Medical Technician

Job Details

Qualifications & Requirements

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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. Minimum Qualifications for Medical Technician: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which which includes performing testing procedures in a clinical laboratory; maintaining clinical laboratory equipment; and preparing reports or documenting results through automated systems. 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 Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, Chemistry, or Microbiology. 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 Certification Requirement: 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.

Position Overview

About the Position: This position is located at 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Student Loan repayment may be authorized. Non-Federal work experience may be creditable for leave purposes.

Duties

• Serve as technician to Chemistry, Hematology, Urinalysis, Coagulation, Microbiology, or Blood Bank section of a Medical Treatment Facility.
• Perform 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.
• Resolve technical problems and ensure that remedial actions are taken whenever test results deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
• Evaluate, modify and adapt new methods; revise standard techniques to improve or expand quantitativeness, accuracy, precision, specificity, or proficiency of test analyses.
• Compare new methods or instrumentation with those in existence to determine performance characteristics suitability.
• Provide technical recommendations to the supervisor on significant issues and problems related to the accomplishment of goals and objectives.
• Establish an acceptable level of analytic performance and ensure that the levels are maintained throughout the testing process from initial receipt of the specimen, through sample analysis, and reporting of test results.
• Determine the appropriate recommendations for unresolved issues or potential problems and performs a follow-up.