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Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
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
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, but not limited to: Evaluate the suitability of the specimen for analysis, requesting new specimen if determined to be unusable.
- →Prepare specimens for analysis, ensuring physiologic state of the specimen properties is maintained.
- →Select, perform, evaluate, and monitor the performance of test procedures, using manual and/or instrumental techniques in accordance with established protocols.
- →Recognize and react to indicators of malfunction; implement corrections.
- →Conduct quality control procedures on equipment, reagents, and products and maintain proper records for quality control reports.
- →Investigate and take appropriate corrective actions for all out-of-control results.
- →Inform appropriate personnel if QC issues cannot be resolved.
- →Perform proficiency testing, currently in the form of College of American Pathologists surveys.
- →In the absence of Supervisor, conduct all inspection related responsibilities with the external agents of College of American Pathology (CAP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and The Joint Commission (TJC), etc.
- →Evaluate the validity of data in relation to the test system and accepted assay procedures.
- →Correlate quantitative data with patient data (i.e. history, medications) to verify results.
- →Perform additional tests to clarify or confirm abnormal patient results.
- →Recognize critical tests and results that require immediate attention by the physician and report them timely and accordingly to established procedures.
- →Accession samples and requests with appropriate documentation of any issues as applicable to each work area.
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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