This position is located within the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System in Austin, TX. The Medical Technician - Phlebotomy performs phlebotomy, accession specimens, and performs other procedures necessary to ensure appropriate specimen receipt, handling and processing to ensure accurate and reliable results. This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Experience perform