Health Technician

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located within the Department of Pathology, Clinical Pathology at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing blood collection procedures by venipuncture and capillary puncture techniques, preparing specimens for testing, and performing clerical duties related to handling of laboratory specimens.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Although not required, management prefers the candidate to possess a ASCP (American Society for Clinical Pathology) certification. Major Duties:

• Serve as a phlebotomist performing blood collection, both in the phlebotomy room and in the main laboratory processing areas.
• Have direct patient contact while performing blood collection procedures using venipuncture and capillary puncture techniques and obtain capillary blood samples based on the judgment of venous access and the requirements of the test.
• Receive and process various laboratory samples and specimens, receiving specimens from remote sites for shipment to civilian or military reference laboratories.
• Prepare shipping manifests, ensuring the integrity of documentation, logs, and specimens following regulatory guidelines.
• Perform accessioning procedures using automated systems such as the Composite Health Care System (CHCS), ensuring timely distributions to laboratory sections.
• Perform clerical duties related to the handling of laboratory specimens.
• Under the direction of a training coordinator, instruct new laboratory hires, Military Medical Laboratory Technician (Phase II) students, and various other students in procedures, practices, and techniques.