Medical Laboratory Technician - Defense Health Agency Civilian Corps, Falls Church, VA
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
About the Job
Medical Laboratory Technician
(This position is 3rd shift, working hours, Monday - Thursday: 2000-0700 (10 hr shifts))
"Pay may be negotiable per the facility"
Welcome to Wright-Patterson AFB, located about 14 miles outside of downtown Dayton, Ohio. The area in the immediate vicinity of Wright-Patterson AFB and the nearby Dayton area offers a variety of exciting indoor and outdoor activities for people of all ages.
Dayton, Ohio is the Birthplace of Aviation and so much more! In Dayton and Montgomery County, you will find big-city amenities with Midwestern charm and affordability. Dayton is home to the Wright Brothers, the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, the world’s largest and oldest military aviation museum and the state’s most visited free tourist attraction!
Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/
Responsibilities:
Duties
- Serves as technician to Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, or Blood Bank section of a Medical Treatment Facility (MTF).
- Performs a full range of laboratory testing to include the most difficult requested tests that require specialized knowledge of a complex network of steps and variables.
- Selects appropriate test methodology to use and recognizes when test values are positive or exceed a defined decision limit, based on the results that determine the need for additional testing.
- Establishes an acceptable level of analytic performance and ensures that the levels are maintained throughout the testing process from initial receipt of the specimen, through sample analysis, and reporting of test results.
- Identifies technical problems and takes corrective actions whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
- Audits test results, worksheets, quality control records, proficiency testing results, and preventive maintenance records as part of the quality control system.
- Uses knowledge of specificity, sensitivity, and stringency to validate and verify samples used and the tests that were performed
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes working in a clinical laboratory performing a full range of procedures such as specimen processing, chemistry, urinalysis, hematology, immunohematology and/or microbiological testing and calibrating or maintaining clinical laboratory instruments. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).
OR
Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as medical lab science, chemistry, biology or other medical or science related degrees.
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.
AND
Licensure: Certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), American Medical Technologist (AMT) or other board or registry deemed comparable by Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD(HA)) or their designee as a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT); Medical Technologist (MT); or Medical Lab Scientist (MLS) is required.
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.