What are the responsibilities and job description for the Health Technician position at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?
Summary
The Health Technician provides medical and adminstrative support in the primary care clinic Lab to support Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Serviice (P&LMS). The technician performs phlebotomy services - point of care testing - and specimen processing.
Duties
The Health Technician provides medical and adminstrative support in the primary care clinic Lab to support Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Serviice (P&LMS). The technician performs phlebotomy services - point of care testing - and specimen processing.
Duties
- Duties will include - but are not limited to: Provide technical advice and assistance to clinicians - health care providers - and veterans
- Evaluates operations - analyzes - and provides problem trend data and solutions and offer recommendations to all levels of management
- Responds to requests and complaints and take corrective actions to resolve problems or expedite delivery of service
- Greets patients - answer questions - and complaints - determine diagnostic needs - provide information and guidance - and initiate actions to address patient needs
- Identifies emergent situations and alerts medical staff if conditions warrant immediate response
- Receive orders and requests for testing and schedule examination and laboratory appointments
- Prepare patients for collection of specimens
- Collects blood using a variety of phlebotomy techniques including vacutainer system - syringe - butterfly - or capillary finger sticks with a minimal number of failures - patient bruising - or required repeat collection
- Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level GS-6 without further competition when all regulatory - qualification - and performance requirements are met
- Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level
- Work Schedule: intermittently Monday thru Friday 7:00am-3:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position
- Position Description/PD#: Health Technician-Intermittent/PD80397A and PD80399A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
- Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Salary : $40,736 - $59,031