This position is located at the VA Northeast Indiana Health Care System (VANIHCS), within the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service. The primary purpose of this position is to collect and prepare specimens for analysis; and performs routine startup and maintenance procedures on approved instrumentation. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/12/2022. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-