Health Technician (Mental Health)

Summary

About the Position: This position is with the 628th Medical Group, located at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Responsibilities

Serve as an intake worker for crisis evaluation and/or routine intake evaluation.

Assess patients' mental status to distinguish type of case and to discriminate between routine, complex and/or emergency cases.

Facilitate intake and triage of patients by receiving phone calls and/or prospective patients in person to obtain demographic, historical, and clinical information.

Assist in planning and scheduling mental health patient treatment activities.

Assist with reports, technical papers, program evaluation, patient outcome data, reports on successful completion of treatment and other outcome measurements for assessing quality management and performance improvement.

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 conducting health screenings, updating patient medical records, and providing administrative support. 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 which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Health Information Technology, Healthcare Management, Health Sciences, etc. 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.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.