Medical Technician

Summary

The Medical Technician in this position works in the following major sections of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS) - STAT - and collecting routine test on blood - urine - and other fluids covering areas of Chemistry - Immunology - Urinalysis - Hematology - Coagulator - and Toxicology. The P&LMS provides services to veterans and their providers.

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 11/17/2025. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note:

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. This position includes an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). Applicants who meet the Individual Occupational Requirements described below are fully qualified for the specified entry grade and must also meet the specialized experience and/or education requirements.

The IOR for this position is:
Specialized

Experience:

Technical medical laboratory support work such as performing laboratory tests and examinations (chemical - microbiologic - hematologic and blood banking) and preparing reports of findings - or 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. OR Education and Training:
Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects appropriate to the position to be filled. In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) above - applicants must also meet the experience and/or directly related education relevant to this position. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized

Experience:

To qualify at the GS-05 grade level - you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level or higher and/or meet educational requirements or a combination of specialized experience and education. If education is used to meet specialized experience requirements - then such education must include courses directly related to the work of the position. Specialized

Experience:

Experience in medical laboratory with support work such as loading laboratory samples (chemical - hematologic and urinalysis) and preparing shipping manifests/parcels. Experience working 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. Experience in a medical laboratory with support in the research and adherence to clinical laboratory sample collection - handling - and storage for stability and testing. Experience performing phlebotomy and blood draws on human patients OR

Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation - if required (transcripts required). OR Combination of Specialized Experience and

Education:

Combination of specialized experience as described above - and education as described above which totals in excess of 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a…