Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Clinical Laborory Scientist Department of Defense Military Trement Facilities under DHA 316th MDG JB Andrews, Dir of Clinical Support, Clinical Laborory Summary About the Position This Clinical Laborory Scientist position is loced JB Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicition utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candides to positions in the competitive service. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/20/2025 to 05/27/2025 Salary $84,601 - $109,975 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Andrews AFB, MD Remote job No Telework eligible YesEligible for situional telework only, including emergency and OPM prescribed "unscheduled telework". Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel up to 5% of the time. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number HSJT...HP Control number 837241900 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Perform highly intrice and/or specialized laborory procedures. Responsible for the implemention and operion of the Quality Management System (QMS) for all phases of testing to include the pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases of testing, as well as general laborory systems. Ensure routine, emergency, and special cegory tests and examinions are properly performed and meet all standards established by the College of American Phologists (CAP), The Joint Commission (TJC), and other applicable accrediting agencies. Establish and oversee a robust program for troubleshooting, maintenance, and calibrion of instrumention and equipment used by the laborory to perform testing. Review work performed by subordine personnel before releasing laborory results. Evalue test results for completeness, accuracy, and quality. Ensure laborory test results are accurely reported to the requestor in a timely manner. Requirements Conditions of Employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determinion, as determined by a completed background investigion. All applicants tentively selected for this position required to submit a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random drug testing, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident. Immunizion screening is required. Hepitis B immunizion is required for all positions with direct pient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizions depending on the type of position. This position has mandory seasonal Influenza vaccinion requirements and is subject to annual seasonal Influenza vaccinions unless otherwise exempted for medical or religious reasons (documention of exemption must be provided upon hire). Tuberculosis (TB): This position requires the incumbent to have Tuberculosis testing. This position requires th you obtain and maintain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certificion from, or in accordance with, the American Heart Associion and American Red Cross. Advanced certificion (e.g., ALS) does not supersede BLS. Employee must comply with all requirements and aspects of approprie Infection Control and Employee Health Programs. May be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include weekends, holidays and shifts. Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty stion on military or commercial aircraft. This position has specific initial background investigion and periodic re-verificion requirements since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age on a recurring basis. Qualificions Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the educion and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. Additional informion about transcripts is . Basic Requirement for Clinical Laborory Scientist: A. A bachelor's or gradue/higher level degree from a regionally accredited college/university including courses in biological science, chemistry and mhemics, AND successful completion of a Medical Laborory Scientist/Clinical Laborory Scientist program accredited by the Nional Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laborory Sciences (NAACLS) or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion the time the degree was obtained. OR B . At least a full 4-year course of study th included 12 months in a college or hospital-based medical technology program or medical technology school approved by a recognized accrediting organizion. The professional medical technology curriculum may have consisted of a 1-year post- bachelor's certifice program or the last 1 or 2 years of a 4-year program of study culmining in a bachelor's in medical technology. OR C. A bachelor's or gradue/higher level degree from an accredited college/university th included 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 mhemics, AND five years of full time acceptable clinical laborory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hemology, microbiology, Immunology and Urinalysis/Body Fluids. This combinion of educion and experience must have provided knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of medical technology equivalent to th provided by the full 4-year course of study described in A or B above. All science and mhemics courses must have been acceptable for credit toward meeting the requirements for a science major an accredited college or university. Acceptable experience is responsible professional or technician experience in a hospital laborory, health agency, industrial medical laborory, or pharmaceutical house; or teaching, test development, or medical research program experience th provided an understanding of the methods and techniques applied in performing professional clinical laborory work. Certificion/licensure as a medical technologist (generalist) obtained through written examinion by a nionally recognized credentialing agency or Ste licensing body is a good indicion th the quality of experience is acceptable. Evaluion of Educion and Experience: The four major areas of clinical laborory science are microbiology, clinical chemistry, hemology, and immunohemology (blood banking). Qualifying course work in these areas includes bacteriology, mycology, mycobacteriology, tissue culture, virology, parasitology, endocrinology, enzymology, toxicology, urinalysis, coagulion, hemostasis, cell morphology, immunology, serology, immunoserology, immuno-deficiency, hemolysis, histocompibility, cyto-genetics, and similar disciplines or areas of laborory practice. Reled fields include physiology, anomy, molecular biology, cell biology, embryology, phology, genetics, pharmacology, histology, cytology, nuclear medicine, epidemiology, biostistics, infection control, physics, stistics, and similar areas of science where the work is directly reled to the position to be filled. Exemption: You are exempt from the basic requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0644 occupional series and have been continuously employed in this occupional series since September 27, 2017, or before. Note: You required to provide approprie documention to the respective Human Resources Office to valide your stus. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualificion requirements listed below: Specialized Experience : One year of specialized experience which includes: Perform complex laborory procedures and evalue test results for accuracy and oversee quality control on laborory equipment and testing to ensure compliance with regulory standards. OR Educion: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree in a field which demonstres the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position such as physiology, anomy, molecular biology, cell biology, embryology, phology, genetics, pharmacology, histology, cytology, nuclear medicine, epidemiology, biostistics, infection control, physics, stistics, and similar areas of science where the work is directly reled to the position. OR Combinion of Educion and Experience: A combinion of educion and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed gradue semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total gradue semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. AND Certificion: A current and active certificion from the American Society for Clinical Phology (ASCP), American Medical Technologist (AMT) or other board or registry deemed comparable by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD(HA)) or their designee as a Medical Technologist (MT) or Medical/Clinical Laborory Scientist (MLS/CLS) is required. Educion FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : . Additional informion Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Registrion. You required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probionary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. Recruitment or relocion incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candides. Advance in-hire (higher step request) may be authorized. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the informion in the informion sheet. Payment of Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determinion th a PCS move is not in the Government interest. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, a review of (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as th informion may be taken into considerion during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documention. Veterans and Military Spouses considered along with all other candides. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies. The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1. Your resume: Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive considerion for this position. For additional informion see: . 2. Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable This position has an individual occupional requirement for educion. You MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See: . License/Certificion: This position requires a job-reled license or certificion. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certificion with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See: . NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/27/2025 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete . It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website Address JT-DHA-DD83AC DHA NCR MKT-JB ANDREWS DO NOT MAIL Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1. Your resume: Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive considerion for this position. For additional informion see: . 2. Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable This position has an individual occupional requirement for educion. You MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See: . License/Certificion: This position requires a job-reled license or certificion. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certificion with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See: . NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/27/2025 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete . It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website Address JT-DHA-DD83AC DHA NCR MKT-JB ANDREWS DO NOT MAIL Joint Base Andrews, MD 20762 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/20/2025 to 05/27/2025 Salary $84,601 - $109,975 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Andrews AFB, MD Remote job No Telework eligible YesEligible for situional telework only, including emergency and OPM prescribed "unscheduled telework". Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel up to 5% of the time. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number HSJT...HP Control number 837241900 .,

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