Medical Laboratory Technician

Department of Veterans Affairs • Durham, NC

64d • Onsite

About The Position

The Durham VA in Durham, NC is recruiting for a full-time Medical Laboratory Technician. Medical Laboratory Technicians perform, evaluate, interprets, correlates, and validates the accuracy of laboratory results.

Responsibilities

• Perform the full range of duties in the laboratory, from sample collection to evaluating and communicating test results.
• Perform day-to-day operations in the laboratory with minimal technical supervision while ensuring testing accuracy and quality of proper patient care.
• Processing techniques such as centrifugation, aliquoting, storage and packaging (considering stability factors), and they accurately label and sort patient specimens.
• Operate and maintains all instrumentation in assigned areas to deliver precise, timely and accurate laboratory results when analyzing body fluids such as blood, urine and tissue samples.
• Analyze laboratory findings and issue necessary reports.
• Communicates results and findings of laboratory tests and procedures with supervisors, pathologists and other medical professionals as needed.
• Coordinates with all other clinical departments, to include medicine, surgery, dialysis, dermatology, to complete order entry and accessioning of test orders in the computer, correcting duplications or entry errors.
• Performs phlebotomy using appropriate and established venipuncture techniques and universal precautions, being careful to avoid areas close to nerve bundles and arteries.
• Performs and documents quality control and assurance activities and corrective actions related to test performance using statistical principles and theories of performance improvement with immediate or general supervision.
• Adheres to practices and regulations governing biosafety and biosecurity in the workplace with immediate or general supervision.
• Assists in the instruction and training of new employees and students and in the laboratory's in-service/continuing education program.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
• 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
• After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees