Lead Health Technician (Ophthalmology)
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. There's none.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: combine summary sentences.
Paragraph: "The Syracuse VAMC is currently recruiting for 1 Lead Health Technician (Ophthalmology) in the eye clinic. The incumbent is under the general supervision of the Chiefs of Ophthalmology and Optometry. Technician responsibilities and ancillary support function ensure consistent and regular clinic flow in a high patient volume clinical environment."
That's fine.
Next, Responsibilities: list duties. The duties list is long; we can break into bullet points each sentence.
We need to ensure we capture all duties:
- Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance - plan - organize - and coordinate activities of a Health Technician (Ophthalmology) and effectively complete job duties of assignments such as distributing workload monitoring the status and progress of work
- Monitors and records patients condition including recognizing deviations in patients condition adverse reactions and taking appropriate actions - making gross visual observations and identifying subtle changes regarding patients condition - setting up and giving treatments that require auxiliary equipment - and securing patient confidence and cooperation during procedures
- Resolves daily workplace issues and maintaining efficient flow of patient care
- May provide training to eye care staff - students - and/or trainees
- May provider input into special advancements - promotions - and disciplinary actions
- Performs Humphrey and MP-1 automated visual fields
- Performs Visual Acuity measurements (Aided - Unaided - and Pinhole at distance and near)
- Check in patients to the Eye Clinic and enters all pertinent medical history information
- Consults with staff providers to determine best courses to achieve timely care of patients' concerns
- CPR certification preferred
- Perform Neutralization of patients glasses (automated or manual lensometry)
- Uses Automated refraction and Keratometer
- Uses Tonometry (Tono-pen - Goldman applanation)
- Performs pupil evaluation and Installation of topical anesthetics - mydriatic - and cycloplegic eye drops
- Uses EMR (Electronic Personal Record)
- Performs manifest refraction through phoropter - Goldman Visual Fields (Kinetic and Diplopia)
- Contributes/facilitates with coordination and/or scheduling of surgical cases for surgical patient on coordination with medical staff assistants (MSAs) and Nurse Case Managers
- Other duties as assigned
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Next, Requirements: include qualifications: US Citizenship, Experience/Education combos, Certification COA, Grandfathering provision details (maybe as paragraph), Grade Determinations GS-9: Lead Health Technician (Ophthalmology) Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-8 grade level, Demonstrated KSAs (list), Physical Requirements, Work Environment, English Language Proficiency.
We need to decide if we separate into Requirements and maybe Skills? But KSAs are skills/abilities. Could be under Requirements.
We'll create a Requirements section with subheadings? Not allowed; only h3 for section headings. We can't have nested headings. So we need to put all requirement info in prose or lists under the Requirements h3.
We can use
- for lists like experience/education combos, KSAs, etc.
Let's extract:
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
Experience and Education (options):
1) Experience: One year of experience in a health care field - such as but not limited to nursing - medical assistant - or health technician
2) Education: Two years above high school with a minimum of six semester hours directly related to a health care field or associate's degree in a health care related degree
3) Experience/Education Combination: Equivalent combinations of experience and education are qualifying
Examples:
(a) Six months of experience in the health care field and one year above high school
(b) Six months of experience in the health care field and successful completion of a course for health care technicians - hospital corpsmen - medical service specialists - or ophthalmology technicians given by the U.S. Armed Forces
(c) Six months of experience in the health care field and completion of an independent study course in Ophthalmic Medical Assisting
Certification:
- All applicants must be certified as a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) with the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)
- The COA certification is JCAHPO's entry-level certification examination for a Health Technician (Ophthalmology)
- May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria)
Grandfathering provision details (list):
1) Such employees may be reassigned - promoted up to and including the full performance (journeyman) level - or changed to lower grade within the occupation - but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions
2) Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) who were appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed - on a temporary or permanent basis - until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard
3) Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation - who subsequently obtain additional education and/or certification that meet all the basic requirements of the qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation
4) Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) who are converted to title 38 hybrid status under this provision and subsequently leave the occupation lose protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation
Grade Determinations GS-9: Lead Health Technician (Ophthalmology) Experience:
- One year of experience equivalent to the GS-8 grade level
Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSA):
- Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance - plan - organize - and coordinate activities of a Health Technician (Ophthalmology) in order to effectively complete job duties of assignment such as distributing workload - monitoring the status and progress of work - monitoring accuracy of work - etc.
- Ability to communicate effectively in order to meet program objectives (may include preparing reports in various formats and presenting data to various organizational levels)
- Ability to assist in Health Technician (Ophthalmology) development - outcome management - and strategic planning
- Ability to act as liaison between Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) to resolve informal employee complaints and concerns
Reference link: we can keep as plain text maybe not needed but it's substantive. Could include as
with link.
Physical Requirements:
- Work is sedentary but also demands standing - walking - bending - twisting - and carrying light items
- See VA Directive and Handbook 5019
Work Environment:
- Work is performed in an office/clinic setting with minimal risks that requires normal safety precautions
- The area is adequately lighted - heated and ventilated
- However - the work environment requires someone with the ability to handle several tasks at once in sometimes stressful situations
English Language Proficiency:
- Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 38 U.S.C. 7407(d).
We'll put these as lists.
Now Benefits section: includes Pay, Schedule, Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework, Virtual, Functional Statement # maybe drop, PCS Not authorized, Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional (maybe just phrase). We'll include sections for Pay, Schedule, Benefits (maybe combine). The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have Benefits section that includes Pay, Schedule, Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework, Virtual. But they said include a section ONLY when posting has real specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. So we can have Benefits heading with a list of items.
But they also said use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So they expect possibly separate headings for Pay, Schedule, Benefits. However they also say prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we need to balance.
We could have Benefits heading that includes Pay, Schedule, Paid Time Off, etc as sub-items (maybe as - ). That would be one section.
But they gave examples of headings including Pay and Schedule separate. However we can decide to combine to avoid many thin sections. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So better to combine.
Thus we will have sections: About the
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. There's none. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's craft. First, About the role: combine summary sentences. Paragraph: "The Syracuse VAMC is currently recruiting for 1 Lead Health Technician (Ophthalmology) in the eye clinic. The incumbent is under the general supervision of the Chiefs of Ophthalmology and Optometry. Technician responsibilities and ancillary support function ensure consistent and regular clinic flow in a high patient volume clinical environment." That's fine. Next, Responsibilities: list duties. The duties list is long; we can break into bullet points each sentence. We need to ensure we capture all duties: - Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance - plan - organize - and coordinate activities of a Health Technician (Ophthalmology) and effectively complete job duties of assignments such as distributing workload monitoring the status and progress of work - Monitors and records patients condition including recognizing deviations in patients condition adverse reactions and taking appropriate actions - making gross visual observations and identifying subtle changes regarding patients condition - setting up and giving treatments that require auxiliary equipment - and securing patient confidence and cooperation during procedures - Resolves daily workplace issues and maintaining efficient flow of patient care - May provide training to eye care staff - students - and/or trainees - May provider input into special advancements - promotions - and disciplinary actions - Performs Humphrey and MP-1 automated visual fields - Performs Visual Acuity measurements (Aided - Unaided - and Pinhole at distance and near) - Check in patients to the Eye Clinic and enters all pertinent medical history information - Consults with staff providers to determine best courses to achieve timely care of patients' concerns - CPR certification preferred - Perform Neutralization of patients glasses (automated or manual lensometry) - Uses Automated refraction and Keratometer - Uses Tonometry (Tono-pen - Goldman applanation) - Performs pupil evaluation and Installation of topical anesthetics - mydriatic - and cycloplegic eye drops - Uses EMR (Electronic Personal Record) - Performs manifest refraction through phoropter - Goldman Visual Fields (Kinetic and Diplopia) - Contributes/facilitates with coordination and/or scheduling of surgical cases for surgical patient on coordination with medical staff assistants (MSAs) and Nurse Case Managers - Other duties as assigned We'll put each as
- for lists like experience/education combos, KSAs, etc.
Let's extract:
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
Experience and Education (options):
1) Experience: One year of experience in a health care field - such as but not limited to nursing - medical assistant - or health technician
2) Education: Two years above high school with a minimum of six semester hours directly related to a health care field or associate's degree in a health care related degree
3) Experience/Education Combination: Equivalent combinations of experience and education are qualifying
Examples:
(a) Six months of experience in the health care field and one year above high school
(b) Six months of experience in the health care field and successful completion of a course for health care technicians - hospital corpsmen - medical service specialists - or ophthalmology technicians given by the U.S. Armed Forces
(c) Six months of experience in the health care field and completion of an independent study course in Ophthalmic Medical Assisting
Certification:
- All applicants must be certified as a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) with the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)
- The COA certification is JCAHPO's entry-level certification examination for a Health Technician (Ophthalmology)
- May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria)
Grandfathering provision details (list):
1) Such employees may be reassigned - promoted up to and including the full performance (journeyman) level - or changed to lower grade within the occupation - but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions
2) Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) who were appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed - on a temporary or permanent basis - until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard
3) Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation - who subsequently obtain additional education and/or certification that meet all the basic requirements of the qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation
4) Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) who are converted to title 38 hybrid status under this provision and subsequently leave the occupation lose protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation
Grade Determinations GS-9: Lead Health Technician (Ophthalmology) Experience:
- One year of experience equivalent to the GS-8 grade level
Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSA):
- Ability to work with a team to provide technical guidance - plan - organize - and coordinate activities of a Health Technician (Ophthalmology) in order to effectively complete job duties of assignment such as distributing workload - monitoring the status and progress of work - monitoring accuracy of work - etc.
- Ability to communicate effectively in order to meet program objectives (may include preparing reports in various formats and presenting data to various organizational levels)
- Ability to assist in Health Technician (Ophthalmology) development - outcome management - and strategic planning
- Ability to act as liaison between Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) to resolve informal employee complaints and concerns
Reference link: we can keep as plain text maybe not needed but it's substantive. Could include as
with link. Physical Requirements: - Work is sedentary but also demands standing - walking - bending - twisting - and carrying light items - See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Work Environment: - Work is performed in an office/clinic setting with minimal risks that requires normal safety precautions - The area is adequately lighted - heated and ventilated - However - the work environment requires someone with the ability to handle several tasks at once in sometimes stressful situations English Language Proficiency: - Health Technicians (Ophthalmology) must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 38 U.S.C. 7407(d). We'll put these as lists. Now Benefits section: includes Pay, Schedule, Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework, Virtual, Functional Statement # maybe drop, PCS Not authorized, Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional (maybe just phrase). We'll include sections for Pay, Schedule, Benefits (maybe combine). The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have Benefits section that includes Pay, Schedule, Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework, Virtual. But they said include a section ONLY when posting has real specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. So we can have Benefits heading with a list of items. But they also said use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So they expect possibly separate headings for Pay, Schedule, Benefits. However they also say prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we need to balance. We could have Benefits heading that includes Pay, Schedule, Paid Time Off, etc as sub-items (maybe as
- ). That would be one section. But they gave examples of headings including Pay and Schedule separate. However we can decide to combine to avoid many thin sections. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So better to combine. Thus we will have sections: About the