Medical Technician at Military Treatment Facilities under DHA

About the role

About the Position: Serves as Medical Technician at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Receive patient's specimens of blood, urine, stool, microbiological and viral cultures, tissue, body fluids and cytological specimens. Check that all specimens are properly and completely labeled. Prepare specimens for analysis, ensuring that the physiologic properties are maintained. Ensure timely distribution to laboratory sections of all specimens received. Perform and calculate manual cell counts and properly identifies abnormal and normal blood cell populations. Collect, test, and process donated blood into treatment specific components. Perform, evaluate and monitor the performance of routine and specialized test procedures using manual and/or instrumental techniques in accordance with established protocols. Prepare standards, controls, solutions, and reagents required for testing. Perform primary review of patient results. Identify unusual and/or discrepant values and initiates appropriate follow-up procedures to verify results. Verify correct instrument operation using established procedures and quality control checks. Managing inventory priorities and prepare inventory reports Training new staff and draft/review SOPs Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the Experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. GS-07 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: performing testing procedures in a clinical laboratory; calibrating or maintaining clinical laboratory instruments; preparing samples for testing; documenting results through clinical laboratory automated systems.. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-[insert 05 or above]).