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*THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*

NOTE: This is a part-time position (10 hours/week). The salary listed represents full-time employment and will be pro-rated based on the actual number of hours worked each pay-period. Likewise, benefits and time-off accrual will also be prorated and based on your part-time work schedule.

MAJOR DUTIES:

• Collects and processes specimens obtained for analyses throughout P&LMS and associated reference laboratories, ensuring safety and non-traumatic procedures are used with critical concern for the patients and the quality of the specimen
• Performs venipuncture specimen collections from inpatient, outpatients, and ambulatory inpatients, with a minimal number of failures, patient bruising, or requests re-sticks, ensuring that samples are submitted to the clinical laboratory with the least possible delay. The incumbent must make judgments regarding sufficiency of sample, panel selection, and selection of testing medium.
• Makes gross visual observations and identifies subtle changes regarding the patient's condition, notifying appropriate emergency personnel as needed.
• Uses standard aseptic procedures and safeguards. Specimens will be obtained from individuals utilizing age specific criteria for the population. The use of a syringe or butterfly may be required in obtaining difficult specimens. The pre-analytical phase (i.e., proper skin cleansing, asking if a patient is fasting, choosing the proper needle to avoid lysing cells, choosing the proper tube for particular tests) is extremely important and is observed to provide accuracy of final reported values being used in the diagnostic area of medicine.
• Prepares specimens for testing, such as labeling, centrifugation, decanting, aliquoting, etc., prepares reagents, performs the test procedure, verifies the accuracy of the results and reports results in the VISTA computer system.
• Operates centrifuges, reporting any malfunction to supervisor, as needed, and evaluates temperature requirements of refrigerators and the wards as needed. Ensures work area remains clean.
• Receives and sorts specimens collected from inpatients, outpatients, and all CBOC's, checks request slips for proper information, logs in specimen, and delivers specimens to various laboratory sections.
• Utilizes a variety of reference materials to determine specimen and storage requirements, quantity, patient preparation, etc. of any requested Laboratory test, including reference lab tests.
• Receives, accessions, and processes laboratory specimens from the main draw room, emergency department (ED), ward collect specimens, community-based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) and Home Base Health Care (HBHC) patient draws.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Part Time, Thursdays & Fridays, 6:00am to 11:00am MST (Rotating holidays and weekends)

Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.