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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 day ago

Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Ancillary Testing Coordinator

Miami, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$113K/yr - $147K/yr

1+ years exp

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Ancillary Testing Coordinator to develop and recommend policies and procedures for ancillary testing. The role involves oversight of quality management for ancillary testing and ensuring compliance with accreditation standards.

GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Serves as an assistant to perform ancillary testing oversight duties that comply with the policies - procedures - and accreditation documentation and monitoring requirements of the Ancillary Testing Quality Management Program

Assists the ATC with the maintenance of quality control documentation - records control - proficiency testing - linearity testing - entering patient results - operator identification - training - and competency monitoring

Assists with preparation for CAP inspection and accreditation for ancillary testing on a hospital and CBOC testing to ensure safe and accurate laboratory testing of patients is maintained

Works with the ATC in assuring that all the ancillary testing sites meet the standards for accreditation of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and The Joint Commission

Assesses data and data collection procedures - identifies quality monitors and indicators - and reviews all data analyzed with the ATC

Performs statistical analysis (variations - standard deviation - and trend analysis) on quality control and test data collected to identify and document problems with instruments or methodology

Initiates corrective action to resolve quality control or testing problems and documents all steps resulting in the resolution of the problem

Performs verification of methods and test procedures and the establishment of the test performance characteristics - including precision and accuracy

Incumbent verifies correct instrument operation using established procedures and quality control checks

Identifies the cause of common problems and makes simple repairs to ancillary testing site instruments

Performs required maintenance from the established program of preventive maintenance on each instrument

Assists the ATC in evaluating and recommending new tests to be incorporated into the ancillary testing program

Keeps abreast of current literature and state of the art technology in the field of laboratory medicine and ancillary testing

When implementing new tests - incumbent assists the ATC in the performance of the initial research to validate new methods with respect to precision - accuracy - and linearity

Performs correlation studies to verify the performance of a new test with established laboratory methodology and studies to establish reference values and verify reportable ranges

Provides guidance to the ancillary testing sites in the preparation of written procedure manual that in compliance with the VHA Directive and accrediting agencies' guidelines

With minimal oversight by the ATC - incumbent prepares step by step procedures that are placed in the ancillary sites to assist healthcare personnel performing the testing

Using word processing - Word - Excel - and other statistical - and instrument data management PC based programs - the Clinical Laboratory Scientist Specialist enters data - performs statistical analysis

The Clinical Laboratory Scientist Specialist uploads data from point of care instruments

With instructions from the ATC - the Clinical Laboratory Scientist Specialist performs Vista - CPRS data searches

Under the direction of the ATC - the Clinical Laboratory Scientist Specialist accessions and arranges transport of CAP Proficiency samples to the respective ancillary testing sites in the hospital and CBOC ATC testing sites

Qualification

Medical Laboratory ScienceClinical Practice ProgramCertification MTCertification MLSCertification CLSLaboratory TestingLaboratory Information SystemInstructional TechniquesTechnical GuidanceStatistical AnalysisEnglish Proficiency

Required

Citizen of the United States

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 science such as chemistry - biochemistry - biology - microbiology - immunology - etc.)

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

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 inorganic 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

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 inorganic 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

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

Candidates must have either (1) or (2) below (MUST SUPPLY): (1) Candidates must currently possess the appropriate certification as a MT - MLS - or CLS given by the ASCP-BOC - ASCP-BOR - or AMT

For positions up to the full performance level - candidates must currently possess the categorical or specialist technologist level certification from the certification agencies listed above - such as - but not limited to - chemistry (C/SC) - hematology (H/SH) - microbiology (M/SM) - molecular biology (MB/SMB)and blood bank (BB/SBB)

MTs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2 - section D - paragraph 5a - this part

Must have 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade level - which is directly related to the position to be filled

Knowledge and understanding of concepts - principles - methodology of medical laboratory technology - regulatory and accrediting agency requirements - medico-legal requirements - and pertinent statistics sufficient to perform complex diagnostic tests

Knowledge of instructional techniques to instruct newly hired clinical laboratory scientists and clinical pathology residents in proper performance of tests and applications of laboratory procedures

Knowledge of one or more advanced clinical laboratory functions

Skill to apply new scientific/technical developments to develop procedures for new tests and modify existing procedures and methods to resolve problems relative to complex and difficult situations

Ability to provide guidance and technical direction to accomplish the work of a clinical laboratory

Ability to provide guidance and technical direction to accomplish the work of the specific laboratory section