This position serves as a Medical Technician who will work in a clinical laboratory within the Wewoka Indian Health Center. The incumbent will perform a variety of laboratory tests, examinations, and determinations on human tissue, body fluids and other substances. This position reports to the Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist.

Duties

Performs quality control, calibration and basic instrument maintenance on all equipment and testing platforms. Conducts varied and complex clinical laboratory tests and examinations. Performs patient phlebotomy by venipuncture and capillary methods. Participates in proficiency testing and reporting of test results. Performs clerical duties such as filing laboratory reports, sending faxes, answering phones and using an electronic health record.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GS-5: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 grade level in Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing a variety of testing in areas including: Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, waived testing and microscopic examinations for bodily fluid under normal technical supervision; following clinical laboratory policy and procedures; performing phlebotomy services on infants, children and adults including capillary draws, heel sticks and venipunctures; drawing the correct vacutainer and order of draw to determine correct blood specimen for each test ordered; performing quality control; organizing work from accessioning orders to matching computer orders with specimen labels, sorting specimens and properly processing specimens. OR 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 appropriate to the position to be filled. Examples of related subjects would include chemistry, hematology, blood banking , microbiology or biological sciences. OR A combination of education and specialized experience that when combined fully meet the qualifications for the GS-5. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. GS-6: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level in Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing a variety of testing in areas including: Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, waived testing and microscopic examinations for bodily fluid under normal technical supervision; interpreting and following policy and procedures; performing phlebotomy services on infants, children and adults including capillary draws, heel sticks and venipunctures; performing quality control and evaluating quality control graphs and identify shifts and trends and out-of-range quality control; organizing work from accessioning orders to matching computer orders with specimen labels, sorting specimens and properly processing specimens; operating and performing preventive maintenance on analytical instruments in the areas of chemistry and hematology; and performing calibrations with limited supervision. GS-7: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 grade level in Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing: clinical laboratory work in related disciplines such as microbiology, chemistry, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis and work independently of direct supervision; performing analyzer quality control, calibrating analyzers, correlation studies, linearity studies and operating analytical instruments, i.e. Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis analyzers, performing waived testing and microscopic examinations of different bodily fluids and identifying cells; resolving errors and abnormal flags on patient results, monitoring laboratory quality control graphs by recognizing shifts, trends, and out-of-range quality control; and work with no direct supervision. OR One full year of graduate education in a field that is directly related to the work of the position. OR A combination of graduate education and specialized experience that when combined fully meet the qualifications for the GS-7. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Wewoka Service Unit PO Box 1475 Wewoka, OK 74884 US
• Name: Kyle Bodine
• Phone: 405-650-2628
• Email: [email protected]