Supervisory Clinical Lab Scientist; Phlebotomy - Send-Outs

Overview

VHA Central California Healthcare System is currently recruiting for a Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) - Phlebotomy-Send-outs to perform a full range of supervisory responsibilities in planning - directing - and assessing work of subordinate staff. The incumbent works in a less complex facility. The CLS spends 25% or more of their time providing administrative - technical supervision and performs major duties that consist of significant scope - complexity - difficulty and variety.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship:
  Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria)
• Education and/or Experience Combination(1) A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in medical laboratory science - medical technology - clinical laboratory science or in a related science (e.g.
  
  - laboratory sciences such as chemistry - biochemistry - biology - microbiology - immunology - etc.)
• AND completion of a medical technology clinical practice program
• Clinical practice programs completed after 1974 must have been accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) - Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP - formerly CAHEA) - or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
• The professional curriculum may have consisted of a post-baccalaureate certificate program or be integrated into a four-year program of study that culminated in a baccalaureate degree
• OR (2) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university - including 16 semester hours of biological science (with one course in microbiology) - 16 semester hours of chemistry (with one course in organic or biochemistry) and one course in mathematics AND two years of post-certification clinical laboratory experience (e.g.
  
  - blood banking - chemistry - hematology - microbiology - immunology - clinical microscopy - etc.) within the last ten years as a certified Medical Laboratory Technician by the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC) - American Society of Clinical Pathology Board of Registry (ASCP-BOR) or American Medical Technologists (AMT)
• This experience must include performing moderate and/or high complexity testing in blood banking - chemistry - hematology - microbiology immunology and clinical microscopy (or categorical experience which matches categorical certification) in a clinical laboratory
• OR (3) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university - including 16 semester hours of biological science (with one course in microbiology) - 16 semester hours of chemistry (with one course in organic or biochemistry) and one course in mathematics - AND five years of clinical laboratory experience within the last ten years performing moderate and/or high complexity testing in blood banking - chemistry - hematology - microbiology - immunology and clinical microscopy (or categorical experience which matches categorical certification) in a clinical laboratory
• Foreign Graduates
• Graduates of foreign baccalaureate degree programs meet the educational and/or experience requirements if the degree is found to be equivalent to degree programs recognized by the NAACLS or clinical laboratory experience as described in paragraph 2b(2) or (3) above
• This finding may be based on either of the following:(1) A letter from a college or university with a baccalaureate program recognized by the NAACLS stating that the individual's foreign degree has been evaluated and been found to be equivalent to its bachelor of medical technology degree.(2) A letter from ASCP-BOC or AMT stating that the individual is eligible for the certification…