Medical Technician

Indian Health Service • Red Lake, MN

8h

About The Position

The incumbent serves as a Medical Technician, applying analytical methods and procedures to perform standardized tests and examinations of human tissue, fluids, and other substances in a clinical laboratory. Work may involve specializations such as chemistry, microbiology, hematology, immunology, urinalysis, and blood banking.

The technician performs clinical laboratory tests requested by medical staff to support clinical diagnosis, patient screening, monitoring of therapy and patient status, and other authorized purposes. The role includes setting up and using laboratory equipment and materials, analyzing specimens, evaluating test results, and providing training or guidance to other personnel when designated in charge of assigned sections or specializations. The position provides continuity of laboratory services through regularly assigned, rotational, or callback work during evenings, nights, holidays, and weekends.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Successfully complete a federal background investigation and submit required forms within five calendar days of issuance of instructions.
• Meet the financial suitability requirement, including demonstrating financial responsibility and satisfying legal financial obligations.
• Present two valid forms of identification before appointment; any state-issued ID or driver's license must be REAL ID-compliant.
• GS-4 qualification: six months of general experience and six months of specialized experience, or an eligible education pathway, or a combination of education and experience.
• GS-4 specialized experience may include venipuncture and capillary blood collection; instructing patients or hospital personnel in specimen collection, preservation, and transport; or performing requested clinical laboratory tests.
• GS-4 education pathways include an associate degree program with approximately one year of certified laboratory assistant training during the second year; qualifying study and a full-time medical or clinical laboratory assistant/technician training program; or two years of study including at least 12 semester hours in directly related chemistry and/or biological sciences.
• GS-5 qualification: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-4 performing tasks such as using laboratory equipment and devices, labeling, cleaning and sterilizing equipment, or preparing solutions, stains, reagents, and media; or a qualifying bachelor's degree; or a combination of education and experience.
• For education substituted for experience, only education from accredited schools recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with the transcript.
• Competitive-service merit promotion candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements; time-in-grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan.
• Meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the announcement closing date.
• Selectees may be subject to a probationary period; ESEP appointees typically serve a two-year trial period.
• Positions involving contact or control over Indian children are subject to the applicable suitability restrictions concerning certain criminal convictions or pleas.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical laboratory tests and examinations requested by medical staff for diagnosis, patient screening, monitoring therapy and patient status, and other authorized purposes.
• Set up, operate, and use appropriate equipment, instruments, containers, devices, and materials to conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses.
• Interpret and evaluate test results during and after testing to recognize anticipated reactions and departures from normal results.
• When designated in charge of assigned sections or specializations, provide guidance, direction, and training to ancillary technicians and other personnel.
• Provide continuity of laboratory services on a regularly assigned, rotational, or callback basis during evenings, nights, holidays, and weekends.

Benefits

• Federal annual leave accrual of 4, 6, or 8 hours per pay period depending on federal service.
• IHS may credit newly appointed federal employees for directly related prior non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed