Health Technician

Health Technician

Department: Department of Defense

Location(s): Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia

Salary Range: $50703 - $65917 Per Year

Job Summary: About the Position: This position falls under the Defense Health Agency-Atlantic Network at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth within the Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center, supporting and enhancing professional education research programs utilizing cadaveric specimens and healthcare simulators. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Highly qualified candidates may qualify for Recruitment Incentive, Relocation Incentive, Enhanced Leave Accrual or Advanced In-Hire Incentives.

Major Duties:

• Responsible for all aspects of human anatomic specimen care to include accountability through monthly inventory and detailed specimen tracking processes.
• Ensure the proper acquisition, preparation, storage, accountability, and disposition of cadaveric specimens according to internal and external policies.
• Serve as the lead custodian for anatomic specimens entrusted to the local medical treatment facility through anatomic use and/or procurement programs.
• Ensure strict adherence specific cadaveric specimen handling and accountability requirements of Medical College of Virginia (MCV) Anatomic Service, and other specimen procurement sources.
• Manage dedicated complex surgical and diagnostic equipment, standard surgical and procedural instruments.
• Manage specimen preservation units, hazardous material storage and disposal equipment, surgical training workstations, and ancillary operating room support equipment.
• Manage and prepare documentation for maintenance, repair, calibration, and certification of equipment.
• Ensure proper disposal of biological waste and chemicals in compliance with applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Safety Data Sheets (SOS), and other hospital-wide life safety directives.
• Serve as gross anatomical specimen subject matter expert in supporting the education and training efforts of professional education programs.
• Develop and maintain scheduling and data collection systems to track user types, training types and other user and program-based metrics.
• Facilitate and support training courses by preparing facilities, set-up of appropriate surgical support equipment, set-up of surgical instruments, documentation and other support materials and administrative support to document training efforts.
• Perform periodic reviews of the literature relevant to micro- and microvascular surgical training, gross anatomical training and stays current on development in the surgical training field.
• Participate in the creation of cadaveric and non-cadaveric simulation training courses.

Qualifications: 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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience which includes, 1) Experience using knowledge of surgical instrument utilization or procedures and anatomic specimen lab maintenance; 2) Experience assisting in cadaver storage and handling; AND 3) Assisting in Anatomic preparation, accountability, disposal, tracking and cataloguing of specimens and cadavers. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). OR EDUCATION: One full year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Mortuary Science, Nursing or Health Professions Education and Technology, Pathology, Forensic Science, Autopsy Technician. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) 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 the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/22/2025to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application (https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12847898). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. For additional information, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. Your resume selected in USAJOBS will be included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify that your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status.

Application Deadline: 2025-12-22