About the Position: This position is at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, with the Director Of Medicine, Dermatology Clinic, MOHS Laboratory. Clinic hours are Monday-Friday, 0700-1530. This is an outpatient clinic, military base. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Qualifications for Histopathology Technician, GS-0646-07: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: frozen tissue processing for Mohs surgical tissues; preparing tissue specimens for microscopic examination; freezing and staining tissue for surgical diagnosis; preparing stained slides; operating and maintaining instruments and equipment to process tissue specimens. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you may qualify if you meet the definitions below: Education Substitution: One full year of graduate education in Histotechnology, Human Anatomy, Biomedical Science or other field directly related to this position (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.). OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
Frozen tissue processing for Mohs surgical tissues.
Prepare tissue specimens for diagnostic examination.
Cut specimens and determines methods in preparing tissue for microscopic examination.
Freeze, cut (cryotomy) and stain tissue for intraoperative rapid diagnosis of cancer in surgical specimens.
Operate the highly complex immunohistochemical stainer to produce targeted immunostains.
Serve as a grossing technician as an adjunct to the pathologists.
Operate and maintain instruments and equipment to process tissue specimens.