The employee assigned to this position is a member of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services in the Medical VA careline at the Rochester outpatient clinic and/or the Canandaigua VA Medical Center. The position is responsible for greeting patients, verifying orders, procuring specimens, processing specimens, packaging specimens for shipment to reference laboratories and POC testing. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. GS-06 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that