Clinical Laboratory Scientist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Certification as a Medical Technologist (MT) or Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) from ASCP, AMT, or another board or registry deemed comparable by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs or its designee; a copy must be submitted with the application.
• Meet one of the stated basic education and training pathways: a qualifying bachelor's or graduate degree with an accredited MLS/CLS program; an approved four-year course of study including 12 months in a medical technology program; or a qualifying degree and specified science and mathematics coursework plus five years of acceptable full-time clinical laboratory experience.
• Alternatively, current federal employees in the 0644 occupational series continuously employed in that series since September 27, 2017, or earlier, may be exempt from the basic requirements, subject to providing documentation.
• Meet one of the additional qualification pathways: one year of specialized experience performing high-complexity patient testing in a Clinical Pathology Service/Microbiology Laboratory, setting up or monitoring quality controls, troubleshooting or maintaining testing instruments, and performing proficiency testing for national accreditation; or a Ph.D./equivalent doctoral degree or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education in a relevant field; or a qualifying combination of education and experience.
• Foreign education used to meet qualification requirements must be evaluated as equivalent to U.S. accredited education or receive full course credit from a U.S. accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

• Perform, evaluate, and monitor routine and specialized test procedures using manual and/or instrumental techniques in accordance with established protocols.
• Determine whether specimens are suitable for analysis and request a new specimen when one is unusable or insufficient for the laboratory studies.
• Identify unusual or discrepant values and initiate appropriate follow-up procedures to verify results.
• Operate instrumentation and perform preventive maintenance and minor troubleshooting.
• Verify correct instrument operation using established procedures and quality-control checks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• Paid time off
• Medical benefits
• Student loan repayments
• Retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan and matching employer contributions