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Health Technician (Telehealth)US Department of Veterans Affairs • Allentown, PA, United States
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Health Technician (Telehealth)

Health Technician (Telehealth)

US Department of Veterans Affairs • Allentown, PA, United States
11 days ago
Job type
  • Permanent
Job description

Job Title

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Duties

Preparing the clinical environment, which may include preparing medical and telecommunications equipment to be used for clinical examination and treatment.

Serving as a tele-presenter per scope of practice, during clinical video telehealth (CVT) and VVC encounters including tasks such as establishing and maintaining video conferencing connections, making introductions between patient site and provider site, following instructions of a clinician to facilitate an effective clinical encounter.

Serving as an imager and data manager for store and forward telehealth (SFT) clinical encounters including tasks such as capturing images, collecting data and transmitting them electronically for clinical review in accordance with VHA national guidelines.

Taking measures to ensure patient care is delivered safely by following appropriate procedures for the cleaning of clinical equipment and the care environment while following all patient safety guidelines, protocols, and procedures.

Completing standardized clinical questionnaires and templates within scope of training and applicable guidelines.

Ensuring that patient privacy is protected by complying with all information security and patient privacy regulations.

Receiving and scheduling requests for simple and complex intra-facility, and inter-facility telehealth appointments using an electronic resource-based scheduling system.

Screening patients for Telehealth modality and referring patients that do not meet established criteria to appropriate care.

Monitoring and maintaining schedules of rooms, patients, technologies, clinical providers and presenters as needed to ensure efficient telehealth operations.

Providing patient education via approved materials.

Supporting the Veteran in completing patient satisfaction surveys.

Communicating effectively with clinical and administrative staff at the assigned local site and those located at remote sites of care.

Configuring, installing, troubleshooting, cleaning, and performing minor routine maintenance of assigned telehealth technology.

Ensuring assigned telehealth technologies are secured, ready for use, and accounted for by preparing and tracking maintenance work orders, information systems, inventory records, and communicating with National Telehealth Technology Help Desk to facilitate troubleshooting, repair, and coordination of replacement equipment as necessary.

Providing established education and training to Veterans and clinicians on the use of telehealth technologies and serving as a point of contact to answer questions and address concerns related to these technologies.

Maintaining knowledge of and skill in applying an extensive body of rules, procedures, and operations in telehealth-related technologies and a variety of computer hardware and software used for telecommunications, data entry and retrieval, record maintenance, document and report generation.

Maintaining regular contact with more experienced staff members and the Facility Telehealth Coordinator to work out process issues, equipment needs, problems, data collection and any other logistical issues.

Arranging and completing test video calls with Veterans to prepare the Veterans for clinical encounters using telehealth technologies.

Ensuring information and resources are maintained for local and remote telehealth providers so they can effectively execute contingency and emergency plans.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule

8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday thru Friday

Telework

Not Available

Virtual

This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized

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