The Health Technician provides medical and adminstrative support in the primary care clinic Lab to support Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Serviice (P&LMS). The technician performs phlebotomy services, point of care testing, and specimen processing.
Duties will include, but are not limited to: Collects and processes blood and body fluid specimens, ensuring safety and non-traumatic processes are used with critical concern for the patient and the quality of the specimen with a minimal number of failures, patient bruising, or required re-sticks. Demonstrates knowledge of principles, techniques, and practices of phlebotomy and requirement of blood collection for the various tests performed in the laboratory.
Adheres to safety, infection control and universal precautions always while collecting samples. Processes specimens received for testing, which involves accessioning the specimens, determining the appropriate specimen preparation, and creating the manifest for specimens sent to main laboratory.
Uses laboratory equipment such as centrifuges, refrigerators, and freezers, in addition to consumables such as transfer pipettes, laboratory pour-off tubes and reference laboratory specimen containers. Reviews orders in CERNER (PATHNET) to ensure all necessary orders are drawn.
Prepares specimens for pickup to ensure delivery of specimens and supplies arrive at the testing facility at the correct temperature for testing, intact in the container, without breakage or leakage, in the shortest possible time and in compliance with all applicable regulations. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level GS-6 without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday 7:00am-3:30pm intermittently Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Technician-Intermittent/PD80397A and PD80399A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
jovita.murphy@va.gov · 253-583-3850
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $40736 – $59031/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-30.
There are 2 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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