Clinical Laboratory Scientist GS 0644-11

DHA • Camp Lejeune, NC

19h

About The Position

This position is located at Naval Medical Center, Camp Lejeune NC Duties Serve as a Quality Assurance/Process Improvement (QA/PI) Technologist and the Quality Assurance Coordinator for Blood Bank services. Manage a Quality Management Program and a Comprehensive External Proficiency Testing Program. Coordinate a comprehensive external proficiency testing program, ensuring that all laboratory analyses and procedures are surveyed in accordance with current accreditation and regulatory guidelines. Educate laboratory staff members regarding the Command patient Safety Program in coordination with the laboratory safety petty officer. Write audit reports documenting the audit procedures and results and recommend for corrective actions.

Requirements

• US Citizenship required
• Basic Requirement for Clinical Laboratory Scientist: A. A Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree from a regionally accredited college/university including courses in biological science, chemistry and mathematics, AND successful completion of a Medical Laboratory Scientist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. OR B. At least a full 4-year course of study that included 12 months in a college or hospital-based medical technology program or medical technology school approved by a recognized accrediting organization. The professional medical technology curriculum may have consisted of a 1-year post- bachelor's certificate program or the last 1 or 2 years of a 4-year program of study culminating in a bachelor's in medical technology. OR C. A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree from an accredited college/university that included 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of biological science (with one semester in microbiology), 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of chemistry (with one semester in organic or biochemistry), one semester (one quarter) of mathematics, AND five years of full time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, microbiology, Immunology and Urinalysis/Body Fluids. This combination of education and experience must have provided knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of medical technology equivalent to that provided by the full 4-year course of study described in A or B above. All science and mathematics courses must have been acceptable for credit toward meeting the requirements for a science major at an accredited college or university. Acceptable experience is responsible professional or technician experience in a hospital laboratory, health agency, industrial medical laboratory, or pharmaceutical house; or teaching, test development, or medical research program experience that provided an understanding of the methods and techniques applied in performing professional clinical laboratory work.
• Certification/licensure as a medical technologist (generalist) obtained through written examination by a nationally recognized credentialing agency or State licensing body is a good indication that the quality of experience is acceptable.
• Exemption: You are exempt from the basic requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0644 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before.
• Certification: Certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), American Medical Technologist (AMT) or other board or registry deemed comparable by Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD(HA)) or their designee as a Medical Technologist (MT) or Medical Lab Scientist (MLS) is required.
• Specialized Experience : One year of specialized experience which includes developing administration of Quality Assurance (QA)/Process Improvement (PI) in Laboratory Department, reviewing accreditation standards and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance, and educating laboratory or medical staff to comply with a Patient Safety Program.
• Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: medical technology, chemistry, biology or education that is directly related to the position.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Quality Assurance/Process Improvement (QA/PI) Technologist
• Quality Assurance Coordinator for Blood Bank services
• Manage a Quality Management Program
• Manage a Comprehensive External Proficiency Testing Program
• Coordinate a comprehensive external proficiency testing program
• Educate laboratory staff members regarding the Command patient Safety Program
• Write audit reports documenting the audit procedures and results and recommend for corrective actions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level