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Supervisory Medical Laboratory Technician - Phlebotomy
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 8 days ago
About the Role
This position serves as a Supervisory Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) over phlebotomy staff for the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS) at the Kernersville Health Care Center or facility assigned as needed. The incumbent provides professional and administrative supervision to assigned phlebotomy personnel and ensures the effective, safe, and compliant operation of pre-analytical and analytical laboratory processes.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but not limited to: Supervisory MLTs perform the full range of supervisory duties for the laboratory including assigning work; completing performance evaluations; recommending appointment, awards, advancement and disciplinary actions; and identifying continuing education and training needs.
- →Supervisory MLTs supervise other technicians, laboratory assistants, phlebotomists and/or other appropriate personnel.
- →Supervisory MLTs ensure compliance with accrediting agency and regulatory requirements; participate in the preparation necessary for regulatory inspections; and establish and monitor the quality of the pre-analytical processes as part of the overall laboratory quality management program.
- →They also initiate corrective action.
- →Supervisory MLTs develop policies and procedures; manage document control; and develop performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements.
- →They provide professional and administrative management of an assigned area, which includes orientation and competency assessment of assigned staff.
- →Supervisory MLTs maintain effective interdepartmental relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals.
- →The incumbent performs Venipuncture using specialized techniques for cleansing the blood collection site to prevent bacterial contamination that's critical to patient care, to ensure the contamination rate of blood cultures remains within National guidelines for blood culture contamination rates reported to Central Office.
- →Collect specimens for testing to include verification of proper requisition completion, selection of correct tubes, labeling, packaging, and preparation of kit for transport.
- →Ensures proper processing and accession of specimens; especially those requiring special handling, and clearly communicates requirements to the laboratory staff.
- →Organizes work to ensure optimal patient flow.
- →Keeps all work areas, carts, and storage area clean, well-stocked and organized with supplies.
- →Rotate supplies as needed; remove expired supplies.
- →Schedule, collect and process Employee Drug Screens.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this 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.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓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 identification 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).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial 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.
Personality Fit
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