Health Technician (Phlebotomist)

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements. Basic Requirements: Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above): Positions in this series range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists, speech pathologists, medical officers, and optometrists. Therefore, technician experience is experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled. OR Education: For GS-4: Successful completion of 2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours in subjects related to the position. For GS-5: 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 directly related to the position. Experience: Some examples of this qualifying experience are: GL-04: You must have 6 months of general experience and 6 months of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. Experience that demonstrates knowledge of laboratory testing specimen requirements to collect and process patient samples. Experience in the collection of patient specimens via venipuncture and/or capillary techniques. Experience in storing and inventorying laboratory supplies. GL-05: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. Experience in the collection of patient specimens via venipuncture and/or capillary techniques. Experience in instructing patients on proper collection of specimens such as stool and urine for laboratory analysis. Experience in specimen processing to include specimen centrifugations, aliquoting, and mixing. Experience in maintaining inventories of needles and syringes and laboratory supplies. OR Combination of Education and Experience: Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels and positions for which both education and experience are acceptable. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities. **Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**