- Position Title
- Medical Technician
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSW-12717129-25-DMH Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, March 26, 2025 to Wednesday, May 28, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current permanent Federal employee from an agency other than Department of Veterans Affairs?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
Assessment 1
To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional grade-level qualification requirements.
Grandfathering Provision: All persons employed in VHA as a Medical Laboratory Technician on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held, including positive education licensure/trademark/registration/certification. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply:
(1) Such employees may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journeyman) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
(2) Medical Laboratory Technicians who were appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard.
(3) Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation, who subsequently obtain additional education and/or certification/licensure/registration that meet all the basic requirements of the qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation.
(4) Medical Laboratory Technicians who are converted to title 38 hybrid status under this provision and subsequently leave the occupation lose protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation.
(5) Employees in an occupation requiring a licensure/certification/registration requirement only at higher grade levels must meet the licensure/certification/registration requirement before being promoted to those higher grade levels.
Please answer the following questions. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience and education are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience or education as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
Grandfathering Provision: All persons employed in VHA as a Medical Laboratory Technician on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held, including positive education licensure/trademark/registration/certification. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply:
(1) Such employees may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journeyman) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
(2) Medical Laboratory Technicians who were appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard.
(3) Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation, who subsequently obtain additional education and/or certification/licensure/registration that meet all the basic requirements of the qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation.
(4) Medical Laboratory Technicians who are converted to title 38 hybrid status under this provision and subsequently leave the occupation lose protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation.
(5) Employees in an occupation requiring a licensure/certification/registration requirement only at higher grade levels must meet the licensure/certification/registration requirement before being promoted to those higher grade levels.
Please answer the following questions. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience and education are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience or education as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
English Language Proficiency: Are you proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d)?
2.
Certification: Candidates must currently possess one of the appropriate certifications as MLT granted by the following organizations.
(A) American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP); ASCP, Board of Certification OR ASCP, Board of Registry.
(B) American Medical Technologists OR
(C) American Association of Bioanalysts.
Exception. Non-certified applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for certification may receive a temporary appointment beginning at the GS-5 grade and promoted up to the full performance level not to exceed two years as a graduate MLT under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405(c)92) without the option to extend. For grade levels above full performance level, the candidate must be certified in one of the above.
(A) American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP); ASCP, Board of Certification OR ASCP, Board of Registry.
(B) American Medical Technologists OR
(C) American Association of Bioanalysts.
Exception. Non-certified applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for certification may receive a temporary appointment beginning at the GS-5 grade and promoted up to the full performance level not to exceed two years as a graduate MLT under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405(c)92) without the option to extend. For grade levels above full performance level, the candidate must be certified in one of the above.
Grade Determination: Please select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your background and experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience and education are subject to verification by investigation.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
3.
Experience: None beyond the basic requirements.
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: None
Assignment: This is an entry-level developmental MLT position. MLTs will typically receive guidance from experienced staff members and require frequent and direct supervision. MLTs at this level perform testing in one or more of the following areas: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waived testing, phlebotomy, hematology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, immunology, toxicology, urinalysis, referral laboratory, microbiology and specimen processing. MLTs recognize data with life-threatening (critical) implications and understand the importance of immediately bringing the data to the attention of the patient's physician and/or nursing staff.
Do you meet the above stated requirements?
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: None
Assignment: This is an entry-level developmental MLT position. MLTs will typically receive guidance from experienced staff members and require frequent and direct supervision. MLTs at this level perform testing in one or more of the following areas: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waived testing, phlebotomy, hematology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, immunology, toxicology, urinalysis, referral laboratory, microbiology and specimen processing. MLTs recognize data with life-threatening (critical) implications and understand the importance of immediately bringing the data to the attention of the patient's physician and/or nursing staff.
Do you meet the above stated requirements?
4.
Experience. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must possess one year of experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level.
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities for the GS-6 grade level: In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
Do you meet the above stated requirements?
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities for the GS-6 grade level: In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
- Knowledge of MLT principles, practices, concepts and theories for sound independent work.
- Knowledge of laboratory quality control and quality assurance procedures to manage reagents and supply inventories using document control systems.
- Ability to maintain, troubleshoot and repair instrumentation.
- Ability to work as a team member in a laboratory setting to effectively complete assignments.
- Ability to use technical judgement to interpret laboratory results.
- Ability to apply complex written laboratory instructions.
- Ability to consult with other members of the health care team, patients and external customers.
Do you meet the above stated requirements?