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As the Supervisory Medical Care Transportation Technician (Paramedic) the incumbent performs all the duties and responsibilities of a Paramedic. The Supervisory Medical Transportation Technician(Paramedic) duties will include but are not limited to:

• Evaluates procedures/techniques of patient care for compliance with emergency medical service protocols.
• Plans the work of the ASP employees, setting and adjusting both short and long-term priorities and goals.
• Creates, adjusts, and approves ASP employee schedules as well as reviewing and approving leave requests in accordance with VA policy and ASP workload needs.
• Prepare forecasts of funds needed for equipment, materials, and supplies of the ASP.
• Provide advice on emergency medical service care, system delivery, and on the interpretation and application of policies, regulations and directives.
• Develops, implements, and/or recommends organizational policy, planning, and procedural initiatives related to Ambulance Services. Takes corrective action to improve the quality and quantity of work and resolves problems not covered by precedents or established policies related to Ambulance Services.
• Ensures the operation of an effective system of internal controls by periodically reviewing internal control measures, initiating needed revisions, and evaluates procedures/techniques of patient care for compliance with emergency medical services protocols.
• Supervisory Paramedic interviews candidates for ASP positions and recommends appointment, promotion, or reassignment to such positions.
• Observes workers' performance, develops performance standards, and conducts work performance critiques related to the performance of Ambulance Services. Provides informal feedback and performanceevaluations for all ASP subordinates.
• Resolves formal and informal complaints not directed towards themselves.
• Act as a liaison to the EMS community and Ambulance Service Program Medical Director, and track ambulance transport statistics. Incumbent shall be the primary representativefor the ASP during Assistant Medical Center Director and Ambulance Service Program Medical Director meetings.
• Assists with training medical center personnel for participation on the Hospital Decontamination Team, Hospital Duel Use Vehicle program, and Hospital Infectious Disease Incident Response Team (I-Dirt).
• Coordinates and maintains command and control of ASP responses at the Medical Center and in the community.
• Perform patient triage and take/r performs physical examinations and obtains patient history, assess the neurologic system, cardiovascular system, circulatory system, skeletal system, orthopedic system, motor and sensory skills, and level of consciousness.
• Makes an independent preliminary assessment of the condition and selects from a variety of prescribed protocols the one that is considered appropriate under the given circumstances.
• Administers basic and advanced life support care at emergency scene in accordance with established medical standards, which may include providing advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), international trauma life support (ITLS), PALS, PEPP, advanced airway management, CPR, and/or drug treatments.
• Performs invasive and non-invasive procedures on patients with life threatening and non-life-threatening conditions per established procedures or as authorized/directed by physicians.
• Responds to cardiac and respiratory emergencies, performs cardiac monitoring and defibrillation; maintains circulation, controls bleeding and provides spinal management and immobilization.
• Provides fluid resuscitation by IV and manages trauma injuries, bleeding, and post-traumatic shock.
• Assist with children and administers medications as appropriate.
• Observes, records, and, and performs rapid sequence intubation according to established medical standards.
• Ensures that the vehicles are kept clean and neat.
• Decontaminate the vehicle in accordance with Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) established procedures.

Work Schedule: Supervisory Paramedics may work rotating shifts, including holidays, and are subject to occasional recall to maintain adequate coverage of the Emergency Department and ambulance service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Mandatory overtime may be required due to run times that may extend beyond normal scheduled work.

Telework: Not Authorized.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Medical Care Transportation Technician/PD99773S and PD99773S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be 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 state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/31/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 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 - Supervisory Paramedic. 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 is serving as a lead/supervisor and technical advisor pertaining to emergency medical services; performing the duties and responsibilities of a paramedic that includes but is not limited to responding to accidents and other emergencies involving injury and illness; supervising and/or administering life-sustaining aid to patients; performing patient triage and employing a variety of advanced emergency medicine procedures during transport; planning the work of other paramedics and subordinate staff members; and observing workers' performance and conducting performance evaluations.

OR;

• Substitution of Education for Experience (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Applicants must have successfully completed a H.d., or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree and is directly related to the work of this position. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university,

OR;

• Combination of Education and Experience (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Applicants must have successfully completed graduate education (beyond the second year) and experience, described above, to meet total qualification requirements.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• First Response
• Interpersonal Skills
• Leadership
• Planning and Evaluating

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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The Paramedics work involves extended periods of heavy moving and lifting of patients in a variety of situations. Generally, the work requires recurring bending, lifting, stooping, stretching, and positioning of patients, frequently under adverse conditions or in confined areas. Paramedics may be required to spend prolonged periods in protective breathing apparatus and protective clothing during chemical, nuclear, biological, or hazardous materials incidents/exercises.

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/.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

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

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For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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