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Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 60 days ago
Hybrid Hermitage, PA $42K – $61K Apply by Jul 27, 2026 Health Aid And Technician ISFJISFPISTJ OperationsHealthcareTrades
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The Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) serves in a generalist role to support & manage telehealth operations & is typically stationed at a clinical care delivery site (VA Medical Center, CBOC, VA Outreach Clinic, etc.), located at the Office of Connected Care. The incumbent duties may require travel. Support clinical telehealth encounters for both the patient & provider locations by serving as the tele-presenter within scope of practice. Managing real-time clinical telehealth events.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties Include: Preparing the clinical environment, which may include preparing medical and telecommunications equipment to be used for clinical examination and treatment.
- →Serving as an imager and clinical data manager for store and forward telehealth (SFT) clinical encounters including tasks such as capturing images, collecting data and transmitting them electronically for clinical review in accordance with VHA national guidelines.
- →Serving as a tele-presenter within scope of practice during clinical video telehealth (CVT) and VA Video Connect (VVC) encounters including tasks such as establishing and maintaining video conferencing connections, making introductions between patient site and provider site, following instructions of a clinician to facilitate an effective clinical encounter.
- →Taking measures to ensure patient care is delivered safely by following appropriate procedures for inventory management, cleaning of clinical equipment and the care environment while following all patient safety guidelines, protocols, and procedures Completing standardized clinical questionnaires and templates within scope of training and applicable guidelines.
- →Ensuring that patient privacy is protected by complying with all information security and patient privacy regulations.
- →Receiving and scheduling requests for simple and complex intra-facility, and inter-facility telehealth appointments using an electronic resource-based scheduling system.
- →Screening patients for Telehealth modality and referring patients that do not meet established criteria to appropriate care.
- →Monitoring and maintaining schedules of rooms, patients, technologies, clinical providers and presenters as needed to ensure efficient telehealth operations.
- →Providing patient education via approved materials.
- →Supporting the Veteran in completing patient satisfaction surveys.
- →Communicating effectively with clinical and administrative staff at the assigned local site and those located at remote sites of care.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized.
- →Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized.
- →Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1641c283-de12-437d-a17b-bf7855431038
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