Health Technician (Laboratory)

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. BASIC REQUIREMENT(S): Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above): Positions in this series range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists, speech pathologists, medical officers, and optometrists.

Therefore, technician experience is experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled. OR Education and Training For GS-5: 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 directly related to the position. In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below.

01MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: GS-05: Perform a variety of standardized tests and examinations under "normal" technical supervision.

Follows written procedures which give carefully detailed instructions on each step of the assigned test and examinations including the techniques, procedures, stains, reagents, chemicals, temperatures, measurements, controls to use and observe, machine settings, etc. Perform phlebotomy services, both finger sticks and adult venipunctures. Determine correct blood specimen for each test ordered. Adhere to quality control procedures.

OR 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation, if required. OR Combining Experience and Education: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience are also qualifying.

If education is used to meet specialized experience requirements, then such education must include courses directly related to the work of the position. (When crediting education, prorate the number of hours of related courses required as a proportion of the total education to be used.) For GS-5 level positions, 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. Determine the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the year of specialized experience required at the GS-5 level. Then determine the applicant's education as a percentage of the education that meets the requirements for GS-5. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for GS-5.

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Health Technician Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov) Receives patients and enters patient lab requisition into RPMS or other database; Reviews patient lab orders in EHR; Provides customer service support on behalf of the department; Directs patients and visitors, answers routine inquiries and makes appropriate referral of customer inquiries that cannot be answered according to policies and procedures.

Performs patient phlebotomy using proper phlebotomy techniques and ensures correct specimens are collected for testing; Instructs patient on proper collection of urine samples and gives out collection materials.

Receives reference lab requests in RPMS or reference laboratory computer; Enters and verifies test results from reference laboratories; follows up and takes corrective action for missing laboratory reports, missing or unacceptable samples or any inquiries regarding reference lab samples; answers telephone calls and personal inquiries regarding reference laboratory problems from hospital and clinic employees.

Types up new forms for the Send-out or Phlebotomy area; types new policies and procedures; Performs weekly or monthly inventory of send-out or phlebotomy supplies; Orders supplies following laboratory protocols; Maintains send-out files in organized and easily retrievable fashion; files patient reports appropriately, faxes requested medical information to other parties, as necessary.

Provides oral instruction and hands-on training to new employees who will be performing phlebotomy procedures in the laboratory or other departments within the hospital; Provides oral instructions on send-out protocols to new employees to ensure reference laboratory samples are processed correctly in accordance with reference laboratory specimen guidelines.