Health Technician

Summary The incumbent serves as a Health Technician in the Laboratory for the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Lewiston, Idaho. This position is full-time, permanent. Responsibilities Major Duties include, but are not limited to: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Operations (70%): -Serve as key contact for veterans and beneficiaries seeking diagnostic services, experiencing problems, and/or requesting information. -Determine veteran eligibility/entitlement for numerous diagnostic services with diverse and frequently vague requirements. -Serve in an administrative assistant capacity involved with screening, advising and assisting veterans who come into the clinic seeking medical treatment. -Acts as an administrative assistant to professional staff, ensuring clinical staff are relieved of clerical/administrative duties, providing full, complete, technical advice, administrative support, training, guidance, problem solving/resolution for efficient coordination of diagnostic service...