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Health Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
On-siteLong Beach, CA$47K – $76KApply by May 26, 2026Health Aid And TechnicianESFJISFJISFPISTJTrades
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The Long Beach VA Medical Center is currently recruiting for one (1) Health Technician to work in Prosthetics Services Long Beach, CA. The incumbent ensures the legal requirements governing eligibility and entitlement to prosthetic devices are met. Verifies legal requirements related to eligibility and entitlement for all prosthetic, orthotics, and sensory aids consults that are assigned to be processed.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties include but are not limited to the following: Performs independently fitting of orthotic appliances.
- →Application of prefabricated appliances such as, but not limited to, lumbo-sacral supports, prosthetic socks and sheaths, elbow and ankle supports, elastic support hose, hand splints, soft knee braces, neck collars, abdominal binders, trusses, and non custom in-depth shoes.
- →Assignments involve measuring, modifying and fitting patients with orthotic devices.
- →Authorizes the purchase of a wide variety of prosthetic and orthotic devices, medical supplies and durable medical equipment.
- →Administers small purchase orders that involve the use of instruments that are not firm fixed price (e.g., time and materials, labor hours, or other un-priced small purchase orders).
- →Enters a record of the action taken on the consult in CPRS along with VistA suspense.
- →Assist with management inventory for Prosthetics.
- →Conducts routine physical inventory counts, updates inventory and keeps excess inventory to a minimum.
- →Ensures inventory locations are kept clean and organized.
- →Provides veteran centered patient care that follows the ICARE values.
- →Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
- →Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
- →Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Health Technician/PD02202A, PD02200A, and PD02201A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this 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 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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8bbde674-2f3d-4d2c-aaa5-8bd8afe6c36e
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