Medical Technician

This position is located within the Nursing Service at the VA Medical Center in Pocomoke City, MD.

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. You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position. This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job).

Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is:
Must possess experience performing phlebotomy/blood draws on human patients.

In addition to meeting the above requirements, applicants must also meet one of the following:

Applicants must possess at least six (6) months of general experience, and six (6) months of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

General Experience is:

• (1) Any type of work that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or
• (2) experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation.

Specialized experience is:

• (a) Technical medical laboratory support work such as performing laboratory tests and examinations (chemical, microbiologic, hematologic and blood banking) and preparing reports of findings or
• (b) technical support work in a closely related field, e.g., biological laboratory technician work that required application of the methods and techniques for the position to be filled.

• (a) an associate-degree course of study of which the 2nd year of the 2-year program included successful completion of a training course of approximately a year's duration in a certified laboratory assistant school approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency;
• (b) 1 year of study that included 6 semester hours in chemistry and/or the biological sciences, plus successful completion of a full-time training course of approximately a year's duration in a medical or clinical laboratory assistant (or technician) school that included instruction in chemistry, hematology, blood banking, and microbiology (including serology) and that, in addition, included supervised laboratory practice incident to the diagnostic process and the treatment of patients;
• (c) 2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours of chemistry and/or biological science course work that must have been directly related to the specialization of the position being filled.

• Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the GS-4.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Requirements:

The work requires extensive and recurring physical exertion such as standing for long periods of time, bending, standing, lifting, walking, stooping, and stretching. This position is also considered high risk because of the constant exposure to blood and fluid products, sharps and chemicals. For more information on these qualification standards, please vi