Health Technician
What you'd do
About the Position: This position is located at Fort Drum, New York, located within Guthrie Ambulatory Health Care Clinic, Family Medical Services. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
Major duties
Take and record blood pressure, pulse, respirations, temperature, height and weight. Perform nonprofessional nursing care, appointment clerical functions, and receptionist duties, record keeping tasks associated with patient care and treatment, or a combination of all these functions as required in some of the areas. Provide individualized care to patients of all ages based upon the physician's medical care plan. Enter all specimen and patient demographics data into computer. Receive patients and visitors to the laboratory both in person and on the telephone. Provide guidance to providers, nurses, and attendants on specimen collection requirements. Ensure all supplies needed are stocked and ready for use in the phlebotomy room. Follow universal precautions, and infection control guidelines.
What you need to qualify
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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes greeting patients or visitors to the department or by telephone, collecting blood samples ensuring samples are labeled according to organizational safety protocols, or shipping specimens to reference laboratories. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). OR Education: Four year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position, such as, clinical laboratory sciences. 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 your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages.
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