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Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Laboratory Manager)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Laboratory Manager is part of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service (P&LMS). The Laboratory Manager exercises a full range of supervisory responsibilities to plan, direct, and assess work of subordinate staff. The Laboratory Manager supervises a contingent of laboratory personnel and plans and assigns work based on priorities, requirements of assignments, and abilities of employees.
What You'll Do
- →The Laboratory Manager provides guidance and serves as an authority and subject matter expert on laboratory medicine including research, agency policies, new techniques, and procedures.
- →FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF DUTIES: Develop guidelines, assess laboratory effectiveness, and establish and maintain quality assurance and performance improvement programs.
- →Set short and long-term goals to improve test offerings, operational efficiency, and patient care outcomes, ensuring these initiatives are communicated to and supported by the Medical Director, Chief of Staff (COS), and the Laboratory Director.
- →Exercise full supervisory responsibility for a diverse team of Clinical Laboratory Scientists (CLS) and support staff, including a GS-12 Lead CLS and lower-grade laboratory personnel.
- →Initiate recruitment, conduct interviews, and recommend appointments, promotions, awards, and disciplinary actions.
- →Assign work, manage performance evaluations, identify training needs, and verify competencies at established intervals, maintaining a stable and capable workforce.
- →Ensure adequate staffing levels, adjust workload, and schedules, and oversees day-to-day operations of multiple laboratory sections (e.g., Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, and Off-Shift Operations) to meet dynamic clinical demands.
- →Develop and manage program budget and resource usage, inventory, acquisition, and contracting processes.
- →Analyze and resolve complex operational, technical, and administrative issues, validating new test systems and integrating technological upgrades in consultation with the Laboratory Information Manager.
- →Implement quality management and continuous quality improvement strategies, including proficiency testing, QA/QC measures, and corrective actions, maintaining full regulatory compliance and accreditation readiness.
- →Develop, review, and maintain laboratory policies, procedures, and process controls, ensuring adherence to CAP, TJC, CLIA, FDA, OSHA, and other accrediting bodies.
- →Monitor test performance, specimen analysis, and QC data, initiating corrective actions as necessary and proactively preparing for inspections and surveys.
- →Develop and implement laboratory guidelines, aligning local practices with VHA, medical center, and network-wide objectives.
- →Interpret federal, state, and VHA regulations, translate them into practical, actionable policies and oversee their effective implementation.
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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Job ID: 9171861a-dfa8-4bac-947b-6c96b8166c0e
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