The Medical Technologist shares, with the Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, full responsibility for managing and supervising all phases of pathology and laboratory service operations. Provides guidance and serves as an authority on laboratory medicine. Develops guidelines, assesses laboratory effectiveness, establishes, and maintains quality assurance and performance improve programs. Serves as a consultant to local network, and national program officials.

Duties

The Laboratory Manager/Chief Technologist/Administrator serves at a complex, active, affiliated medical center with comprehensive and complex laboratory services including Hematology, Coagulation, Chemistry, Special Chemistry, Immunoserology, Microbiology, Urinalysis, and Specimen Procurement and Processing. The Medical Technologist serving in this position has full supervisory responsibility for a large staff including, GS-12, GS-11, GS-10, GS-09, GS-06 and GS-04 personnel, and active ancillary testing service. The incumbent is responsible for monitoring test analyses and specimen examinations to ensure acceptable levels of performance or to initiate corrective actions. The incumbent assures orientation, training and competency assessment of assigned staff is performed. Ensures staff and affiliate staff is in compliance with accrediting and regulating bodies. In addition to the TVAMC main laboratory, the incumbent also provides direct technical and administrative oversight for specimen collection and waived testing for 1 Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Selma, Alabama. The facility is composed of psychiatric, intermediate, rehabilitation, community living centers, and outpatient care. Various specialized programs minister to the needs of the existing patient population. The Medical Center is affiliated with both The University of Alabama's Medical and Dental Schools in Birmingham, the College of Community Health Sciences in Tuscaloosa, and other colleges and universities for related health care fields, such as dietetics, rehabilitation medicine, etc. The incumbent also provides guidance and serves as an authority on laboratory medicine; develops guidelines, assesses laboratory effectiveness, establishes, and maintains quality assurance and performance improvement programs; and oversees Medical Technologist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist program. Develops Guidelines Assesses laboratory effectiveness Establishes and maintain quality assurance programs Serves as an authority on laboratory medicine Serves as consultant to local, network, and national program officials Keeps abreast of current research, clinical methods, and technical advances in the field Develops and integrates new techniques, and procedures into laboratory programs Provides direction and guidance to staff Develops and managed program budget Maintains coverage throughout the laboratory and active recruitment and personnel selection functions Interprets and provides guidance on agency policies and procedures Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00AM -4:30PM Telework: As Needed Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Title/Functional Statement #: Medical Technologist (Laboratory Manager)/PD53095F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): NotAuthorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized 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. Language Proficiency: You must be proficient in spoken and written English. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) Certification: You must possess appropriate certification as a MT, MLS, or CLS given by the ASCP-BOC, ASCP-BOR, or AMT Experience and Education: You must have 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 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 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 mathematic. 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 been 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. Grade Determination: GS-13 Experience. Must have 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, which is directly related to the position to be filled. The Medical Technologist shares with the Chief of Laboratory Service/Clinical Director full responsibility for managing and supervising all phases of laboratory service operations in a complexity index group 1 laboratory or in a complexity index group 2 laboratory that performs at least 1 million Standard Billable Tests annually (reported to the Laboratory Management Index Program). The Medical Technologist supervises a large staff of nonsupervisory and supervisory personnel including at least one GS-12 subordinate. Provides guidance and serves as an authority and subject matter expert on laboratory medicine, including research, agency policies, new techniques and procedures. Develops guidelines, assesses laboratory effectiveness, establishes and maintains quality assurance and quality management programs. Consults with or serves as a consultant for local, network and national programs and/or officials. Manages regulatory affairs and compliance. Develops and manages program budget and resource utilization, inventory, acquisition and contracting processes. Assists and participates in educational programs affiliated with institutions providing training for individuals in laboratory or other related medical fields of study. In addition to the experience or education above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: (a) Advanced knowledge of concepts, principles and methodologies of a major clinical laboratory program and operations in order to assess program effectiveness and provide authoritative guidance for operations, personnel, and management. (b) Ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines, upper management, VISN level staff and/or VHA Central Office. (c) Ability to plan and execute short- and long-range programs and/or goals through project management and tactical/strategic planning. (d) Skill in administrative management (e.g., budgeting, contracting, procurement and property management) in accordance with VHA regulations. (e) Ability to provide advisory, planning and surveillance services to clinicians, laboratory directors and supervisors on specific functions, programs or problems that are particularly difficult, widespread or persistent. (f) Ability to solve complex problems involving unique or controversial aspects of medical technology or laboratory management, new or unconventional methods, program changes or conflicts between scientific/technological requirements, regulatory or program requirements (e.g., cost effectiveness). (g) Knowledge of, and ability to, provide the full range of supervisory duties which includes responsibility for assignment of work, performance evaluations, selection of staff, and recommendation of awards, advancements, and disciplinary actions. References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/72, PART II, APPENDIX G24. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST QUALFICATION STANDARD, GS-0644, dated May 12, 2014. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13. Physical Requirements: None

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center 3701 Loop Road East Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 US
• Name: Danny Jones
• Phone: 303-914-5499 X3711
• Email: [email protected]