• Job Description

  Req#: 861864400
  About the Position: This position is located at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas.
  
  This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.
  Recruitment incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
  Student Loan repayment may be authorized.
  Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
  
  Duties
  
  
  • Routinely perform tests of difficult and complex nature routinely.
  • Perform start up and shut down procedures.
  • Perform daily (or as required) quality control procedures for ensuring the acceptability of all testing systems.
  • Evaluate control data to ensure the results are within acceptable norms.
  • Perform a wide variety of testing in the areas of STAT/routine hematology, coagulation, chemistry, urinalysis, serology, immunoassays, Blood Bank or microbiology testing.
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  • A pre-placement medical examination is required.
  • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • A Personnel Security Investigation may be required.
  • Selectees may be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations or must provide a recognized exemption.
  • This position may be Testing Designated Position subject to pre-employment screening and random drug testing. Selectees may be required to consent to participation in random drug urinalysis testing.
  • Immunization screening may be required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
  • This position may include shift work (evenings, weekends, holidays).
  • This position may require rotating shifts (i.e. work schedule that requires employees to continuously rotate from one shift to another at predetermined intervals).
  • This position may require the incumbent to work during irregular work hours which may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and/or varying work schedules.
  • This position may require the incumbent to work weekends and/or holidays.

• About the company

  The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DOD is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.3 million active-duty service members as of 2020. More employees include over 826,000 National Guard and reservists from the armed forces, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".

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