Job Listing
Supervisory Medical Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 123 days ago
On-site Saint Louis, MO $52K – $67K Apply by Jun 10, 2026 Medical Technician ESFJISFJISTJISTP Trades
Apply for this job → About the Role
This position is located within the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS) of the VA St. Louis Health Care System. This role provides daily oversight, resource coordination, staff coaching, and process improvement leadership that advances safety, quality, and a high-reliability culture. The role extends to supporting specimen collection and receipt from ambulatory care centers and Community-Based Outpatient Clinics, ensuring seamless, patient-centered pre-analytical services.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Supervises a team of Medical Technicians/Phlebotomists, aligning team objectives with VA and Medical Center mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities.
- →Plans and assigns work to be accomplished by subordinates.
- →Sets and adjusts short-term priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
- →Coaches staff in problem-solving, workflow distribution, technical practices, and professional growth.
- →Oversees and performs complex specimen processing across inpatient, outpatient, and CBOC settings; identifies and addresses labeling defects, contamination, hemolysis, insufficient volume, or other pre-analytical issues.
- →Executes quality control procedures, documents deviations, implements corrective actions, and conducts basic troubleshooting where applicable; enforces safety, infection-control, and biohazard handling protocols.
- →Performs and oversees routine venipuncture for inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory populations, modeling best practices for staff while maintaining safety, accuracy, and patient dignity.
- →Selects appropriate venipuncture sites, maintains sterile technique, ensures proper point-of-collection labeling in the patient's presence, confirms hemostasis, and ensures specimens are submitted to the clinical laboratory without delay.
- →Work Schedule: 2:30pm-11:00pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Medical Technician/PD10500A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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 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) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period 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.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial 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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0e42a237-fcb0-4fd3-a357-1620ec1e2d67
Posted via USAJobs