Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Laboratory Information Manager

Summary

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.

Duties

Laboratory Information Manager: Assists in development and recommends new policies and procedures regarding the installation and use of the laboratory information system (LIS) or the hospital information system (HIS) and bar code expansion project. Assists with Implementation and maintenance of coding and mapping for laboratory test ordering, reporting, billing, and workload recording systems. Performs interface validations for instrumentation and Vista Blood Establishment Computer Software (VBECS) for blood bank software updates. Analyzes emerging trends, software, and technology and adopts appropriate methods for local programs to meet agency goals. Advise all organizational levels on various aspects of the functions and capabilities of the information system. Ensures that laboratory policy and procedures are consistent with accrediting agencies standards and requirements as they relate to LIS. Represents laboratory on appropriate medical center committees; chairs laboratory meetings/VISN 19 LIS conference calls; and interacts with other medical center staff, such as VISN 19, NEO, and accreditation inspectors. Prepares and analyzes quality reports on LIS status. Incumbent is responsible for management reports such as LIS evaluations. Advises the Supervisors and Laboratory Manager of LIS issues as needed. Communicates effectively and courteously while working as a healthcare team member. Takes initiative to organize work and sets priorities to meet deadlines. Serves as the P&LMS point of contact and super-user for the Temp-Trax, temperature monitoring system. Takes initiative to organize work and sets priorities to meet deadlines. Retrieves, scans, and archives laboratory documents Performs other administrative duties as assigned. Clinical Laboratory Scientist: Medical CLS works throughout the lab as a generalist and also works weekends, holidays and the evening or night shift by themselves when priorities demonstrate a need. Performs testing procedures on a variety of biological specimens and/or environmental samples using manual and automated techniques. Responsible for the creation/updating of procedure manuals utilized by the night shift, assuring continuous review of changing accreditation standards. Testing duties in all disciplines require the CLS to perform, evaluate, interpret, correlate, and validate the accuracy of laboratory procedures and results. The work involves accurate and timely completion of testing to provide relevant clinical information to physicians crucial to patient care. Skillfully collects venous blood samples from patients adhering to all safety and patient care requirements. CLS shows mastery of the VA Laboratory computer software package (VISTA) as job assignments require. Responsible for mastering the preventive maintenance requirements for a large number of instruments and testing systems. Responsible for resolving procedural, reagent and equipment problems according to written procedures, verbal instructions, and previous experience. Practices require thorough understanding and adherence to all safety requirements as per regulatory laws such as used in phlebotomy, proper handling of blood and body fluids, hazardous medical waste, safe chemical handling practices, etc. Serves the needs of other VA staff seeking advice on the proper ordering of tests, technical information about tests offered and interpretation of test results. Provides effective and professional training to new staff members on theoretical and practical aspects of procedures in use providing demonstration of laboratory practices. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday. 7:00am-3:30pm or in accordance with service needs. Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): May be 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 Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 60505A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency: MTs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2, section D, paragraph 5a, this part. Education and/or Experience Combination 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 sciences such as chemistry, biochemistry, biology, microbiology, immunology, etc.). AND 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. OR 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. OR 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. OR Foreign Graduates. 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. This finding may be based on either of the following: A letter from a college or university with a baccalaureate program recognized by the NAACLS stating that the individual's foreign degree has been evaluated and been found to be equivalent to its bachelor of medical technology degree. A letter from ASCP-BOC or AMT stating that the individual is eligible for the certif