Health Technician - Dodge City CBOC

Veterans Health Administration•Dodge City, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center is hiring a full-time Health Technician at the Dodge City, Kansas Community Based Outpatient Clinic. The technician provides phlebotomy and specimen-collection services, clinical administrative support, and patient observation and monitoring in an outpatient clinic. The role is onsite and follows a Monday–Friday schedule from 0700 to 1530. This is not a virtual position. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change-of-station benefits are not authorized; a Critical Skills Incentive is not approved. The technician draws and labels blood specimens, verifies patient identity, completes and prioritizes orders, performs EKGs, and records and reports observations about patients’ conditions. The position also involves handling procedural questions, using computers for daily assignments, and communicating relevant patient information to the care team. Applicants must meet the federal qualification requirements through specialized experience, qualifying education, or a combination of both. The job requires U.S. citizenship, completion of the application process and online assessment, and compliance with applicable pre-employment screening and onboarding requirements. A one-year probationary period or two-year trial period applies, as specified by the agency.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
For current or former federal employees to whom it applies, meet the GS-5 time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-4 and submit supporting SF-50 documentation.
Meet the Individual Occupational Requirement through specialized experience involving the knowledge, methods, and techniques of an outpatient health technician, or through a qualifying four-year bachelor’s degree with a major or at least 24 semester hours in directly related subjects.
Qualify through one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-4, such as phlebotomy and specimen processing, cardiac monitoring and diagnostic equipment use, monitoring vital signs, recognizing and reporting cardiac rhythm changes, or entering patient data using computers and basic office equipment; alternatively, qualify through the specified education or a combination of specialized experience and post-high-school education beyond the second year.
Submit an accredited-school transcript if qualifying based in whole or in part on education; foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency and transcript.
Complete the required application steps and online assessment.
Undergo urinalysis for illegal drug use if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position; refusal results in denial of employment.
Meet Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
Complete a background/security investigation and online onboarding, and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as required for VA Health Care Personnel.
Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
Physical requirements do not inherently include demands essential to successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment; a pre-placement physical examination is not required.

Responsibilities

Draw blood from clinic outpatients using appropriate techniques and tubes, and collect the correct amount of blood.
Use the laboratory handbook as a reference for phlebotomy and specimen collection.
Verify patient identity against laboratory orders and label tubes with the patient’s name, Social Security number, date, and time.
Perform clinical administrative and clerical duties supporting the health care team in patient treatment.
Use a computer to complete daily assignments in a clinic environment.
Resolve procedural problems and complaints on own initiative and make sound independent decisions.
Recognize emergent situations and take necessary action.
Ensure orders are completed accurately and promptly, giving special consideration to written emergent or urgent orders.
Participate in clinic conferences by presenting information obtained through observation of patients’ physical and emotional status.
Observe, report, and record changes in patient condition, including vital signs, dressing condition, skin color and condition, airway patency, need for suctioning, and drainage from tubes.
Perform EKGs.
Perform other duties as assigned.