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Supervisory Clinical Lab Scientist (Laboratory Manager)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 days ago
On-site Los Angeles, CA $176K – $228K Apply by Jun 18, 2026 Clinical Laboratory Science INTJINTPISTJISTP Healthcare
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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
- →Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: The Supervisory CLS serves as the Laboratory Manager (Lab Manager) and shares with the chief of laboratory service/medical director full responsibility for managing and supervising all phases of laboratory service operations where at least three of the five following criteria are met outlined below.
- →The Laboratory is a complexity level index group 1 or group 2 based on the Hospital Complexity Level as designates in Office of Productivity, Efficiency, and Staffing (OPES).
- →VHA Facility Complexity Model History.
- →The Laboratory performs at least one million standard billable tests annually (as report to the Laboratory Management Index Program).
- →The CLS supervises a staff of non-supervisory and supervisory personnel including at least one GS-13 subordinate.
- →Lack of on-site pathologist/Chief with oversight of a large staff (typically>20 employees).
- →The CLS oversees additional services (for example, Radiology, Sterile Processing, other).
- →Develops guidelines.
- →Assesses laboratory effectiveness.
- →Establishes and maintains quality assurance programs.
- →Serves as an authority on laboratory medicine.
- →Serve as a consultant to local, network, and national program officials.
- →Keep abreast of current research, clinical methods, and technical advances in the field.
- →Develops and integrates new techniques, and procedures into laboratory programs Provide direction and guidance to staff.
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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 55c9e89e-643f-4fc2-a4e5-fbadf8e66022
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