Medical Technician - Phlebotomy

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

VA Iowa City Health Care System in Iowa City, IA seeks a Medical Technician-Phlebotomist to perform phlebotomy in the outpatient care area and support a busy pathology and laboratory medicine service. The role includes computer tasks, customer service, instruction, and effective communication with patients and staff in a clinical environment.

Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency and meet the Selective Placement Factor requiring experience performing phlebotomy on human patients, with

Qualifications

• English proficiency to meet federal standards.
• Selective Placement Factor requires phlebotomy experience with patients.
• Education/experience must be documented with duties and dates.

Responsibilities

• Perform phlebotomy in outpatient care area.
• Support computer, customer service, instruction, and communication tasks.
• Work within Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Customer Service

Patient Care

Quality Assurance

Specimen Collection

Education

Associate degree with lab training

Job description

The employee serves as a Medical Technician-Phlebotomist in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service at VA Iowa City Health Care System, Iowa City, IA. The technician performs phlebotomy in the outpatient care area of the hospital. Incumbent also performs a variety of computer, customer service, instruction, and communication tasks.

To qualify for this positions, you must meet the following requirements.

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.

Selective Placement Factor

This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic 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.

The Selective Placement Factor for this position is:

Applicants must have experience performing phlebotomy/blood draws on human patients.

In addition to meeting the English Language Proficiency and Selective Placement Factor, to qualify for this position, you must also meet one of the following:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

For this Medical Technician, GS-4 position, do you have: At least six (6) months of specialized experience 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? General Experience is: (1) Any type of work that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or (2) experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. 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. 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~

SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION:

Successfully completed (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) 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? (Transcripts must be submitted at time of application). ~OR~

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the GS-4.

NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

Physical Requirements:

The work requires some physical exertion, such as prolonged periods of standing, walking, bending or lifting. The work may require heavy lifting of equipment or patients. In many situations, the duration of the activity (such as most of a workday) contributes to the arduous nature of the job. There is a special requirement for agility and dexterity such as exceptional hand/eye coordination and sense of touch.

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Computer Skills
• Customer Service (Clerical/Technical)
• Patient Care
• Quality Assurance
• Specimen Collection

IMPORTANT:

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.

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; 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.

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/