Health Technician (Phlebotomy)

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About the Position: This position is with the Defense Health Agency at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center located at Fort Hood, TX.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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.

Basic Requirements for Health Technician (Phlebotomy): Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes collecting and processing laboratory specimens.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).

OR Education: Four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position, such as, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, and Phlebotomy.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60.

Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Provide phlebotomy training for new laboratory employees, as well as other hospital staff on venipuncture, capillary puncture, glucose tolerance testing, and blood culture collection.
• Perform blood collection procedures by venipuncture and capillary puncture techniques to include finger or heel sticks for micro-samples of capillary blood on neonates to adults, collect specimens, and prepare and store slides of various types.
• Perform minimal complexity lab tests in accordance with the Point of Care Testing (POCT) program guidance and follow standard operating procedures.
• Check that all specimens are properly and completely labeled, ensure the proper request, computer orders, and correct specimen (i.e., type, amount, etc.) are submitted with all required information.
• Perform all required specimen preparations prior to storage and shipment (i.e., centrifugation, serum separation, freezing, etc.) and follow infection control regulations in handling, storage, packaging, and disposal of biohazards materials.
• Ensure adequate supplies of shipping tubes, shipping containers, and labels are on hand, and place orders as necessary.