Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography)
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must preserve all substantive info.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe from Summary). Could use heading "About the role". Provide paragraph summarizing.
Responsibilities: duties list.
Requirements: qualifications (basic requirements, grade determinations, certifications). Could be a list.
Benefits: list of benefits (PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance). Also maybe mention travel? Not benefit.
Pay: mention competitive salary, step rate.
Schedule: work schedule.
We must not create sections with placeholder like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
Let's extract content.
Summary: "The Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) is be part of the VISN 15 CARDIO-VET Network and the incumbent will be expected to travel to the surrounding Community-Based Outpatient Clinics." Slight grammar but we keep.
Qualifications: Several paragraphs.
- Applicants pending completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
- 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
- English Language Proficiency: Medical Instrument Technicians must be proficient in spoke and written English in accordance with VA policy
- Licensure or Certification: Licensure or Certification is not required for this occupation however - it is strongly desirable at GS-6 or above as evidence of possession of the essential knowledge - skills - and abilities
- Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications are desirable
- Grade Determinations: Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) GS-9. In addition to the core competencies defined at the GS-8 full performance level - positions at this grade may be lead - supervisory - or non-supervisory with specialized advanced knowledge and assignments
(a) Experience: At least 1 year experience comparable to the next lower grade level - which is directly related to the duties of the position to be filled - and must fully meet the KSAs at that level. This would be experience which demonstrates possession of the knowledge required in order to provide all aspects of echocardiography services. In addition - the candidate must demonstrate the following technical KSAs and the potential to acquire the assignment specific KSAs designated by an asterisk (*):
(b) Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities:
KSAs 1 - 2 - and 3 are appropriate for all positions at this level
KSAs 4 and 5 are to be used in accordance with their appropriateness for the specific assignment
1 Knowledge of the more complex examination and treatment procedures and techniques in order to provide training and supervision in these procedures - to evaluate and initiate performance improvement projects - and to write policies - procedures - and protocols - that pertain to Echocardiography*
2 Knowledge of JCAHO and other regulatory requirements
3 Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with employees at varying grade levels*
4 Ability to manage and supervise employees*
5 Ability to provide - or provide for - staff development and training
(c) Certification: Registration by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) as a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) or by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) as a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) is highly desirable. Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications are also desirable.
- Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
- The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-9. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-9
- Physical Requirements: See VA Directive 5019
Duties: list after "Duties Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional". Actually there is a weird phrase. Duties list:
- The incumbent works in coordination with the cardiology team at the Truman VA Medical Center in Columbia - MO to provide ultrasound imaging of the heart for cardiac diagnostic testing
- The Echocardiography Technician will be part of the VISN 15 CARDIO-VET Network and is expected to travel for the position
- Duties of this position include but are not limited to:
- Close interaction with cardiologists who interpret the echocardiograms as well as trainees - nurses - and the multidisciplinary teams in the care of the cardiac patient
- Work with and learn new techniques as the field of diagnostic echocardiography grows
- Participation in quality improvement activities
- Performs high level of cardiovascular testing with cardiology physicians and performs transthoracic echocardiograms - transesophageal echocardiograms and stress echocardiograms
- Travel to multiple duty locations within the CARDIO-VET Network (mainly Camdenton and Sedalia) for team meetings and other clinical responsibilities
- Inventory and coordination of supplies necessary to conduct echocardiograms
- Work with Biomedical engineering to maintain all ultrasound equipment
- Ensure timely transfer of diagnostic images to the reporting server for inpatient and outpatient exams
- Operation of diagnostic equipment to provide adequate imaging of 2D - 3D - doppler - and M-mode imaging of the heart and associated structures
Work Schedule: "Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8.5 hours shifts with possibly of a compressed tour Compressed/Flexible: Available"
Pay: "Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay - a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade)"
Benefits: list:
- Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
- Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual - based on prior work experience or military service experience
- Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth - adoption - or foster care placement of a child
- Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment - full time employees with a total family income below $144 -000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
- Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
- Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
- Telework: Not available
- Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Also maybe mention Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized; Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized. These are not benefits but could be included under Benefits? They are not really benefits but could be omitted as they are "Not authorized". The instruction: do not create sections unless posting has real specific content. It does have content: "Not authorized". That's specific but maybe we can include under Benefits as a note? Might be considered boilerplate? It's about incentives. Could include under Benefits as a bullet: "Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized". However it's not a benefit but a note. Might be okay.
We need to avoid duplication. Also need to remove "Functional Statement #: 000000 Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized". That's similar.
We'll produce sections:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
Requirements
- ...
(maybe nested? but we can just list each requirement as li.)
Benefits
- ...
Pay
...
Schedule
...
Make sure not to include empty sections.
Now craft content.
About the role: combine summary and travel expectation.
Paragraph: "The Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) will be part of the VISN 15 CARDIO‑VET Network and is expected to travel to surrounding Community‑Based Outpatient Clinics, working in coordination with the cardiology team at the Truman VA Medical Center in Columbia, MO to provide ultrasound imaging of the heart for cardiac diagnostic testing."
That's good.
Responsibilities: list duties.
We need to include bullet points exactly as in posting but maybe condense slightly but preserve all substantive info. Let's list:
- Works in coordination with the cardiology team at the Truman VA Medical Center in Columbia, MO to provide ultrasound imaging of the heart for cardiac diagnostic testing
- Part of the VISN 15 CARDIO‑VET Network, expected to travel for the position
- Close interaction with cardiologists who interpret the echocardiograms as well as trainees, nurses, and multidisciplinary teams in the care of the cardiac patient
- Work with and learn new techniques as the field of diagnostic echocardiography grows
- Participation in quality improvement activities
- Performs high‑level cardiovascular testing with cardiology physicians and performs transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress echocardiograms
- Travel to multiple duty locations within the CARDIO‑VET Network (mainly Camdenton and Sedalia) for team meetings and other clinical responsibilities
- Inventory and coordination of supplies necessary to conduct echocardiograms
- Work with Biomedical engineering to maintain all ultrasound equipment
- Ensure timely transfer of diagnostic images to the reporting server for inpatient and outpatient exams
- Operation of diagnostic equipment to provide adequate imaging of 2D, 3D, Doppler, and M‑mode imaging of the heart and associated structures
That's all.
Requirements: need to include basic requirements, grade determinations, experience, KSAs, certification desirable, etc.
We'll list as bullet points:
- U.S. citizenship required (non‑citizens only appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited per VA policy)
- Proficiency in spoken and written English required per VA policy
- Licensure or certification not required but strongly desirable at GS‑6 or above as evidence of essential knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications desirable
- Grade: GS‑9 (full performance level GS‑9)
- Experience: at least 1 year experience comparable to the next lower grade level, directly related to the position, fully meeting KSAs at that level; must demonstrate knowledge to provide all aspects of echocardiography services
- Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
1. Knowledge of complex examination and treatment procedures and techniques to provide training/supervision, evaluate/initiate performance improvement projects, and write policies/procedures/protocols pertaining to echocardiography*
2. Knowledge of JCAHO and other regulatory requirements
3. Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with employees at
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must preserve all substantive info. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe from Summary). Could use heading "About the role". Provide paragraph summarizing. Responsibilities: duties list. Requirements: qualifications (basic requirements, grade determinations, certifications). Could be a list. Benefits: list of benefits (PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance). Also maybe mention travel? Not benefit. Pay: mention competitive salary, step rate. Schedule: work schedule. We must not create sections with placeholder like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. Let's extract content. Summary: "The Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) is be part of the VISN 15 CARDIO-VET Network and the incumbent will be expected to travel to the surrounding Community-Based Outpatient Clinics." Slight grammar but we keep. Qualifications: Several paragraphs. - Applicants pending completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. - 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 - English Language Proficiency: Medical Instrument Technicians must be proficient in spoke and written English in accordance with VA policy - Licensure or Certification: Licensure or Certification is not required for this occupation however - it is strongly desirable at GS-6 or above as evidence of possession of the essential knowledge - skills - and abilities - Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications are desirable - Grade Determinations: Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) GS-9. In addition to the core competencies defined at the GS-8 full performance level - positions at this grade may be lead - supervisory - or non-supervisory with specialized advanced knowledge and assignments (a) Experience: At least 1 year experience comparable to the next lower grade level - which is directly related to the duties of the position to be filled - and must fully meet the KSAs at that level. This would be experience which demonstrates possession of the knowledge required in order to provide all aspects of echocardiography services. In addition - the candidate must demonstrate the following technical KSAs and the potential to acquire the assignment specific KSAs designated by an asterisk (*): (b) Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: KSAs 1 - 2 - and 3 are appropriate for all positions at this level KSAs 4 and 5 are to be used in accordance with their appropriateness for the specific assignment 1 Knowledge of the more complex examination and treatment procedures and techniques in order to provide training and supervision in these procedures - to evaluate and initiate performance improvement projects - and to write policies - procedures - and protocols - that pertain to Echocardiography* 2 Knowledge of JCAHO and other regulatory requirements 3 Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with employees at varying grade levels* 4 Ability to manage and supervise employees* 5 Ability to provide - or provide for - staff development and training (c) Certification: Registration by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) as a Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) or by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) as a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) is highly desirable. Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications are also desirable. - Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ - The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-9. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-9 - Physical Requirements: See VA Directive 5019 Duties: list after "Duties Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional". Actually there is a weird phrase. Duties list: - The incumbent works in coordination with the cardiology team at the Truman VA Medical Center in Columbia - MO to provide ultrasound imaging of the heart for cardiac diagnostic testing - The Echocardiography Technician will be part of the VISN 15 CARDIO-VET Network and is expected to travel for the position - Duties of this position include but are not limited to: - Close interaction with cardiologists who interpret the echocardiograms as well as trainees - nurses - and the multidisciplinary teams in the care of the cardiac patient - Work with and learn new techniques as the field of diagnostic echocardiography grows - Participation in quality improvement activities - Performs high level of cardiovascular testing with cardiology physicians and performs transthoracic echocardiograms - transesophageal echocardiograms and stress echocardiograms - Travel to multiple duty locations within the CARDIO-VET Network (mainly Camdenton and Sedalia) for team meetings and other clinical responsibilities - Inventory and coordination of supplies necessary to conduct echocardiograms - Work with Biomedical engineering to maintain all ultrasound equipment - Ensure timely transfer of diagnostic images to the reporting server for inpatient and outpatient exams - Operation of diagnostic equipment to provide adequate imaging of 2D - 3D - doppler - and M-mode imaging of the heart and associated structures Work Schedule: "Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8.5 hours shifts with possibly of a compressed tour Compressed/Flexible: Available" Pay: "Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay - a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade)" Benefits: list: - Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) - Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual - based on prior work experience or military service experience - Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth - adoption - or foster care placement of a child - Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment - full time employees with a total family income below $144 -000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66 - Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA - Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) - Telework: Not available - Virtual: This is not a virtual position Also maybe mention Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized; Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized. These are not benefits but could be included under Benefits? They are not really benefits but could be omitted as they are "Not authorized". The instruction: do not create sections unless posting has real specific content. It does have content: "Not authorized". That's specific but maybe we can include under Benefits as a note? Might be considered boilerplate? It's about incentives. Could include under Benefits as a bullet: "Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized". However it's not a benefit but a note. Might be okay. We need to avoid duplication. Also need to remove "Functional Statement #: 000000 Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized". That's similar. We'll produce sections:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
Requirements
- ...
Benefits
- ...
Pay
...
Schedule
...
Make sure not to include empty sections. Now craft content. About the role: combine summary and travel expectation. Paragraph: "The Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) will be part of the VISN 15 CARDIO‑VET Network and is expected to travel to surrounding Community‑Based Outpatient Clinics, working in coordination with the cardiology team at the Truman VA Medical Center in Columbia, MO to provide ultrasound imaging of the heart for cardiac diagnostic testing." That's good. Responsibilities: list duties. We need to include bullet points exactly as in posting but maybe condense slightly but preserve all substantive info. Let's list: - Works in coordination with the cardiology team at the Truman VA Medical Center in Columbia, MO to provide ultrasound imaging of the heart for cardiac diagnostic testing - Part of the VISN 15 CARDIO‑VET Network, expected to travel for the position - Close interaction with cardiologists who interpret the echocardiograms as well as trainees, nurses, and multidisciplinary teams in the care of the cardiac patient - Work with and learn new techniques as the field of diagnostic echocardiography grows - Participation in quality improvement activities - Performs high‑level cardiovascular testing with cardiology physicians and performs transthoracic, transesophageal, and stress echocardiograms - Travel to multiple duty locations within the CARDIO‑VET Network (mainly Camdenton and Sedalia) for team meetings and other clinical responsibilities - Inventory and coordination of supplies necessary to conduct echocardiograms - Work with Biomedical engineering to maintain all ultrasound equipment - Ensure timely transfer of diagnostic images to the reporting server for inpatient and outpatient exams - Operation of diagnostic equipment to provide adequate imaging of 2D, 3D, Doppler, and M‑mode imaging of the heart and associated structures That's all. Requirements: need to include basic requirements, grade determinations, experience, KSAs, certification desirable, etc. We'll list as bullet points: - U.S. citizenship required (non‑citizens only appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited per VA policy) - Proficiency in spoken and written English required per VA policy - Licensure or certification not required but strongly desirable at GS‑6 or above as evidence of essential knowledge, skills, and abilities - Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications desirable - Grade: GS‑9 (full performance level GS‑9) - Experience: at least 1 year experience comparable to the next lower grade level, directly related to the position, fully meeting KSAs at that level; must demonstrate knowledge to provide all aspects of echocardiography services - Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): 1. Knowledge of complex examination and treatment procedures and techniques to provide training/supervision, evaluate/initiate performance improvement projects, and write policies/procedures/protocols pertaining to echocardiography* 2. Knowledge of JCAHO and other regulatory requirements 3. Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with employees at