Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Indian Health Service • Crow Agency, MT

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position serves at the Crow Service Unit. The Clinical Laboratory Supervisor exercises responsibilities for planning, developing, implementing, coordination and evaluating the laboratory component of a broad range of referral health programs involving complex organizational structures, diverse health care programs and projects as well as research, training programs, and projects. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).

Requirements

• Selectee may be subject to a probationary period
• ESEP appointees typically serve a two year trial period
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children.
• A one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period may be required upon selection/placement.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Background Investigation Requirement: This position requires the successful completion of a federal background investigation as a condition of employment.
• Financial Suitability Requirement: This position requires a review of the applicant's financial history as part of the personnel security and suitability determination.
• Prior to the appointment, candidates must present two valid forms of identification. If one of the documents is a state-issued ID or driver's license, it must be REAL ID-compliant.
• A Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree from an 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 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 A Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree from an accredited college/university, including 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.
• 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.
• Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.
• Plans, distributes, coordinates, and monitors work assignments of others; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner.
• Knowledge of current medical technology principles, concepts, methods, and practices in order to provide technical assistance and direction to evaluate the standards and procedures of laboratory services and to assure compliance with appropriate regulations.
• Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• For positions GS-7 through GS-15 (or equivalent), experience or graduate education must have been in (1) the general field of medical technology; (2) one of the disciplines or specialized areas of medical technology; or (3) a field directly related and applicable to medical technology or the position to be filled.
• Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.
• You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades.
• Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
• Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Selectees whose duties and responsibilities require them to work permanently, temporarily, or occasionally in an IHS healthcare facility must comply with the IHS Employee Immunization Policy related to vaccine-preventable diseases, consistent with recommendations for healthcare workers.
• Vaccine exemption requests may be available, as outlined in the IHS Employee Immunization Policy and facility guidance.
• Recruitment or relocation incentives may be authorized.
• At least a 6 month service agreement will be required.
• PHS Commissioned Officers interested in performing the duties of this position within the Commissioned Corps MUST apply online under the merit promotion announcement indicated above in order to receive consideration.
• The Indian Health Service (IHS), National Service Corps (NHSC), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) have student loan repayment programs for qualifying health disciplines.
• Opportunities for LRP are based on agency hiring priorities and availability of funds.
• As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide short essay responses (200 words or less each) to the following four questions. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? In this role, you will be expected to professionally and efficiently implement executive direction. Provide an example where you implemented leadership direction on a strategy or policy decision that differed from your own recommendation. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements?
• 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.
• IHS may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their directly related previous non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.

Responsibilities

• Designing and initiating an effective ongoing process to monitor the quality and appropriateness of the laboratory services being provided to patients.
• Ensuring that laboratory services are provided with full consideration for the cultural diversity of the Native American population, patient mix, knowledge and skills of laboratory staff, available resources, and established health care outcomes.
• Exercising full-line supervisory and managerial responsibility for planning, organizing, coordination and controlling overall laboratory operations through subordinate supervisors and staff members.
• Stimulating cooperative and joint planning to improve, develop and implement plans for overcoming service lags and deficiencies, as well as, improving laboratory service programs which requires maintenance of hospital-wide records.
• Ensuring that care is delivered to each patient in accordance with quality standards.
• Developing and implementing long and short term policies and plans for the health care delivery system, giving special consideration to the integration of internal administrative laboratory and community health policies with standards and requirements of various regulatory and accrediting agencies.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

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