Medical Technician - Phlebotomist
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***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO.....
***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***
NOTE: This is a full-time, TEMPORARY (not-to-exceed 1 year) position. This appointment may be renewed for additional service in accordance with Agency needs. Temporary positions do not offer health or life insurance benefits and may be terminated at any time before the expiration date. The appointment to a temporary position does not confer eligibility for promotion or reassignment to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment.
Major duties include, but are not limited to:
- Performs phlebotomy (venipuncture) and other laboratory specimen collections on patients ranging from minimally to critically ill who may be hard to draw.
- Assists in training other personnel in proper phlebotomy and specimen collection techniques.
- Receives and processes a variety of laboratory specimens using processing methods in accordance with established laboratory policies and procedures.
- Performs accessioning procedures either manually or by use of computer terminal; labels specimens and request form with Accession number labels; and specimens to one of the laboratory sections responsible for performing the test.
- Properly labels specimens, prepares aliquots, and delivers specimens to appropriate testing section in the laboratory department.
- Processes Microbiology, Hematology, Chemistry, Serology, Blood Bank, and Immunology specimens for testing.
- Prepares specimens for shipment to reference laboratories.
- Customer support representative for laboratory front desk, greeting patients, providing appropriate guidance, accessioning lab requests, answering non-technical inquiries and referring technical inquiries to the appropriate laboratory staff member.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00am until 3:30pm
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved
DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.
Starting at $45,210 Per Year (GS 5)
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