This Medical Care Transpiration Technician - EMT position is assigned to the Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Affairs Fire Department (VAFD), Ambulance Service, in one of the various VA Medical Center (VAMC) locations, with an emergency room, acute care or urgent care clinic, or other similar departments performing basic life support procedures and emergency/non-emergency BLS transportation to the sick and injured.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/23/2026. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

Specialized Experience:

at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-06) in the Federal Service, that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the Medical Care Transportation Technician - EMT. 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. Specialized experience includes applying skill of body systems (e.g., skeletal, muscular, nervous, respiratory, circulatory) to conduct patient assessments and provide emergency patient medical care; operating emergency vehicles and a variety of emergency/medical equipment, tools, supplies; and using communication techniques and equipment to relay information to and from dispatchers and health care providers.

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 of graduate education directly related to the work of this position. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. (Transcript Required).

OR, Combination:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. I have equivalent combination of successfully completed graduate education and experience, described above, to meet total qualification requirements. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ .