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Intermediate Care Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 113 days ago
On-site Portland, OR $54K – $71K Apply by Jun 22, 2026 Health Aid And Technician ESFJISFJISFPISTJ Trades
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This Intermediate Care Technician is assigned to the Specialty Care Clinics, under the Division of Hospital and Specialty Medicine, at the VA Portland Health Care System. **Recruitment/Relocation Incentives may be authorized for highly qualified candidates**
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include but are not limited to: Patient Screening: Performs observation-based screening and collecting patient information in collaboration with licensed personnel.
- →This may involve completing clinical reminders, obtaining patient health history, chief complaints, medication history, and identification of health-related conditions that may impact the patient's health status.
- →Completes approved templates and tools, such as the outpatient intake form, normal result notes, and follow up treatment protocols established by the agency.
- →Mental Health Services: Assists in behavioral/psychiatric situations in an outpatient setting.
- →This can include assisting licensed personnel with crisis intervention, management of aggressive or suicidal psychiatric patients, by providing one-to-one observations and applying prevention and management of disruptive behavior techniques (PMDB).
- →Performs duties focused on communication techniques required to complete the questioners and templates approved for use in any outpatient clinical setting, including active listening, restating, and mirroring.
- →Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for the patient while promoting a sense of worth and dignity under the supervision of the licensed personnel.
- →Medication Administration: Ensures medical administration complies with national and local directives and policies.
- →Methods may include intramuscular, oral, topical, eye drops, ear drops, intranasal, rectal suppositories, local anesthetics, nebulized medications, subcutaneous, and intradermal.
- →Follows national and local pharmacy and facility guidelines for disposal of medications.
- →Clinical Tasks: Assists outpatient licensed staff with the delivery of care to patients with complex, specialized, and potentially life-threatening situations.
- →Assists licensed staff with preparing patients for medical evaluation, setting up equipment, passing instruments and providing treatment during in person or virtual visits.
- →Operates specialized medical equipment to obtain diagnostic and therapeutic outcomes.
- →Responsible for collecting a wide range of specimens and preparing them for transfer to processing.
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.
- ✓Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓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.
- ✓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 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 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.
Personality Fit
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