Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Ancillary Testing Coordinator

Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Ancillary Testing Coordinator

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

$/yr - $/yr

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Ancillary Testing Coordinator develops and recommends policies and procedures for the procurement and service requirements for ancillary testing (testing outside the physical confines of the main laboratory as mandated by VHA). Must have knowledge of accrediting agencies and regulatory requirements and procedures to accommodate resource allocation decisions made at the executive level.

• Citizenship:
  Citizen of the United States. Non‑citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3 – section A – paragraph 3g.
• 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 a related science (e.g., laboratory science, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, microbiology, immunology). 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.
• Combination (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 inorganic chemistry 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) 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.
• Combination (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 inorganic chemistry 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 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 examination.
• Certification:
  Candidates must have either (1) or (2) below (MUST SUPPLY): (1) Candidates must currently possess the appropriate certification as an MT, MLS or CLS given by the ASCP‑BOC, ASCP‑BOR or AMT. (2) For positions up to the full performance level – candidates must currently possess the categorical or…