The Medical Technician in this position works in the following major section of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS), STAT, and routinely tests on blood, urine and other fluids covering areas of Chemistry, Immunology, Urinalysis, Hematology, Coagulator and Toxicology.

Duty Location:

Pensacola VA Medical Center, Pensacola, FL.

Qualifications:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

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. This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristics basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration for this position. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Experience performing phlebotomy/blood draws on human patients. In addition to meeting the above Selective Placement Factor and English Language Proficiency, you must also meet one of the following:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-4 grade level in the Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized experience is:

(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 to be filled.

At this level, specialized experience should include experience performing a variety of relatively standardized tests, examinations, and determinations. The procedures and techniques are well-established but involve many meticulous sequential steps to complete a test; and following written procedures which give carefully detailed instructions on each step of the assigned test and examinations.

NOTE:

Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hour worked per week.

OR EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects appropriate to the position to be filled. (Transcripts must be submitted at time of application)

OR COMBINATION OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

: Equivalent combinations of post-high school educationand specialized experience, as described above.

Note:

only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to l year of specialized experience. (Transcripts must be submitted at time of application)

Physical Demands:

The work requires regular and recurrent standing, bending, lifting of some heavy containers, trips to wards from specimen collection, handling uncooperative patients occasionally, and walking a lot between several sections of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service. May require reaching and bending to obtain supplies and 9operation of instruments. Occasionally lifts 20-40-pound containers of liquid reagent. 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/ .