Intermediate Care Technician (ICT)

The Intermediate Care Technician is an occupational specialty especially for former military combat medics medical technicians and corpsmen. As an ICT you will operate within clearly defined clinical competencies.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Performing 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 patients health status.
• Completing approved templates and tools such as intake/outtake forms normal result note follow up clinical reminders procedure and intervention notes established by the agency.
• Assisting 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). Assists licensed staff with the delivery of care to patients with complex specialized and potentially life-threatening situations. You will assist licensed staff with setting up equipment and providing treatment during in person or virtual visits.
• Operating specialized medical equipment to obtain diagnostic and therapeutic outcomes. Observes patient status and keeps licensed clinical staff informed of any change in condition. You will assist clinical providers with emergency medical care provides emergency response as part of the Rapid-Response-Team (RRT) and assists with training of other hospital clinical staff.
• Performing Diagnostic Tests. Examples: Vital Signs 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG).
• Point-of-Care. Examples: glucometer COVID swabbing.
• Specimen collection and Preparation. Examples: collecting and labeling venous blood samples.
• Minor Procedures. Examples: simple one-layer laceration repairs incision and drainage skin stapling STERIS trips Dermabond.
• Medication Administration: nebulized medications topical limited PO meds vaccine administration.
• Wound Care. Examples. wound debridement Wet-to-Dry dressings Unna Boot placement compression dressings- Forflex and Profour wound vac placement graft application.
• Patient education within scope of care or while providing an intervention.
• Electronic Health Record (EHR): Thoroughly and appropriately documents actions interventions and procedures in the medical record. Examples: Procedural notes and progress notes.

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 - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Intermittently
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Intermediate Care Technician (ICT)/PD99362-S PD99363-S and PD99968-S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Physical Demands: The work involves extended periods of bending standing and walking. Generally the work requires recurring physical exertion with assisting patients.

• 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
• Physical Requirements: The work involves extended periods of bending standing and walking. Generally the work requires recurring physical exertion with assisting patients.
• 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 09/30/2026.

English Language Proficiency: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): ALL applicants must meet the IOR. An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for the 0640 occupational series. You may meet this by:

• Specialized Experience: Positions in this series range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists speech pathologists medical officers and optometrists. Therefore technician experience is experience that required application of the knowledge methods and techniques of the position to be filled. OR
• Education and Training (For positions at the GS-5 level only): Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelors degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position.(Transcripts Required)

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements you must also meet the Special Experience or Education requirement for the Intermediate Care Technician Position.

GS-05 grade level:

• Experience: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: Obtain and maintain records of patient health history complaints and medication history; Perform identification of health-related conditions that may impact the patients health status; Assist on evaluation of patients for emergent/non emergent medical conditions. OR
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelors degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position. (Transcripts Required) OR
• Combination: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelors degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study or 60 semester hours beyond the second year is equivalent to l year of specialized experience. (Transcripts Required)

GS-06 grade level:

• Experience: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: Obtain and maintain records of patient health history complaints and medication history; Performs Evaluation on patients for emergent/non-emergent medical conditions; Ordering and assisting appropriate diagnostic studies (vital signs EKG and immunizations); Performing interventions based upon patient symptoms and established protocols/standards; Assisting Physicians with complex specialized and potentially-life threatening procedures.

GS-07 grade level:

• Experience: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: Prepare and administer medications through various methods examples include intramuscular injections subcutaneous injections intradermal injections oral aerosolized including oxygen topical intraocular (eye drops) Otic (ear drops) intranasal rectal (suppositories) local anesthetics intraurethral and intravenous. Perform minor surgical procedures medical interventions and administer treatments to manage care to combat disease or disabling symptoms example incise and drain various skin infections or abscesses. Order appropriate diagnostic studies under the direction of the supervising Licensed Independent Practitioner (LIP) obtains and Reports Diagnostic and laboratory results. OR
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed one (1) full year (18 semester hours) of graduate education that is directly related to the work of the position and have submitted transcripts with application. (Transcripts Required)

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at Qualifications: Experience in the military as a Hospital Corpsman Combat Medic Medical Technician is highly desired.

Examples of military occupational specialties highly desired include but are not limited to: 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. For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at

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