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Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 95 days ago
On-site Las Vegas, NV $155K – $201K Apply by Jul 7, 2026 Clinical Laboratory Science INTP Healthcare
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The supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) exercises a full range of supervisory responsibilities in planning, directing and assessing work of subordinate staff. The CLS plan and assigns work based on priorities, requirements of assignments and abilities of employees; provides advise and counsel; and evaluates work of subordinates.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The supervisor ensure compliance with accrediting agencies and regulatory requirements and establishes and monitors the quality of pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical processes, initiating corrective action as needed as part of the overall laboratory quality management program.
- →Duties may include but are not limited to: Plans and executes performance and quality improvement projects.
- →Verifies orientation, training, and competency assessment of assigned staff and develops and updates technical policies and procedure manuals.
- →Ensures all staff and affiliate staff comply with accrediting and regulating bodies.
- →Adjusts staffing levels or work procedures to accommodate resource allocation decisions made at the executive level.
- →Manages document control, develops performance standards, position descriptions, and functional statements and is responsible for technical and administrative management of an assigned area including budget execution.
- →Interacts with administrative and clinical onsite personnel and exercises significant independent decision-making authority.
- →Maintains effective interdisciplinary and interprofessional relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals.
- →Chooses methods for achieving work goals, objectives and management strategies.
- →Day to day supervision of highly complex test performance.
- →Day to day supervising laboratory operations includes laboratory information systems (LIM) Day to day supervising histology/cytology services may require screening the cytology cases.
- →Monitoring test analyses and specimen examinations to ensure acceptable levels of performance.
- →Assures corrective action is initiated when test performance deviates from established performance specifications.
- →Assures orientation, training, and competency assessment of 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 identification 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
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