Summary

Exciting Opportunity Come Join Our Team! The Salem Veterans Medical Center is seeking a Medical Technician in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (PALMS). The work requires a practical knowledge of the techniques of medical laboratory practice and the reports of findings of tests and examinations may be used by physicians in diagnosis - care - and treatment of patients.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 06/08/2026. 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-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: (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. OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Combining Experience and Education: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience are also qualifying. The combinations described below are those most typical for these positions - i.e. - for grades GS-3 through GS-5. If education is used to meet specialized experience requirements - then such education must include courses directly related to the work of the position. (When crediting education - prorate the number of hours of related courses required as a proportion of the total education to be used.) GS-5 Level positions - only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study - or 60 semester hours - beyond the second year is equivalent to l year of specialized experience. Determine the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the year of specialized experience required at the GS-5 level. Then determine the applicant's education as a percentage of the education that meets the requirements for GS-5. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for GS-5. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Duties

• The Medical Technician performs nonprofessional technical work in one or more areas of the Clinical Laboratory - such as phlebotomy - accessioning and processing - chemistry - hematology - coagulation - urinalysis - and microbiology
• Performs direct patient care duties in the laboratory and in other areas of the hospital which may include - but not limited to directing - instructing - and assisting patients with specimen collection and processing
• Duties listed below but not limited to: Assigns priority to test requests such as STATS - LTEs (life threatening emergencies) - timed tests or routine collections
• Performs a variety of tests which are difficult and complex
• Analyzes and problem solves erroneous lab results and makes appropriate clinical decisions based on these results (e.g
• contacts provider - recollection of specimen) - performs routine maintenance on the analyzer - and monitors the quality control as required by CAP and other accrediting bodies
• Ensures accurate patient and specimen identifiers such as patient name - patient armband - SSN - DOB - computer request slip - and address
• Provides training and guidance in phlebotomy techniques to externs - students - nursing staff - medical technologists and/or new phlebotomy employees rotating through the blood collection area
• Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory - qualification - and performance requirements are met
• Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level
• Work Schedule: Friday 8:00am-4:30pm (rotating weekends and holidays) Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Medical Technician - Phlebotomy/PD019350 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized