Medical Technician
Veterans Health Administration
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Medical Technician
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
El Paso, Texas
Salary
$50,460 - $65,599
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-6 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $37,764 - $49,094
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-5. Bachelor's degree + some experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves working as a medical technician at an army medical center, where you'll screen potential blood donors, assess their suitability, and handle quality checks on blood components and equipment to ensure everything meets safety standards.
It's a great fit for someone with hands-on experience in blood banking or lab work who enjoys a structured role in a military healthcare setting.
US citizens with relevant education or experience in fields like hematology or microbiology would thrive here.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience in blood screenings, donor identification, and reviewing medical documents (equivalent to GS-05 level)
- OR one full year of graduate education in a related field such as chemical, microbiologic, hematologic, or blood banking
- OR a combination of education and experience totaling at least 100% of the requirements
- Ability to perform donor screening and assess suitability for various types of blood donations (allogeneic, autologous, therapeutic, apheresis)
- Skills in evaluating donors using clinical judgment and experience
- Proficiency in quality control, lot review/release of blood components, and preventive maintenance on equipment
- Knowledge of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and compliance with regulations in a blood banking environment
Full Job Description
About the Position: This position is located at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. 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 performing blood screenings, identifying blood donors, and reviewing medical documents.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).
OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as chemical, microbiologic, hematologic and blood banking.
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 the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18.
Add the two percentages. Major Duties:
- Perform donor screening and prerequisite assessment and determine overall blood donor (allogeneic, autologous, therapeutic, and apheresis) suitability.
- Evaluate and select potential blood donors on the basis of experience and clinical judgment.
- Perform lot review and lot release of blood components.
- Perform Quality Control and Preventive Maintenance on a daily, weekly and monthly basis and as required on equipment and instrumentation.
- Coordinates with staff to ensure these SOPs are in compliance with all applicable standards and regulations.
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