Supervisory Medical Laboratory Technician

Overview

The MLT has full supervisory responsibility in a designated section of the laboratory where the following conditions have been met. The MLT supervises a staff of non-supervisory personnel including Medical Laboratory Technicians, Medical Technicians and Health Technicians.

Duties are but not limited to:

A Supervisory Medical Laboratory Technician at the GS-08 level performs higher-level duties that are of significant scope, complexity (difficulty) and range in variety. The MLT must spend 25% or more of their time providing administrative and technical supervision in addition to perform major duties above those at the full performance level.

• Responsible for all aspects of operation in their area of specialty including preparation and maintenance of records and reports, training, and compliance.
• Assess work, recommends appointments, awards, advancement, and disciplinary actions of subordinate staff.
• Plans and assigns work based on priorities, adjusting staffing levels and work procedures to accommodate resource allocations made at the executive levels.
• En­sures compliance with rules and regulation of assorted regulatory agencies such as CAP, TJC, OSHA, and the National Enforcement Office.
• Verifies orientation, training, and competency assessment of assigned staff.
• Establishes and monitors the quality of pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes, initiation of corrective actions as need as part of the overall laboratory quality assurance/management program.
• Plans and implement performance and quality improvement projects that result in efficient laboratory operation.
• Serves as an expert providing authoritative advice and consultation for more markedly difficult, complex, unique, and/or emerging tests requiring special knowledge.
• Develops and updates technical policies and procedure manuals, maintain proper document control.
• Responsible for technical and administrative management of assigned areas including budget execution to include adequate par levels for supplies.
• 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.
• Develops performance standards, position descriptions, and functional statements.

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Work Schedule
:
Monday
- Friday 6am- 5pm

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual time off per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care

Telework: Not available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 55081-F