Summary

These positions are located within the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System to include the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center - North Oklahoma City Community Based Outpatient Clinic - and South Oklahoma City VA Clinic - these positions serve as a Health Technician for the Pathology and Laboratory Medical Service providing medical administrative support and certain types of nursing assistant functions within the laboratory and administrative VA staff.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Individual Occupational Requirement (for GS-4 and above): This series has the following Individual Occupational Requirement: 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. Specialized Experience GS-6 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-5 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: knowledge of clinic organization - functions - specialties and programs such as social work - nursing laboratory - supply business offices function - etc.; knowledge of medical resources in surrounding community; knowledge of medical and technical terminology; knowledge of applicable public laws - (College of American Pathology regulations); knowledge of medical and administrative records systems - Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act and HJPPA as it relates to release of information on patients and protecting the privacy of patient information; knowledge of critical lab values and the procedure for documentation of follow-up care; and ability to collect blood by venipuncture - label - process - store - and ship specimens that require reference lab testing or delivery to another laboratory area that performs tests. OR One(1) semester or nine(9) credit hours of graduate education directly related to positions OR A combination of graduate education and specialized experience. The total percentage of specialized experience and education when added together must equal 100 percent to qualify an applicant for GS-G6 - i.e. 3 credit hours and 8 months of specialized experience are equivalent to 1 year. NOTE: Graduate education or an internship meets the specialized experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position. One full year of graduate education meets the requirements for GS-7.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: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. 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/.

Duties

• This is an open continuous announcement through Dec 1 - 2025
• Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available
• Applicants will be notified of their status by email
• Major Duties of this position include but are not limited to: Adjusts equipment of laboratory testing - set up all necessary accessories and supplies regarding laboratory testing
• ensures proper cleaning and minor maintenance of laboratory equipment Informs the Team of critical changes in testing status and lab values Ensures that all quality control materials are run and acceptable daily or as required by regulations
• runs any proficiency specimens correctly and within required timeframe Maintains all records for lab certification - point of care testing - and maintenance on laboratory machines - assigning proficiency tests - and monitors all survey results Collects - labels - processes - stores - and either ships specimens that require reference lab testing or delivers to laboratory area that performs tests that are outside of the Health tech scope of testing or not performed at VA facilities Monitors and documents temperature and humidity of room and equipment - refrigerators instruments etc
• Performs daily - monthly maintenance as required and documents such appropriately Organizes work so that efficiency is paramount and work area is neat - tidy - and meets all regulatory requirements for sanitization required for laboratory certification Receives and accessions specimens from Oklahoma City VA Health Care System inpatients - outpatients - outside laboratories - other VA Medical Centers - and research studies
• correctly accessions testing for referral and research specimens ensuring that billing is accurate for financial recapture Collects blood samples by venipuncture and accurately labels all blood tubes and other collection containers
• Other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Variating Tours - Weekends and Holidays Position Description/PD#: Health Technician- Phlebotomy/PD12996A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Physical Requirement: The work requires much walking through the clinic - with occasional requirements to lift objects - computer work and operating office equipment
• The positions require the ability to process written and electronic information
• The work requires the ability to physically control or defend against emotionally distressed patients
• The work requires above average agility and dexterity due to the fine skills of some of the point of care lab testing
• The work may require heavy lifting of equipment or patients
• The incumbent may be required to commute between two outpatient clinics within the workweek - depending on the clinic workload
• Working Conditions: The work environment involves risks typically associated with performance of laboratory work
• Work involves regular and recurring exposure to moderate risks or discomforts that require special safety precautions
• Environment may involve infectious diseases - contact with or disposal of body secretions - verbal and physical abuse from emotionally distraught individuals and/or working around equipment
• A pre-placement physical examination is not required.