks an Intermediate Care Technician to join the Health Informatics Service. The role targets veterans, guardsmen, and medical technicians, with eligibility based on U.S. Armed Forces experience or equivalent education.

The closing date for applications is 09/23/2026. Qualifications include at least one year of specialized experience at GS-6 level or higher, or one year of graduate education in a related field.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-6 in the Federal service or in a closely related medical support role.
• Graduate education as described can substitute for experience at the next lower grade.

Skills

Telehealth experience

Medical procedures knowledge

Education

Graduate education in related field

Tools

None

Job description

Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) Program is a program designed to hire transitioning service, National Guard, Reserve, and Veteran corpsmen, combat medics and medical technicians into positions at VA Medical Centers as an integral part of the medical team. Candidates generally qualify based on U.S. Armed Forces experience or equivalent education. Battle Creek VA Medical Center is recruiting for Intermediate Care Technician within Health Informatics Service. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/23/2026.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS 6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 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. You MUST possess at least one year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of Intermediate Care Technician position; such as prepare and administer medications through various methods, examples include, intramuscular injections, subcutaneous injections, intradermal injections, oral, aerosolized including oxygen, topical intraocular (eye drops), Otic (ear drops), intranasal, rectal (suppositories), local anesthetics, intraurethral, and intravenous. Perform medical interventions and administer treatments to manage care to combat disease or disabling symptoms example incise and drain various skin infections or abscesses. OR,
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed one (1) year of graduate education or internship directly related to the position at the next lower grade level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent one (1) year of full-time study. If that number cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours will be considered an academic year of graduate study. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. (COPY OF OFFICIAL OR UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED).

Preferred Experience: Telehealth

Preferred Qualifications: Experience in the military as a Hospital Corpsman, Combat Medic, Medical Technician is highly desired.

Examples of military occupational specialties highly desired, include but are not limited to: 4NOX-Basic Medical Technician, 4NOIC-Independent Duty Medical Technician, X4NO-Aermedical Evacuation Technician, 1T2X1-Pararescueman, 68W-Combat Medic Specialist, 18D-Army Special Forces (Medic), 68WW1-Special Operations Flight Medic, HM0000-Basic Hospital Corpsman, HM8404-Field Medical Service Technician, HM8425-Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman, HM8402-Submarine Force Independent Duty Corpsman, HM8401 - Search and Rescue Medical Technician, HM8403 - Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance Independent Duty Corpsman, HM8406 - Aerospace Medical Technician, and HS - Basic Health Services Technician.

Physical Requirements:

The work involves extended periods of bending, standing and walking. Generally, the work requires recurring physical exertion with assisting patients.

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/.