Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Quality Manager)

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.

Major duties: VA Careers - Microbiology/Molecular Medical Technologist: https://youtube.com/embed/eSDGhIwZKdw Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) (Quality Manager) serves as a consultant, facilitator, trainer, and technical advisor to staff at all levels to ensure facility compliance with clinical laboratory accreditation and regulatory standards that include, but are not limited to: Joint Commission (JC), College of American Pathologists (CAP), and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

Duties may include, but are not limited to: Ensures the laboratory maintains continuous readiness and supports the organization's performance improvement and patient safety programs. Maintains a laboratory performance improvement program. Ensures monitoring of components and customer feedback, and interacts with management officials and organizations involved in inter-laboratory quality assurance and proficiency testing.

Develops, implements, and performs quality management policy review. Advises lab management on quality management concerns that could impact other services and assists with the necessary follow ups. Identifies current lab functions needing improvement and develops a plan with associated individuals to implement change and monitor improvement. Uses comprehensive knowledge for statistical evaluation and analysis and understands laboratory operations and the laboratory's relationship to the organization.

Follows laboratory quality control/assurance practices based on policies, procedures, and principles. evaluates and implements new techniques and procedures to address laboratory quality including development of validation plans in terms of equipment, method comparison, and establishment of reference intervals using statistical methods and theoretical knowledge. Provides oversight, guidance, and advice to develop required quality assurance monitors and focused reviews.

Provides consultative services for laboratory-related root cause analysis, health care failure mode effect analysis, and sentinel events and develops action plans and outcome measures. Establishes processes to monitor compliance with policies, identify patterns and/or trends, and ensure findings from quality management activities and performance improvement initiatives are used to redesign systems to improve quality.

Implements surveillance procedures to monitor variables that affect quality of services. Evaluates, interprets, and teaches others to use quality control procedures and implement corrective actions. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 6:30 a/m. - 3:00 p.m. PST (Hours may vary depending on agency's need.) Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized.

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact [email protected] , the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

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