Specimen Controller (Forensic)

Full Job Description

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

About the Position: This is an open continuous announcement. Multiple vacancies exist and may be filled from this announcement at any of the locations listed.

We accept applications on an ongoing basis; qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies become available.

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 GS-06: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1) utilizing a computer to record, store, and retrieve medical information; 2) sending customer inquiries to the appropriate personnel; AND 3) taking inventory of specified items to ensure accuracy of reports.

Major Duties:

• Perform mutual quality control checks on the work of fellow Specimen Controllers on a daily basis.
• Perform technical and administrative support functions necessary for successful unit mission accomplishment.
• Perform a wide variety of detail-oriented technical and administrative duties in a narrow specialty area of a scientific field.
• Use a computer in support of specimen accessioning and handling.
• Receive, process, inventory and store unique and often irreplaceable urine specimens that are used in proceedings and are subject to legal discovery.
• Analyze and ensure that the data listed on the specimen correlates to the data on the chain of custody document and that the container was properly sealed, thus determining acceptability of specimen for testing.