Medical Technician - Phlebotomy

Summary Employee will be assigned to Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, VA Healthcare System, Miami, FL. Employee performs work in a high-volume clinical laboratory providing a range of diagnostic functions that include blood drawing procedures, specimen processing and patient assistance with self-collection of samples such as urine for Federal Drug Testing (including packaging and shipping urine), timed testing (and other duties as assigned). Responsibilities ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Follows procedures for patient identification, sample procurement, and specimen labeling Performs routine venipuncture specimen collections from patients Performs drug screen testing and instructs patients in proper technique for sterile midstream urine collection, 24- hour urine collection, and collection of specimens for culture an...