Health Technician (Community Health)

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Health Technician (Community Health): Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes participating in public-health outreach.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). OR Education: Four year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages

Assist with routine inspections of Child and Youth Services programs and help deliver prepared educational materials on communicable diseases, infant and child health issues, and general hygiene practices to child-care providers.,Support epidemiological activities by collecting routine data, entering information into approved surveillance systems, and preparing standard monthly reports for review by the Community Health Nurse.,Participate in established public-health outreach events, including tobacco-cessation activities, pregnancy-fitness sessions, and chronic-disease awareness events.,Provide basic health-education and disease-prevention support to beneficiaries within the area which includes assisting with adult immunization events by administering vaccinations under direct supervision.,Provide routine administrative support to the installation’s animal-bite and rabies-follow-up activities.,Coordinate basic information between emergency departments, veterinary services, military police, and public-health clinics to ensure appropriate documentation and follow-up steps are completed.,Assist in compiling patient-visit statistics, maintaining surveillance logs, and gathering data for routine research-support tasks when assigned.