Health Technician

Full Job Description

Serves as a Health Technician in Nursing, Ambulatory Care Services at the Lewiston Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC).

The Health Technician serves in a multi-faceted capacity to provide medical and administrative support to promote timely and efficient patient care.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 02/17/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For a GS-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

To qualify you must meet both the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) and the minimum qualifications for the grade level(s) based on your experience and/or education as described below: Individual Occupational Requirement: Specialized Experience: 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.

GS 5 Minimum Qualifications: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4 in the federal service that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Provides clinical support under direct supervision of the Clinical Staff.

Knowledge of medical terminology, especially laboratory test names and specimen requirements based on tests ordered.

Knowledge of human anatomy as it relates to phlebotomy and impact on laboratory testing. Knowledge of impact of drawing above or below an IV, mastectomy or fistula site.

Give basic instructions and explanations about tests and procedures to patients and families in a manner they can understand.

OR, Education (Transcripts Required): Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a bachelor's degree or four (4) years of education above the high school level with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position.

This education must have been obtained in an accredited business or technical school, junior college, college or university for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite.

One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business or technical school.

OR, Combination (Transcripts Required): Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

You must have an equivalent combination of successfully completed post-high school education (beyond the second year) and specialized experience, as described above, which meet the total qualification requirements for this grade level.

This education must have been obtained in an accredited business or technical school, junior college, college or university for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite.

GS 6 Minimum Qualifications: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the federal service that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Phlebotomy techniques such as capillary collection, blood culture collection, and venipuncture utilizing a syringe, butterfly, or vacutainer collection system.

Receiving and following through on patient requests for service, obtaining and reviewing patient medical records regarding clinic appointments, scheduling patient appointments, and determining eligibility for clinic appointments.

Recognizing and properly processing specimens using equipment and supplies in a variety of diagnostic procedures for the purpose of carrying out specimen collection, processing, or testing.

Evaluates operations, analyzes, and provides problem trend data, solutions, offers recommendations to all levels of management.

Must be adept at combining knowledge and use resourcefulness, initiative, and judgment in following standard operating procedures and resolving problems.

Knowledge of electronic medical records and hospital/laboratory computer systems is needed to promptly access correct lab orders, build lists, cancel tests, and add tests.

OR, Education (Transcripts Required): Education above the GS-5 level is generally not applicable unless directly related. Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify using education for this level you must have successfully completed 9 semester credits of graduate education.

If using education to qualify for the GS-06 grade, such education must include courses directly related to the work of the position.

NOTE: If using education or a combination of education and specialized experience transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

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/.

Major Duties:

Serves as key contact for veterans and beneficiaries seeking Diagnostic services, experiencing problems, and/or requesting information.

Personally greets veterans requesting assistance, determines nature of diagnostic needs, questions or complaints, answers questions, provides information, gives guidance, and initiates action as appropriate.

Acts as an administrative assistant to professional staff, ensuring clinical staff are relieved of clerical/ administrative duties, providing full, complete, technical advice, administrative support, training, guidance, problem solving/resolution for efficient coordination of diagnostic services.

Serves as liaison and resource person between supportive staff, clinicians, veterans, families, law enforcement, medical or public agencies, utilizing independent judgment as interpreted from guidelines for decisions.

Interprets providers' orders, requests for laboratory testing, follow-up paperwork, paperwork for fee of contractual agreement with appointment notifications to veteran/clinical staff.

Schedules examinations and laboratory tests coordinating date and time.

Performs specimen collection where needed in the emergency room, hospital rooms, extended care rooms and out-patient specimen collection area.

Identifies tests that require special handling conditions and appropriately performs proper specimen collection.

lnitiate emergency care procedures in the event a patient has a reaction to blood collection procedures including fainting, hematoma, and anxiety.

Maintains an adequate supply of phlebotomy supplies, and reports shortages to logistics staff or the supervisor for resolution.

Ensures that only in-date supplies are used, rotates supplies appropriately to minimize waste and discards expired supplies appropriately (biohazard, sharps, or routine waste containers.) Other duties may be assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health Technician/PD80397A and PD80399A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized