Health Technician (Phlebotomy)

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About the Position: This position is located at Army Health Clinic, Moncrief, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Recruitment and Relocation incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates.

Salary negotiation MAY be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

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.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes clerical duties for a laboratory, checking patients in for procedures, entering lab orders, maintaining a records system and performing blood collection procedures on patients of all ages.

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, Health Technician, Health Science, Health Services, Pathology, Phlebotomy, etc.(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.).

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:

• Performs a variety of support work such as logging patient and test data into a computer, entering patient information into Medical Protection System (MEDPROS), and performing duties in support of the clinic.
• Performs phlebotomy duties, which include patient assessments and drawing blood specimens from patients of all age groups.
• Educates patients on collection procedures.
• Prepares specimens for transportation to a laboratory.
• Performs emergency treatment of adverse phlebotomy reactions.
• Organizes and maintains a system for filing records, charts correspondence, and reports other information for the laboratory operation.