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Health Technician - Phlebotomist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 54 days ago
On-site Muskogee, OK $41K – $59K Apply by Jul 30, 2026 Health Aid And Technician ISFJISTJ HealthcareTrades
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This position is located in the Pathology and Laboratory Medical Service within the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System and Community Based Outpatient Clinic, performing support work in a wide range of administrative functions, to include compliance to Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and The Joint Commission regulations for laboratory testing, clerical, and health technician functions.
What You'll Do
- →The Health Technician uses knowledge of the technical methods and procedures to independently carry out a variety of essential duties common to the lab and maintains continuity of functions, providing full medical administrative support and type of nursing assistant functions within the laboratory and administrative VA staff.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Working with clients and customers to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems or satisfy their expectations.
- →Operating guidelines to determine technical factors, setting controls, calibrating, and operating equipment and instruments such as occult blood analyzer.
- →Ensuring proper cleaning and performing minor maintenance/adjustments of laboratory equipment.
- →Maintaining records for point of care testing and maintenance of laboratory machines.
- →Performing patient care procedures such as collection of lab specimens, applying dressings, adjusting simple supportive equipment, and handling various specimens including venous blood.
- →Preparing patient for blood or collection according to College of American Pathologists (CAP) and The Joint Commission (TJC) guidelines; follows proper patient preparation and venipuncture while following sterile collection techniques and bandage patient appropriately following collection.
- →Accepting patient orders, printing labels, selecting proper tubes and containers, PPE, labeling specimens with all required information.
- →Determining correct handling environment for each specimen submitted for referral laboratory testing and performing processing procedures.
- →Ensuring fire, safety disaster, and infection control procedures are implemented by staff; utilizing protective and supportive devices which comply with Personal Protective Equipment Infection Control Standards.
- →Processing tissue cultures and specimen samples related to pathology testing.
- →Preparing specimens to be sent to outside laboratories, including reference and sharing laboratories; assuring the proper specimen was collected, recording in the send-out book, putting specimen in the proper receptacle; packaging specimen to maintain correct temperature during shipping; completing and checking paperwork, and sending specimen to correct laboratory.
- →Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level 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.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Per 5 CFR 330.502, general restriction on movement after competitive appointment applies.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 63c3a569-2186-4b7e-8976-70d4c12eeaa5
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