Medical Technician

Summary
The medical technician in this position works in the following major sections of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service(P&LMS), STAT, and routine test on blood, urine, and other fluids covering areas of Chemistry, Immunology, Urinalysis, Hematology, Coagulator, and Toxicology. The P&LMS provides service to veterans and their providers.
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Duties:

• Performs blood collection using a variety of phlebotomy techniques including vacutainer systems, syringe, butterfly, and/or capillary finger sticks
• Collects blood specimens, using correct container and order of draw
• Identifies inpatients and outpatients for whom laboratory tests have been ordered, and prints labels for appropriate blood samples
• Understands and utilizes information resource technology (i.e. computers, printers, label printers, copy machines, phones, fax machines, various computer inf...