The Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center is seeking a highly qualified candidate to fill the Medical Technologist Quality Management position. This medical technologist will perform related duties within the Pathology and Laboratory Service in Wichita Kansas. Work Schedule: 8-hour shifts between 6:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday with occasional weekends. Bargaining Unit: Covered FLSA: Exempt Financial Disclosure Statement: Not Required.

Duties

The Quality Management (QM) Technologist provides authoritative consultative services to management at all levels of the organization as it applies to quality management in a clinical laboratory setting. Maintains a laboratory quality management program and ensures monitoring of components and customer feedback. Identifies, defines and resolves issues associated with complex aspects of the collected data. Monitors laboratory quality control systems and performance indicators. Interacts with management officials and vendors providing inter-laboratory quality assurance and laboratory proficiency testing. Develops validation plans for equipment and methodology evaluations and evaluates statistical data collected. Responsible for laboratory continuous readiness for regulating agency inspections and accreditation from agencies such as the Joint Commission (JC) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP). Additionally, the QM Technologist will: Interact with management officials and vendors providing inter-laboratory quality assurance and laboratory proficiency testing. Develop validation plans for equipment and methodology evaluations and evaluates statistical data collected. Participate in quality assurance efforts by identifying quality improvement indicators for the laboratory. Develops a system to monitor indicators to effectively identify problem and/or potential problem areas. Recommends and implements corrective actions when indicated to improve patient care efforts of the P&LMS. Develop, implements, and maintains procedure manuals (SOP) to assure compliance with standards as required by multiple laboratory accrediting agencies such as the Joint Commission (JC) and College of American Pathologists (CAP). Prepare reports, maintains records, administrative information. Gathers information, prepares, and presents work-related information to supervisors and/or appropriate accrediting agencies, such as Joint Commission and CAP. Ability to perform all duties of the GS-7/9 and GS-10 medical technologist positions in the laboratory to work the bench when required. Contracting Officer's Representative duties Backup coverage for Lab Manager Work Schedule: 8-hour shifts between 6:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday with occasional weekends. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: FS# 000000 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

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. Experience and Education: (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. Certification: Candidates must currently possess the appropriate certification as a MT, MLS, or CLS given by the ASCP-BOC, ASCP-BOR, or AMT. English Language Proficiency. Medical Technologist must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and 7407(d). Grade Determinations: GS 11 Requirements: Experience. Must have 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the full performance level (GS-9), which is directly related to the position to be filled. OR, Education. Must have 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education or a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in medical technology or a directly related field. AND You must be able to demonstrate all of the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) below: Advanced knowledge of the concepts, principles and practices of medical technology sufficient to perform the full range of duties involved in planning, coordinating and evaluating laboratory services. Knowledge of quality management standards. Knowledge of accrediting agencies and regulatory requirements pertaining to laboratory operations. Comprehensive knowledge of statistical evaluation and analysis. Knowledge of laboratory operations and relationships to the organization. Comprehensive knowledge of laboratory quality control/assurance policies, procedures and principles, as well as safety practices and regulations. Preferred Experience: 3-years' experience as a full-time generalist Medical Technologist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist and a minimum of 1-year of supervisory experience in a clinical laboratory setting. Laboratory accreditation processes for CLIA/CAP/TJC/AABB, including direct involvement in continued inspection readiness, pre-survey groundwork with departmental standards, on-site survey, post-survey follow-up and corrective action plan implementation. Preparing, monitoring, reviewing, signing-off quality control records with an understanding of trends/shifts/rule violations. Monitoring of laboratory quality metrics and improvement indicators. Implementation of new procedures including equipment validation, method evaluations, and statistical data collection. References: VA Handbook 5005 Part II, Appendix G24, Medical Technologist Qualification Standards, GS 0644. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11. Physical Requirements: The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion such as long periods of standing, bending over microscope, reaching for supplies or material, and lifting moderately heavy items such as centrifuges and record boxes (or occasionally lifting heavier items such as reagent packs). The work may require specific physical characteristics and abilities such as dexterity (to perform intricate collection or analysis procedures) and color vision.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. 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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Robert J Dole VA Medical and Regional Office Center 5500 East Kellogg Drive Wichita, KS 67218 US
• Name: John Balmer
• Phone: 316-469-0755
• Email: [email protected]