The position is responsible for a medical laboratory located in an ambulatory health care center that is designated as a Patient-Centered Medical Home Ambulatory Care Facility. Conducts testing by operating microscopes, electronic equipment, and precision instruments to provide accurate and precise data for doctors to make decisions about diagnosis and treatment of disease based on laboratory test results. Also supervises the work of other employees who work in the laboratory.

Duties

Design, implement, direct, coordinate and maintain the overall functioning of the laboratory including oversees lower graded technologists and/or technicians. Compile laboratory data and prepare current records and reports on such matters as workload, quality and quantity of output and problems in meeting schedules for use by management, quality assurance, accreditation standards and other program review, budgetary, and other purposes. Conduct developmental work related to clinical laboratory operations to include: (a)formulating, documenting and introducing new tests/examinations into the laboratory;(b) defining and installing quantity standards and controls to insure accuracy of test results; (c) establishing standards and preparing instructions for calibrating, adjusting and repairing of equipment and instruments and standardizing solutions. Set up and modify the primary file and other site configuration files of RPMS Lab Package. Sets up, troubleshoots and maintains reference laboratory interface files. Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. The position is covered by an Individual Occupational Requirements. And is supplemented by the Group Coverage Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Position. Listed below are the requirements e.g., experience or education, for this particular occupational series or positions. In addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements, applicants must have specialized experience and/or directly related education/experience in the amounts shown below. Specialized Experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled Note: Employees currently assigned to positions in this occupational series as of September 2017 will be considered to have met the basic requirements for the position occupied. Basic Requirements:Education: 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. 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, 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. 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. Experience or Graduate Education: For positions GS-7 through GS-15 (or equivalent), experience or graduate education must have been in the general field of medical technology; one of the disciplines or specialized areas of medical technology; or a field directly related and applicable to medical technology or the position to be filled. In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Examples of Specialized Experience: Examples include: planning and carrying out a wide variety of clinical support services; making decision on how and what tests can be performed; making decision on modifications of procedures and tests; and evaluating and providing training on new testing protocols and equipment. Including possessing professional knowledge of medical technology concepts, principles, and practices sufficient to oversee and perform the full range of duties involved in planning and implementing the clinical laboratory testing program; diagnostic and testing equipment sufficient to establish and maintain a preventive maintenance program; and the accreditation standards such as Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care as they pertain to the laboratory services. SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: In addition to the basic requirements and the minimum requirements, the following CERTIFICATION is determined to be essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants must possess and provide proof of certification Certification as Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or Medical Technologist (MT) by American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP), American Medical Technologists (AMT), or equivalent; or Certification by National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel's (NCA) certification Medical Technologist (MT), Clinical Laboratory Specialist (CLS) certification or a valid license from a state that requires license. Applicants who do not meet the selective placement factor are ineligible for further consideration. Time In Grade 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. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. 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. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.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 Colville Service Unit PO Box 71 HWY 155 Agency Campus Nespelem, WA 99155 US
• Name: Norene Mousseau
• Phone: 503-414-7738
• Email: [email protected]