Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Processing)

Summary

The Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist position is located at the Clement J Zablocki Veterans Hospital, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53295.

Duties

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The Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) must supervise at least one staff member at the GS-12 Grade level. The CLS exercises a full range of supervisory responsibilities in planning, directing and assessing work of subordinate staff. The CLS 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 the work of subordinates. The CLS 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 projects. The CLS verifies orientation, training, and competency assessment of assigned staff and ensures all staff and affiliate staff comply with accrediting and regulating bodies. The supervisory CLS 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. The supervisory CLS interacts with administrative and clinical onsite personnel and exercises significant independent decision-making authority. The supervisory CLS maintains effective interdisciplinary and interprofessional relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals.

Major Duties :

• Plans and schedules on-going work. Adjusts staffing levels or work procedures.
• Chooses methods for achieving work goals, objectives, and management strategies.
• Day-to-day supervision of highly complex test performance.
• Responsible for 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.
• Implements and monitors quality management activities.
• Performs the full range of supervisory duties : Recommends appointments, plans, and assigns work, recommends awards, advancements, and disciplinary actions. Gives advice and counsel and evaluates work of subordinates.
• Maintains knowledge of and complies with the federal regulations associated with the Clinical Lab Improvement Act of 1988.
• Assumes responsibility for the instruction and coordination of teaching activities for CLS students in order to fulfill the requirements of a NAACLS- accredited CLS program.

Work Schedule : Full Time; Monday - Friday; 06 : 30a3 : 00pm

Telework : Not Available

Virtual : This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement # : 06385F

Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

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 :

Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements :

A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university.

(a) Generalist certification as an MLS given by ASCP BOC or AMT.

Grade Determinations :

In addition to meeting the basic requirements, you must possess at least 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12), which is directly related to the position to be filled.

(A) Lab is a complexity level index group 1 or 2 based on the Hospital Complexity Level as designated in Office of Productivity, Efficiency, and Staffing (OPES) VHA Facility Complexity Model History.

Knowledge of Federal and state laws and regulation, laboratory accrediting, and regulatory requirements to develop new policies and guidelines, formulate plans, and judge effectiveness of the operation.

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The full performance level of this vacancy is 13.

Physical Requirements : See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service for requirements.

Education

Note : Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here : If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit :

Additional information

During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration / Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA / OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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