About the Position: This Medical Technician position is located at Army Health Clinic Myer, Dir. Of Exec. Laboratory Services. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

Perform a wide variety of testing in the areas of routine hematology, coagulation, chemistry, urinalysis, immunoassays, and limited microbiological testing. Perform daily, weekly and monthly maintenance of all instrumentation. Operate, calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot all chemistry and hematology analyzers. Conduct quality control (QC) procedures. Evaluate and interpret results to determine if data is complete and valid, and to recognize panic values. Perform and calculate manual cell counts on body fluids.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment drug screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is therefore subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations.
• Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
• This position requires the incumbent to have tuberculosis testing.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• This position requires that you obtain and maintain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• This position has a requirement to lift up to 45 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.

Qualifications

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 testing procedures in a clinical laboratory; calibrating or maintaining clinical laboratory instruments; preparing samples for testing and documenting results through clinical laboratory automated systems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR Education: One full year (18 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Clinical Laboratory Science, chemistry, or Microbiology. 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.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83DJ DHA NCR MARKET DO NOT MAIL Various Locations, DC 00000 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk