The position is located within the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at the Phoenix Veterans Health Care System (PVHCS). In this position, you will serve as a Health Technician - Anatomic Pathology (AP).

Duties

The Health Technician - Anatomic Pathology (AP) applies relevant practical knowledge and experience in the provisioning of support services in the fields of surgical and cytopathology to staff and resident Pathologists, Pathology Technicians, and other facility staff, as well as external customers, including outside laboratories, professional consultants, and mortuaries. The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Documenting blocks and slides received and sent out to outside institutions. Confirming the proper labeling of all specimens' containers, slides, and cassettes. Programming and loading histology processors with surgical specimens. Labeling cassettes required for grossing of specimens. Distributing slide material for diagnostic evaluation by other staff. Preparing samples, slides, smears, and other types of specimens (i.e., blood, urine, tissue). Assisting technicians in processing cytology specimens using specialized instrumentation. Assessing the validity of the specimen and brings discrepancies to the attention of the supervisor. Labeling slides for the processing of specimens. Filing surgical pathology slides and blocks for permanent storage. Retrieving slides and blocks as requested by pathologist staff and residents. Work Schedule: 8am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday. Position Description Title/PD#: Health Technician - Anatomic Pathology/PD10656O Physical Requirements: The incumbent will experience physical demands such as sitting, walking, standing, reaching, stooping and bending to obtain supplies and operate instruments and computers. The work includes moderate lifting of bodies, reagents, or supplies. Work involves repetitive hand motions and requires good hand-eye coordination and dexterity.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) Specialized Experience: Positions in this series range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists, speech pathologists, medical officers, and optometrists. Therefore, technician experience is experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled. OR, Education and Training: 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 directly related to the position. In addition, applicants must meet one of the following requirements: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: experience as a health technician, experience documenting information in computer systems, labeling information, and processing results or tests. OR, Education: To qualify based on education, you must have completed a 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation. OR, Combination: You may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an equivalent combination of specialized experience and education. For GS-5 level positions, 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. Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to l year of specialized experience. Determine the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the year of specialized experience required at the GS-5 level. Then determine the applicant's education as a percentage of the education that meets the requirements for GS-5. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for GS-5. 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.

Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.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.

Contacts

• Address Carl T Hayden Veterans' Administration Medical Center 650 East Indian School Road Phoenix, AZ 85012 US
• Name: Yohandy Gonzalez Veitia
• Phone: 407 631-8474
• Email: [email protected]