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Lead Clinical Lab Scientist - Microbiology/Molecular
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 56 days ago
On-site Cleveland, OH $131K – $170K Apply by Jul 28, 2026 Clinical Laboratory Science INTPISTP Healthcare
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The incumbent serves as a Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) within the Microbiology/Molecular section of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, performing key duties in the clinical laboratory. The incumbent performs higher-level duties consisting of significant scope, complexity (difficulty) and range of variety at least 25% of the time.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Microbiology/Molecular Medical Technologist: https://youtube.com/embed/eSDGhIwZKdw Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties and tasks include but are not limited to the following: Maintains and demonstrates knowledge of professional clinical laboratory science principles, practices, concepts, and theories that support sound, independent work.
- →Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of laboratory quality control and quality assurance procedures and principles of performance improvement.
- →Demonstrates skill in informatics, laboratory data flow, and laboratory processes.
- →Utilizes comprehensive knowledge of laboratory equipment and maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs instrumentation and demonstrates proper documentation of corrective action.
- →Uses independent technical judgement to analyze and interpret laboratory results.
- →Reads, interprets, and applies complex written instructions.
- →Communicates, consults, and interacts with other members of the healthcare team, external relations, customer service, and patient education.
- →Evaluates the suitability of each specimen for analysis, requesting a new specimen if determined to be unusable.
- →Prepares specimen for analysis according to established procedures.
- →Follows established procedure for handling of mislabeled, unlabeled, or unsuitable specimens.
- →Ensures acceptable orders have been placed by a provider and accurately accessions and receives specimens, maintaining correct patient identification throughout each phase of processing, analysis, and resulting.
- →Conducts quality control procedures on instrumentation, equipment, reagents, and products and maintains proper records for quality control reports.
- →Performs initial quality control of all incoming reagents and supplies as required.
- →Evaluates the validity of the data in relation to the test system and accepted assay procedures.
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
Job ID: 4da4738b-4f9a-4bdc-ab2d-a3eefd829f87
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