The incumbent serves as the Supervisory Health Technician, GS-0640-07, located in the Department of Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System (VASNHS) with responsibility for the Specimen Procurement and Processing Section of the Primary Care Clinics to include Northeast, Southeast and Laughlin Outreach Clinic and/or Northwest, Southwest, and Pahrump Community Based Outpatient Clinic. The incumbent accepts and supports the guiding principles of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System.

Duties

The primary purpose of the position is to Supervise a team of employees performing work at the GS-0640-05 level. Also to provides guidance and technical direction necessary for accomplishing the work of the team. Ensures that all Team Members know their assignments and responsibilities and monitors to see work is completed accurately and in a timely manner. The incumbent will develop work schedules to provide coverage during hours of operation and ensure that equipment and quality checks are conducted as required. The incumbent will be responsible for providing cross coverage for call-outs/sick calls/vacations at the primary care clinics including Pahrump and Laughlin clinics. Collects data for quality indicators for work performed. Communicates to employees the goals of Laboratory Service at VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System. Provides feedback to management officials pertaining to staff problems, concerns and performance in meeting goals Ensuring proper protocol are followed in accordance with standards and policies. Identify, distribute and balance workload and tasks among personnel. Ensures inventory of expendable items occurs and prepares requests to replenish stock levels or supplies. The incumbent is responsible to perform organizational and/or manpower utilization of the clerical and technical aspect of the duties and responsibilities. Follows established procedures for processing biological fluids (blood, urine, and other body fluids) and specimens are distributed to the appropriate laboratory section. Assists phlebotomist with morning draws, draws outpatients. Assists medical technologist with processing of specimens. Serves as a patient advocate. Providing instruction on technical and administrative matters. Incumbent reports on safety/wait times/discrepancies at the laboratory QI meetings, and interacts with other medical center safety staff. Maintains the facility and equipment is in good working conditions. Routinely audits for expired supplies in the phlebotomy draw areas as well as the specimen receiving areas. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health Technician/PD02274A Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Candidates must meet the following grade requirements: 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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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. Determining level of experience required in one-grade interval series -- For most one-grade interval occupational series, the qualification standard calls for at least 1 year of specialized experience as described in above. Sometimes, however, there is no position in the normal line of progression in an organization that is one grade lower than the position being filled. In such instances, 1 year of specialized experience at the second lower level is creditable for in-service applicants. However, for outside applicants (i.e., those without current or prior Federal competitive or excepted service), 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower level is required. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Basic Requirement - Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR )In order to meet the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for this occupation, candidates must have: 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. In addition to the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR), candidates must meet the following grade requirements: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: To qualify for this position, you must meet one of the following: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 or GS-06, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization (Sometimes, however, there is no position in the normal line of progression in an organization that is one grade lower than the position being filled. In such instances, 1 year of specialized experience at the second lower level is creditable for in-service applicants.) Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Leading clerical/ administrative and trade skilled employees; Providing technical assistance with specialized computer systems, programs and/or software applications; Providing training for staff on specialized computer systems/software, and security issues; Collects and analyzes data to prepare reports; Phlebotomy, specimen collection, infection control; Use, maintenance, and disinfection of lab equipment. Applicants should possess effective communications skills and show duties performed support medical and/or health personnel. OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed one (1) full year of graduate education (or 18 semester hours) with a major that included courses directly related to the work of this position (i.e. Laboratory Science). Such graduate education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. Preferred Experience:( 3 years of Hospital Phlebotomy experience and 1 year of Lead or Supervisory experience.) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accountability, Infection Control, Quality Management, and Technical Competence NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. 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. 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/. Physical Requirements: The position primarily involves work performed in both sitting and standing positions, standing and bending for a prolonged period, walking and lifting to twenty pounds, kneeling, and some stair climbing is required. The work requires manual dexterity, a large degree of concentration, and working at top speed for several hours at a time. The ability to distinguish colors and color intensity is required.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on 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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Las Vegas VA Medical Center 6900 North Pecos Road North Las Vegas, NV 89086 US
• Name: Lorraine Johnson
• Phone: 918-351-9697
• Email: [email protected]