Health Technician (Ophthalmology) Position Available In Miami-Dade, Florida

Health Technician (Ophthalmology) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Miami VA Healthcare System Summary Ophthalmology Technicians within the Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center support Ophthalmologists in diagnosis, trement, prevention, follow-up care and pient counseling. The Full Performance Health Technician (Ophthalmology) performs a range of standard, but complex, diagnostic procedures, assists during clinic-based surgical procedures, educes pients and legal representives, assists with the educion of medical students and residents. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/11/2025 to 06/24/2025 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $58,925•$76,608 per year Pay scale & grade GS 5•8 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Miami, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 8 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12736631-25-TE

Control number 838611900 This job is open to Federal employees•Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to current permanent employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (including employees in the Miami VA Healthcare System and its surrounding CBOCs. Department Employees have first considerion, facility employees second considerion, and then all other VHA employees. Videos Duties The following clinical duties and responsibilities are expected the GS-8 assignment: Checks and performs calibrion of technical ophthalmology screening instruments. Obtains pient physical history, to include chief complaint; reason for ; pertinent signs and symptoms; current medicion allergies; past ocular and general medical history both ocular and general; family history both ocular and general; social history; and review of medicions and allergies, including current ocular prescription and non-prescription medicions. Accurely tests visual acuity distance and near, with and without correction or with and without a pinhole. Measures eyeglass prescription using manual or automed lensometer, recording sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism in both plus and minus cylinder. Performs pupil evaluion recording pupil size, shape, symmetry, reaction to light and accommodion. Performs swinging flashlight test to detect a relive afferent pupillary defect. Performs basic refractometry utilizing an auto refraction or habitual glass prescription in the phoropter. Instills eye medicions (drops or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, diling drops, cycloplegic drops, or antibiotics). Measures intraocular pressure with standard techniques, including Goldmann applanion tonometry. Performs pachymetry to determine corneal thickness and manual kerometry or automed topography to determine corneal curvure. Performs intra-ocular lens calculions using an IOL Master or equivalent device. Performs automed visual field testing using various perimetry machines. Performs external photographs and fundus photography. Performs optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the anterior segment, retina and optic nerve. Performs pient screening and triage of potentially urgent ocular conditions. Assists during clinic-based ophthalmic surgery, including revision of wounds, biopsies of the eyelid lesions, cultures of conjunctiva, or cornea; reformion of anterior chamber, evacuion of hyphema, repositioning of corneal endothelial grafts, intra-vitreous injections, and laser surgical procedures. Educes pients and legal authorized representives in eye care, including preoperive and postoperive instructions. Assists in the educion and training of medical students, residents and fellows in those facilities with medical school affiliions. Ensures proper cleaning and disinfection; calibrion, maintenance, backup, annual inventory and ordering of instruments, supplies and equipment; obtains quotes as needed; and reports needed repairs to biomedical engineering. Pass the annual medicion quiz and department competencies.

Work Schedule :

8am•4:30pm, Monday through

Friday Telework :

Not available

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 31017F (GS-5), 31018F (GS-6), 31983F (GS-8)

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not authorized Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion 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 ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualificions Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship:

Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 38 U.S.C. 7407(d). Experience and Educion Experience. One year of experience in a health care field, such as but not limited to nursing, medical assistant, or health technician. OR Educion. Two years above high school with a minimum of six semester hours directly reled to a health care field or associe’s degree in a health care reled degree. OR Experience/Educion Combinion. Equivalent combinions of experience and educion are qualifying.

Examples are listed below:

(a) Six months of experience in the health care field; and one year above high school; or (b) Six months of experience in the health care field and successful completion of a course for health care technicians, hospital corpsmen, medical service specialists, or ophthalmology technicians given by the U.S. Armed Forces; or (c) Six months of experience in the health care field and completion of an independent study course in Ophthalmic Medical Assisting. Certificion. All applicants must be certified as a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) with the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO). The COA certificion is JCAHPO’s entry-level certificion examinion for a Health Technician (Ophthalmology). Certificion Exception. Non-certified applicants who otherwise meet the minimum qualificion requirements may be appointed as a gradue Health Technician (Ophthalmology) under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405(c)(2)(B). The appointing official may waive the requirement of certificion for a period not to exceed two years for a Health Technician (Ophthalmology) th provides care under the supervision of an Ophthalmologist. The exception only applies below the full performance level. For grade levels or above the full performance level the candide must be certified. Failure to obtain COA certificion during th period is justificion for terminion of the temporary appointment and may result in terminion of employment. Grandfhering Provision. All persons employed in VHA as a Health Technician (Ophthalmology) on the effective de of this qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the title, series and grade held, including certificion requirements. Foreign Educion. To be creditable, educion completed outside the U.S. must have been submitted to a prive organizion th specializes in the interpretion of foreign educional credentials and such educion must have been deemed least equivalent to th gained in conventional U.S. programs.

Grade Determinions :

Health Technician-Ophthalmology, GS-5 (Entry Level) Experience or Educion. None beyond the basic requirements. Health Technician-Ophthalmology, GS-6 (Developmental Level 1) Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

Knowledge of general outpient clinical policies and procedures in a health care environment; Ability to obtain, document and record demographic and medical informion from pients in order to develop an accure medical record; Ability to use basic ophthalmic equipment; and Knowledge of basic disinfection of non-critical reusable medical equipment. Health Technician-Ophthalmology, GS-7 (Developmental Level 2) Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-6 grade level. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA). In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

Knowledge of anomy and function of the eye and basic ocular pharmacology; Knowledge of outpient eye care policies and procedures in a health care environment; Ability to use basic ophthalmic diagnostic equipment to perform preliminary ocular testing; Ability to perform minor extraocular surgical assisting; and Ability to provide eye care pient educion. Health Technician-Ophthalmology, GS-8 (Full Performance Level) Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA). In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

Ability to perform advanced tonometry and pupil evaluion; Ability to perform calculions for selection of intraocular lens; Knowledge of clinic based ophthalmic surgical assisting; Knowledge of eye anomy and physiology; Knowledge of medicion effects and proper instillion in the eye; Knowledge of optics; and Knowledge of proper cleaning and maintenance of clinic equipment. Assignment. This is considered to be the full performance level for this assignment. The Health Technician (Ophthalmology) this level performs a range of standard, but complex, diagnostic procedures with responsibility for checking calibrion of instruments prior to the procedure. Responsible for obtaining pient physical history, to include chief complaint; reason for ; pertinent signs/symptoms; past history both ocular and general; family history both ocular and general; social history; and review of medicions and allergies, including current ocular prescription and non-prescription medicions. Accurely tests visual acuity distance and near, with and without correction or with and without a pinhole. Measures eyeglass prescription using manual or automed lensometer, recording sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism in both plus and minus cylinder. Performs pupil evaluion recording pupil size, shape, symmetry, reaction to light and accommodion, and any abnormalities, including relive afferent pupillary defect. Performs basic refractometry utilizing an auto refraction or habitual glass prescription in the phoropter. Instills eye medicions (i.e., drops or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, dilion, cycloplegic, or antibiotics. Responsible for measuring intraocular pressure of the eye utilizing techniques, including Goldmann applanion tonometry. Performs pachymetry to determine corneal thickness and manual kerometry or automed topography to determine corneal curvure. Performs intra-ocular lens calculions using the IOL Master. Performs automed visual field testing using various perimetry machines. Performance of external photographs and fundus photography. Performs optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the anterior segment, retina and optic nerve. Performs pient screening and triage emergencies identifying ocular emergencies. Performs pient screening and telephone triage for immedie care. Assists during clinic-based ophthalmic surgery, including revision of wounds, biopsies of the eyelid lesions, cultures of conjunctiva, or cornea; reformion of anterior chamber, evacuion of hyphema, repositioning of corneal endothelial grafts, intra-vitreous injections, and laser surgical procedures. Educes pients and legal authorized representives in eye care, including preoperive and postoperive instructions. Additional assignments listed in the qualificion standard below.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-8. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-8.

Physical Requirements:

See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.

Educion Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Area of Considerion•Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order: Current departmental VA employees of the Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center (Miami). Current facility VA employees of the Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center (Miami). All other VA employees. Other federal employees.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have•whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Certificion. Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) with the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Certificion. Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) with the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/24/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Thomas Ellis Phone Address Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1201 Northwest 16th Street Miami, FL 33125 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full•and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Certificion. Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) with the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Certificion. Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) with the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/24/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Thomas Ellis Phone Address Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1201 Northwest 16th Street Miami, FL 33125 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full•and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/11/2025 to 06/24/2025 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $58,925•$76,608 per year Pay scale & grade GS 5•8 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Miami, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 8 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12736631-25-TE

Control number 838611900 ., .