The New Mexico VA Healthcare Network is recruiting a Health Technician. The Health Technician is located in Emergency Service Section of the New Mexico VA Health Care System. The primary purpose of the position is to provide medical and administrative support assistance to licensed staff.
Key Responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to: - Performs peripheral and EJ venipuncture to obtain blood samples. - Assists medical and nursing personnel with the set up for sterile procedures. - Change sterile dressings. - Collect and labels specimens (blood, urine, sputum, stool) for testing. - Operate guidelines to determine technical factors, sets controls, calibrates, and operates equipment and instruments such as EKG machine, CBG monitor, ABI doppler, bladder scan, etc.
- Cleans used medical instruments and disposes of waste materials. - Performs finger stick glucose mointoring. - Independently cleans exam rooms and re-stocks supplies as indicated by the needs of the patient or health care professional. Orders and maintains all supplies. - Perform other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Rotating Position DescriptionTitle/PD#: Health Technician/PD10285A Physical Requirements: The work requires frequent walking, standing, stooping, lifting, bending, stretching, pushing, turning and at times lifting heavy equipment and/or patients. Good vision and hearing are required to collect patient data
Requirements & Education
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
What is the salary for this position?
The posted pay range is $45901 – $59671/yr.
What security clearance is required?
This position requires a Other security clearance.
What is the application deadline?
Applications close on 2026-11-20.
Who is eligible to apply?
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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