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Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
On-site Johnson City, TN $106K – $138K Apply by Jun 19, 2026 Clinical Laboratory Science INTP 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 eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Supervise at least one staff member at the GS-12 grade level.
- →The supervisory CLS exercises a full range of supervisory responsibilities in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff.
- →Recommends appointments, awards, advancement, and disciplinary actions.
- →The CLS plans and assigns work based on priorities, requirements of assignments, and abilities of employees; provides advice and counsel; and evaluates work of subordinates.
- →Ensures compliance with accrediting agencies and regulatory requirements and establishes and monitors the quality of pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes, initiating corrective actions as needed as part of the overall laboratory quality management program.
- →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.
- →Grants leave to subordinates in the assigned T&L group according to established leave policies.
- →Communicates with other section supervisors and management as necessary to assure adequate lab coverage.
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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