Medical Laboratory Technician - Laredo, United States - Veterans Health Administration

Description

Summary

This position is in the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System.

The incumbent works in the Pathology and Laboratory Service and functions as a Medical Technician, performing key duties in the clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology.

This position will service the Laredo Outpatient Clinic.

Duties

Medical Laboratory Technician:

Duties outlined are at the full performance level GS-6

Performs a broad range of laboratory procedures to include pre-analytic, analytic and post analytic processes with minimal technical supervision.

• Performs testing in one or more of the following areas: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waived testing, phlebotomy, hematology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, immunology, toxicology, urinalysis, referral laboratory, microbiology, and specimen processing.
• Recognizes data with life threatening (critical) implications and understands the importance of immediately bringing the data to the attention of the patients' physician and/or nursing staff.
• Evaluates and solves problems related to collection and processing of biological specimens for analysis considering physiologic processes and requirements.

Administrative Duties
Incumbent performs administrative duties as necessary for laboratory services. Primary responsibilities are to receive and direct calls to appropriate laboratory department/section. Provide guidance to clinical and non-clinical staff on clinical and anatomical laboratory testing services. Document customer concerns, complaints, or compliments.

Advise clinical and non-clinical staff on proper ordering protocols for patient testing and fiscal efficiency based on established guidelines or pathologist approval.

Perform supplemental testing (add-on) function for the clinical laboratory and anatomical pathology.

Incumbent must have technical knowledge of specimen requirements, storage, online laboratory services manual, and established policy or procedure to identify viable samples for the request determining suitability for requested testing, to include specimen location and routing for supplemental testing.

Incumbent must maintain required information of all calls, physician encounters, and supplemental request.

Client Support Services
Incumbent must utilize these skills to perform primary duties of client support services.

Duties are the reception of patients, performing positive patient identification procedures, verifying test orders in computer information systems, organizing patient workflow based, and processing orders correctly.

Work Schedule :
Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66 .

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework :
Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement # : 000000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Fi nancial

Disclosure Report:
Not required