The employee serves as the Lead Medical Technician of the phlebotomy staff for in-patient and out-patient specimen acquisition with the responsibility of providing administrative support and technical direction.

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to: Responsible for day to day workflow of the out-patient blood and urine collection area and inpatient blood draws. Schedule daily tasks for team members, coordinate training of new employees, assess workload and assign tasks as needed. Monitor maintenance of blood drawing carts and collection work area for cleanliness and compliance. Lead team in solving problems, such as delayed draws, improper collection devices, specimen identification. Coordinate clinical rotations and train vocational school students. Gather data and prepare excel and word reports of quality assurance activities such as patient wait-time and patient satisfaction. Perform venipunctures, capillary punctures, and arterial punctures according to protocol. Prepare samples, slides, smears, or other types of specimens common to the laboratory. Process a wide variety of complex specimens from hospitalized patients and patients from outpatient and community based clinics. Work Schedule: 6:30am - 3:00pm, Monday - Friday with rotating off shift weekend/holidays. May be further discussed during interviews. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Lead Medical Technician/PD801960 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Bargaining Unit Position: Yes - AFGE The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/11/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Individual Occupational Requirement for 0645 Series: Specialized experience: Technical medical laboratory support work such as performing laboratory tests and examinations (chemical, microbiologic, hematologic, and blood banking) and preparing reports of findings, or Technical support work in a closely related field, e.g., biological laboratory technician work, that required application of the methods and techniques for the position to be filled. Minimum Qualifications for GS-06: You must qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-05) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include what is stated above, as well as, but are not limited to: performing phlebotomy/blood draws on human patients; maintaining and controlling laboratory records; interacting with patient/staff in a courteous manner; and providing support to fellow employees, such as training, scheduling, and assessing their workload. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: ComplianceInfection ControlManages and Organizes InformationSpecimen CollectionTeamworkTechnical Competence 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Royal C Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital 2501 West 22nd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57105 US
• Name: Sarah Drey
• Phone: 319-339-7047
• Email: [email protected]