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Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Evaluates the suitability of specimens for analysis, requesting a new specimen if determined to be unusable.
- →The Clinical Laboratory Scientist will also prepare specimens for analysis, ensuring that proper specimen properties are maintained.
- →Calibrates, standardizes, adjusts, and maintains instruments.
- →Evaluates and sets up new instrumentation and tests, including method correlations, linearity, precision, and accuracy studies.
- →Verifies correct instrument operation using established procedures and quality control checks and monitoring.
- →Conducts quality control procedures on equipment, reagents, and products and maintains proper records for quality control reports.
- →Selects, performs, evaluates and monitors test performance using manual and/or instrumental techniques in accordance with established protocols.
- →Recognizes and reacts to indicators of malfunction, locating and implementing corrections.
- →Identifies the cause of common problems and makes simple repairs.
- →Evaluates the validity of data within the test system and accepted assay procedures.
- →Correlates test data with patient clinical history prior to verifying results.
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, Varying Shifts, Weekends and Holidays Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized.
- →Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized.
- →EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
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