Intermediate Care Technician

Intermediate Care Technicians (ICTs) are advanced Health Technicians who have graduated from intensive specialized military medical training programs and served as combat medics medical technicians and corpsman. They possess fundamental knowledge background and experience in emergency medicine critical care medical readiness field medicine bedside care and primary care.

Patient Screening: Duties include performing observation-based screening and collecting patient information in collaboration with licensed personnel. This may involve obtaining patient health history for chief complaints medication history and information about health-related or high-risk conditions that may impact the patients health status. The incumbent will complete approved templates and tools for example the MiniCog screening established by the agency.

Mental Health Services: The incumbent assists in behavioral/psychiatric situations in an emergency setting. This can include assisting licensed personnel with crisis intervention assists with the management of aggressive or suicidal psychiatric patients by providing one-to-one observations and applying prevention and management of disruptive behavior techniques (PMDB). The incumbent performs duties focused on communication techniques required to complete the questioners and templates approved for use in the ED including active listening restating and mirroring.

Clinical Tasks: The incumbent assists ED licensed personnel with the delivery of care to patients with complex specialized and potentially life-threatening situations. This may include setting up equipment and passing instruments in the event of: cardioversions insertion of thoracostomy tubes or initiation of mechanical ventilation to restore normal physiological function or prevent deterioration of patients condition. The incumbent must possess the knowledge to recognize life threatening situations and act to correct these emergent situations according to established national or local protocols.

Clinical responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Vital signs. Examples: vital signs 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG).
• Point-of-care (POC). Examples: Abbott hand-held blood analyzer (I-STAT) glucometer.
• Equipment and surgical instrumentation set up . Examples: chest tube insertion filling water chambers handing instruments in a sterile field and hooking up to suction when ordered .
• Observations and interventions. Examples: oxygen therapy and splinting.
• Wound care. Examples: bandaging application of dressings and wound measurements.
• Specimen collection and Preparation. Examples: collecting and labeling venous blood samples and mucous specimens.

ICTs may perform tasks after proper education training and competency demonstrating knowledge skills and abilities. Thoroughly and continually documents actions interventions and patient response in the health record.

Emergency Care:In addition to ongoing ED duties the incumbent may be asked to respond to medical emergencies on the facility grounds and sometimes encounters situations which may be life threatening as part of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) Code Blue or medical transport team. The incumbent appropriately implements emergency care in accordance with established protocols and policies. Works in concert with other members of these teams to determine the nature extent and seriousness of the patients condition including the search for medical alert symbols and medications. ICTs will obtain and maintain certification in basic life support (BLS) and other certifications as pertinent to their local facility and may assist within the scope/guidelines of their role and qualifications.

Medication Administration:Medication administration will comply with national and local directives and policies. Administration 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.

Other duties:Conducts or assists with the training of personnel in CPR and advanced emergency medical care techniques if appropriately trained certified and/or qualified for example: facility formal preceptors and BLS instructors. Can conduct or assist with stand-downs community health programs healthcare screenings and immunizations. May be members of hospital-wide committees to enhance emergency care for Veterans.

Work Schedule: 24/7 shift work scheduling which encompasses proportional day evening night shifts weekends and holidays as dictated by the published accepted emergency department operating procedures.
Position Description/PD#: Intermediate Care Technician/PDS0031A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

• 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.
• 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers 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 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.

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 08/12/2026.

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

Applicants who are current or former Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade as required by the this instance you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

• 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: Medication administration; clinical tasks; emergency care; mental health services patient screening; performs observation-based screening and collection of patient information assists in behavioral and psychiatric situations and operates specialized medical equipment; collecting a wide range of specimens prepare specimens for transfer performs skin biopsies assist with minor procedures (nail removal skin graph placement and Jones dressing) conducts or assist with training and experience using Telehealth peripherals; 4NOX- Basic Medical Technician 4NOIC- Independent Duty Medical Technician X4NO- Aeromedical 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. . OR
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must demonstrate the following; Graduate education or an internship meets the specialized experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position. One full year of graduate education meets the requirements for GS-7. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at

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