Health Technician (Optometry GAP) Position Available In Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Health Technician (Optometry GAP) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Salisbury

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G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center Summary This position is loced the Salisbury VAHCS, Optometry Service, Salisbury, NC with duty the Charlotte Health Care Center, Charlotte, NC , with rotion to the Charlotte CBOC, Charlotte, NC . The incumbent provides varied range of significant pient-reled duties in support of the eyecare, and trement given to pients in Optometry Service. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/15/2025 to 05/23/2025 Salary $36,852

• $66,400 per year Pay scale & grade GS 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Charlotte, NC Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 7 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

CBTA-12736508-25-MAJ

Control number 837024500 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency

VHA Wide:

Open to current permanent employees of the Department of Veterans Affaires (1st Area of Considerion

• current permanent Salisbury
• W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center employees; 2nd Area of Considerion
• current permanent VHA employees).

Videos Duties Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Obtaining a pient’s physical history; Documents all pertinent informion appropriely; Performs spectacle da collection; Glasses measurements; Frame selection, measurement and fitting; Tonometry, extra-ocular motility testing, and pupillary function Humphrey, Goldman and tangent screen visual field testing; Kerometry (manual and/or automed); B scan ultrasonography; Schirmer testing for quantitive tear production; Stereopsis testing using Titmus and stereofly tester; Color vision assessment; Amsler grid testing to evalue each eye separely for distortion, metamorphopsia, micropsia, and scotomas; Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT) testing; Setting up the minor procedure room for in-clinic procedures, assisting the doctor with these procedures, cleaning up after the procedures; Setting up the minor procedure room for removal of foreign body, lash epiling and cornea abrasion; Calling pients regarding appointments, filling out paperwork reled to procedures performed in the clinic; Performing inventory of instruments, exam lens, eye medicions, and other Eye Clinic supplies; Assisting the doctor in other non-specified technical areas within the clinic; Performs direct pient care in the form of changing eye dressings, instilling eye drops, etc.; Maintains all stock levels of ophthalmic medicions and supplies necessary for the function of the clinic; Trains clerical support from other services, instructs residents and interns in the use of ocular instruments, computer usage, and the start-up of equipment; Independently records clinical photographs of the ocular fundus and other photographic procedures; Performs medical observion and identificion of the side effects of the procedures; Promptly recognizes urgent or emergent pient care situions, seeks assistance appropriely and effectively intervenes as directed.

Work Schedule :

Full-time, Monday

• Friday, 7:00 am
• 4:30 pm, based on the needs of the service

Compressed/Flexible :

Available Telework :

Not Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 000000

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 evaluion. 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. Be a citizen of the United Stes. Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7407(a). Educion or Experience. (1) Experience. One year of experience as a health technician or assistant in the health care field demonstring the applicant’s ability to perform the work or by demonstring a basic understanding of work in the health care field; OR (2) Educion. Successful completion of two academic years above high school with a minimum of 12 semester hours reled to health technician/assistant or health technician (optometry)/assistant or associe degree, or completion of an independent study course in an optometry reled technician or assistant field; OR (3) Experience/Educion Combinion. Equivalent combinions of experience and educion are qualifying.

Examples are listed below:

(a) Six months of experience comparable to the next lower level which demonstres the knowledge of optometry assistant theory and practices and general understanding of the health technician/assistant duties and one year above high school with a minimum of six semester hours of health technician/assistant or health technician (optometry)/assistant reled courses.(b) Successful completion of a course for health care technicians or assistants, hospital corpsmen, medical service specialists, or hospital training in a program given by the U.S. Armed Forces, the U.S. Maritime Service, or the U.S. Public Health Service, may be substituted on a month-for-month basis. Licensure/Certificion/Registrion. None. English Language Proficiency. Health Technician (Optometry) candides must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinions :

In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candides. Health Technician (Optometry), GS-04 (1) Experience. None beyond the basic requirements. (2) Assignment. Employees this grade level serve in a health technician (optometry) entry level position. More experienced staff members guide and provide daily direct supervision for the health technicians (optometry). Health Technician (Optometry), GS-05 (1) Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade. (2) Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA). In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre the following

KSAs:

(a) Knowledge of basic eye anomy and function. (b) Ability to obtain, document and record ophthalmic and medical informion from pients in order to develop an accure electronic progress note. (c) Ability to practice basic hygiene and infection control in a pient care setting. (d) Ability to follow eye clinic and pient care medical policies and procedures. (e) Ability to perform minor eyeglasses repairs, such as replacing nose pads and screws. Health Technician (Optometry), GS-06 (1) Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade. (2) Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre the following

KSAs:

(a) Ability to provide pient educion for eye health and/or vision conditions, to include assisting with pient contact lens insertion, removal and hygiene (cleaning and disinfection) care. (b) Ability to accurely enter into a phoropter the autorefractometry or habitual refractive prescription (i.e., eyeglasses prescription) or lensometer findings, including sphere, cylinder and axis. (c) Ability to perform pient spectacle fitting and dispensing, including selection of approprie frame, ophthalmic lenses, interpupillary measurements (distance and near) and proper segment height determinion, as well as the ability to transpose sphere, cylinder and axis. (d) Ability to provide basic triage of pient telephone calls or optometry requests. (e) Knowledge of ophthalmic medicions and supplies needed in the process of restocking the eye clinic exam rooms. Health Technician (Optometry), GS-07 (1) Experience. One year of experience comparable to the next lower level which demonstres the knowledge, skills and abilities reled to the duties of the position to be filled. (2) Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. In addition to meeting the experience or educional requirements for this grade level, the candide must fully demonstre the following

KSAs:

(a) Ability to determine preliminary objective estime and/or refinement of the optical stus of the eye, not to include the pient’s final subjectiverefraction. (b) Ability to triage and manage eyeglasses issues (e.g., measurement of vertex distance, base curve, prism correction, center thickness, slab off, Fresnel prism, decentrion, etc.). (c) Ability to perform accure assessment of accommodion, near point of convergence and ocular alignment (far and near). (d) Ability to assist the eye care provider (optometrist or ophthalmologist) with ophthalmic procedures. (e) Ability to assist with obtaining accure ocular cultures and smears. (f) Knowledge and ability to provide advanced pient educion for eye health and/or vision conditions.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-7. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-4 to GS-7.

Physical Requirements:

The individual must be able to work for sustained periods under pressure. Heavy clinics will occasionally require long hours under hectic conditions, and the ability to be flexible in regards to pient need is critical. More specifically, the position requires the operion of several different devices under dim illuminion for the examinion of pients. These generally require th the operor sit opposite the pient, using one hand to support the eyelids in the stic position while the body, head, and other hand of the operor must be able to shift positions sometimes rapidly to obtain the optimal picture field during an angiography procedure. In addition, the operor’s eye is employed in this arrangement and the combinion of stic position and adjusting movements can be stressful and tiring.

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 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.

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: 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 Other (1) Resume Separion Notice (RIF) 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 05/23/2025 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 Mark Johnson Phone Address WG Bill Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center 1601 Brenner Avenue Salisbury, NC 28144 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: 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 Other (1) Resume Separion Notice (RIF) 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 05/23/2025 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

USA JOBS

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 Mark Johnson Phone Address WG Bill Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center 1601 Brenner Avenue Salisbury, NC 28144 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 05/15/2025 to 05/23/2025 Salary $36,852

• $66,400 per year Pay scale & grade GS 00 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Charlotte, NC Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 7 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

CBTA-12736508-25-MAJ

Control number 837024500 ., .