Clinical Laboratory Scientist - (Point of Care Testing)

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties and tasks include but are not limited to the following: * Maintains and demonstrates knowledge of professional clinical laboratory science principles, practices, concepts, and theories that support sound, independent work. * Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of laboratory quality control and quality assurance procedures and principles of performance improvement. * Demonstrates skill in informatics, laboratory data flow, and laboratory processes. * Utilizes comprehensive knowledge of laboratory equipment and maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs instrumentation and demonstrates proper documentation of corrective action. * Uses independent technical judgement to analyze and interpret laboratory results. * Reads, interprets, and applies complex written instructions. * Communicates, consults, and interacts with other members of the healthcare team, external relations, customer service, and patient education. * Evaluates the suitability of each specimen for analysis, requesting a new specimen * if determined to be unusable. * Prepares specimen for analysis according to established procedures. * Ensures acceptable orders have been placed by a provider and accurately accessions and receives specimens, maintaining correct patient identification throughout each phase of processing, analysis, and resulting. * Selects, performs, evaluates, and monitors the performance of test procedures using manual and/or automated techniques in accordance with established protocols. * Recognizes and reacts to indicators of malfunction; locates and implements corrective action. * Conducts quality control procedures on instrumentation, equipment, reagents, and products and maintains proper records for quality control reports. * Performs initial quality control of all incoming reagents and supplies as required. * Performs initial testing on all reagents received in chemistry, blood bank, coagulation, and hematology before reagents are put into use. * Calibrates, standardizes, adjusts, and maintains instruments. * Evaluates the validity of the data in relation to the test system and accepted assay procedures. * Reviews and investigates delta checks, flags, alerts, etc. and performs additional testing to clarify or confirm abnormal patient results. * Recognizes abnormal results that require immediate attention by the physician and reports them directly and follows the proper laboratory and medical center policies. * Responsible for the generation of laboratory results from the work area into the laboratory computer system and for the editing and verification of results recorded into the computer system. * Performs checks to maintain compliance with regulatory bodies such as AABB,FDA, The Joint Commission (TJC), College of American Pathologists (CAP), and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) such as temperature checks, inventory control, blood utilization tracking, instrument maintenance and testing. * Maintains accountability for inventory and ordering of all supplies, including blood products and reagents for all shifts and inventory of expendable supplies. * Follows all safety and infectious disease policies while conducting duties of the position. * Performs routine and stat laboratory testing within the established time limits. Work Schedule: Full time; Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact ) , the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 92517-A, 95218-A, 94186-A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Created: 2026-04-15