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Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 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 Major duties include, but are not limited to the following: The CLS spends 25% or more of their time performing lead duties over staff one grade level below.
- →Duties/Tasks Communicates the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values to other staff.
- →Identifies, distributes, balances work, coaches, and facilitates with problem solving methods.
- →Prepares reports and maintains records of work status.
- →Resolves simple, informal complaints.
- →Reports performance, progress, and training needs of the team and on behavioral problems.
- →Provides information on promotions, reassignment, recognition of outstanding performance, and personnel needs.
- →Responsible for all aspects of operation in their area of specialty, including assignment of work responsibilities, workload management, and completion of assignments for staff.
- →Preparation and maintenance of records and reports, analysis of testing methodologies, training, instrumentation, and compliance.
- →Acts as a liaison to the supervisor and other departments/divisions of the medical center for the appropriate laboratory specialty.
- →Develops, performs, evaluates, interprets, correlates, and validates the accuracy of laboratory procedures and results in line with current laboratory regulatory requirements.
- →Performs testing procedures on a variety of biological specimens and/or environmental samples using manual or automated methods.
- →Performs quality control and routine maintenance of instrumentation, to include troubleshooting.
- →Correlates abnormal lab data with pathological states to determines the validity of test results, and the need for additional or repeat testing.
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
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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