The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) Program is a program designed to hire transitioning service, National Guard, Reserve, and Veteran corpsmen, combat medics and medical technicians into positions at VA Medical Centers as an integral part of the medical team. Candidates generally qualify based on U.S. Armed Forces experience or equivalent education.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/18/2026.

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.

BASIC REQUIREMENT

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR):

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:

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position.(Transcripts Required) You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-5

Specialized Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience include but are not limited to: Assisting licensed staff with preparing patients for medical evaluation. Performing Vital Signs. Recognizing life threatening situations.

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 bachelor's degree, with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position. (Transcripts Required)

OR, Combination:

Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience are also qualifying. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's 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-6:

Specialized Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Assisting licensed staff with preparing patients for medical evaluation. Performing Vital Signs. Recognizing life threatening situations. Administering medicine, Assisting with patient exams. Performing 12-lead electrocardiograms. GS-7:

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: Preparing patients for medical evaluation. Performing Vital Signs. Recognizing life threatening situations. Administering medicine. Assisting with patient exams. Performing 12-lead electrocardiograms. Operating specialized medical equipment. Providing patient education. Collecting and labeling specimens.

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 full year of graduate education. 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. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. (Transcripts Required)

Combination:

Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate school education and experience are also qualifying. Education must be directly related to the work of the position. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. (Transcripts Required)

Preferred Experience:

Primary Care experience, Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) experience and Cerner Millennium experience. 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 Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ .