Medical Technician
Duties include but are not limited to:
-Demonstrate excellent customer service in person greeting patient, drawing specimens, and conversing with patient over phone -Demonstrate excellent teamwork within lab draw area and with multiple departments, as well as outside consumers bringing specimens to the lab -Identify all patients with two identifiers to assure the accuracy of the specimen collated and document collection appropriately -Perform phlebotomy procedures following a sequence of steps approved for sample collection -Attend to the patients while in their care during the phlebotomy procedure -Determine the need and initiates a Medical Emergency and assist in clinic rapid responses -Follow the Laboratory procedures for collecting specimens and follow regulatory guidelines for collecting timed specimens -Receive requests for testing and specimens into the laboratory and verify the accuracy of packaging, labeling and completeness of the request -Receive and quality check all specimens that are sent to commercial reference laboratories for testing and process into computer system -Perform a limited amount of patient testing which includes, but is not limited to urine pregnancy testing, bleeding times, Fecal Occult Blood testing, I-Stat, Troponins, and/or the Iris -Identify unusual test results or discrepancies/conditions that can be erroneous results -Comply with all Medical Center policies and procedures regarding safety practices -Assess the validity of a process, recognizing common environmental or other considerations that could affect the process and specimen quality. Assist in process improvement -Check patient and specimen into computer system accurately -Processing specimens to include spinning and pipetting as per guidelines prior to packaging for transport to main lab -Perform other related duties as assigned Work Schedule:
80 hour pay period rotational tour may include Saturdays (including holiday weekends) and may require extended hours to cover clinic 6:
00 AM to 6:
00 PM Monday - Saturday. Telework:
Not Available Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:
Medical Technician/PD211185 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/03/2019. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-04 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-03. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. To qualify for this position at the GS-04 you must meet one of the following Minimum Requirements:
Experience:
Six (6) months of general experience and six (6) months of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-03). General experience is (a) any type of work that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or (b) experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. Qualifying specialized experience is documented experience (a) technical medical laboratory support work such as performing laboratory tests and examinations (chemical, microbiologic, hematologic and blood banking) and preparing reports of findings or (b) technical support work in a closely related field, e.g., biological laboratory technician work, that required application of the methods and techniques for the position (Medical Technician - Phlebotomist) to be filled. (This experience must be reflected in your resume to be credited to your rating.) OR Education:
Successful completion of (a) an associate-degree course of study of which the 2nd year of the 2-year program included successful completion of a training course of approximately a year's duration in a certified laboratory assistant school approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency; (b) 1 year of study that included 6 semester hours in chemistry and/or the biological sciences, plus successful completion of a full-time training course of approximately a year's duration in a medical or clinical laboratory assistant (or technician) school that included instruction in chemistry, hematology, blood banking, and microbiology (including serology) and that, in addition, included supervised laboratory practice incident to the diagnostic process and the treatment of patients; or (c) 2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours of chemistry and/or biological science course work that must have been directly related to the specialization of the position to be filled. NOTE:
One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business or technical school. (UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED:
If you do not submit your transcript, your application may not be reviewed.) OR Combination of Experience and Education:
Equivalent combinations of experience and education as described above to meet the total requirements for this position. (UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED:
If you do not submit your transcript, your application may not be reviewed.) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Applies Technology to TasksClinical Data Collection/DocumentationCommunicationsComputer SkillsSpecimen Collection 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. English Language Proficiency Requirement:
In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position. Physical Requirements:
The position requires a high level of contact with patients who may be uncooperative, combative or infected with HIV, or a Hepatitis virus. The position requires coordination of timed tests and coordination of phlebotomy/processing operations in the absence of the supervisor. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
-Demonstrate excellent customer service in person greeting patient, drawing specimens, and conversing with patient over phone -Demonstrate excellent teamwork within lab draw area and with multiple departments, as well as outside consumers bringing specimens to the lab -Identify all patients with two identifiers to assure the accuracy of the specimen collated and document collection appropriately -Perform phlebotomy procedures following a sequence of steps approved for sample collection -Attend to the patients while in their care during the phlebotomy procedure -Determine the need and initiates a Medical Emergency and assist in clinic rapid responses -Follow the Laboratory procedures for collecting specimens and follow regulatory guidelines for collecting timed specimens -Receive requests for testing and specimens into the laboratory and verify the accuracy of packaging, labeling and completeness of the request -Receive and quality check all specimens that are sent to commercial reference laboratories for testing and process into computer system -Perform a limited amount of patient testing which includes, but is not limited to urine pregnancy testing, bleeding times, Fecal Occult Blood testing, I-Stat, Troponins, and/or the Iris -Identify unusual test results or discrepancies/conditions that can be erroneous results -Comply with all Medical Center policies and procedures regarding safety practices -Assess the validity of a process, recognizing common environmental or other considerations that could affect the process and specimen quality. Assist in process improvement -Check patient and specimen into computer system accurately -Processing specimens to include spinning and pipetting as per guidelines prior to packaging for transport to main lab -Perform other related duties as assigned Work Schedule:
80 hour pay period rotational tour may include Saturdays (including holiday weekends) and may require extended hours to cover clinic 6:
00 AM to 6:
00 PM Monday - Saturday. Telework:
Not Available Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:
Medical Technician/PD211185 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/03/2019. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-04 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-03. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. To qualify for this position at the GS-04 you must meet one of the following Minimum Requirements:
Experience:
Six (6) months of general experience and six (6) months of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-03). General experience is (a) any type of work that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or (b) experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. Qualifying specialized experience is documented experience (a) technical medical laboratory support work such as performing laboratory tests and examinations (chemical, microbiologic, hematologic and blood banking) and preparing reports of findings or (b) technical support work in a closely related field, e.g., biological laboratory technician work, that required application of the methods and techniques for the position (Medical Technician - Phlebotomist) to be filled. (This experience must be reflected in your resume to be credited to your rating.) OR Education:
Successful completion of (a) an associate-degree course of study of which the 2nd year of the 2-year program included successful completion of a training course of approximately a year's duration in a certified laboratory assistant school approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency; (b) 1 year of study that included 6 semester hours in chemistry and/or the biological sciences, plus successful completion of a full-time training course of approximately a year's duration in a medical or clinical laboratory assistant (or technician) school that included instruction in chemistry, hematology, blood banking, and microbiology (including serology) and that, in addition, included supervised laboratory practice incident to the diagnostic process and the treatment of patients; or (c) 2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours of chemistry and/or biological science course work that must have been directly related to the specialization of the position to be filled. NOTE:
One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business or technical school. (UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED:
If you do not submit your transcript, your application may not be reviewed.) OR Combination of Experience and Education:
Equivalent combinations of experience and education as described above to meet the total requirements for this position. (UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED:
If you do not submit your transcript, your application may not be reviewed.) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Applies Technology to TasksClinical Data Collection/DocumentationCommunicationsComputer SkillsSpecimen Collection 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. English Language Proficiency Requirement:
In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position. Physical Requirements:
The position requires a high level of contact with patients who may be uncooperative, combative or infected with HIV, or a Hepatitis virus. The position requires coordination of timed tests and coordination of phlebotomy/processing operations in the absence of the supervisor. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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0645 Medical Technician - Salary Range:
$31,375 to $40,782 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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