The incumbent serves as a Lead Medical Technologist in the Anatomic Pathology Unit of the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service in the Dayton VA Medical Center. Incumbent is responsible forperforming procedures in the areas of Histology and Cytology. Responsible for the coordination of the section to include technical, administrative and operational needs. The Lead MT rotates with other staff on an as needed basis through the above-mentioned areas. Incumbent will act as a liaison to other departments of the medical center for Anatomic Pathology.
The Lead Medical Technologist responsibilities include:
+ Knowledge of testing techniques and advanced problem solving capabilities;
+ Perform all quality control procedures, generate reports, review and interpret test results;
+ Train or direct the training of lower grade technicians/technologists;
+ Oversees day to day bench assignments and daily work activities;
+ Assists in coordinating inter-lab proficiency and competency assessments;
+ Familiar with quality improvement procedures, reports and records;
+ In depth knowledge of the VA computer system;
+ Familiar with system for ordering reagents, supplies and equipment;
+ Establishes and maintains a smooth workflow within the section;
+ Reviews all procedures in the department and makes recommendations for changes or modifications;
+ Assist in training and proper performance of tests;
+ Evaluates the performance of equipment and assists in the evaluation of new equipment for selection and validation of equipment as it is placed into service;
+ Assists in the evaluation of new methodologies and instrumentation in the section;
+ Writes and updates procedure manuals in SurgicalPathology and Cytology;
**Work Schedule:** Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
**Functional Statement Title/#:** Lead Medical Technologist/000000
**Basic Requirements:**
a. **Citizenship.** Citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g, this part.)
b. **Education and/or Experience Combination**
(1) 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**
(2) 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 in organic 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**
(3) 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 in organic 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.
c. **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
(1) 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.
(2) A letter from ASCP-BOC or AMT stating that the individual is eligible for the certification examination.
d. **Certification.** Candidates must have either (1) or (2) below:
(1) Candidates must currently possess the appropriate certification as a MT, MLS, or CLS given by the ASCP-BOC, ASCP-BOR, or AMT.
(2) 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). Technologists with categorical or specialist certifications may only perform duties within the area of the laboratory specific to their categorical certification (e. g., an individual with a chemistry (C) certification can only perform duties in chemistry).
NOTE: These are given by the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC), American Society of Clinical Pathology Board of Registry (ASCP-BOR) and/or American Medical Technologist (AMT). Please ensure you include a copy to your application package.
**Preferred Experience:** Medical Technologist
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience **.**
**GS-11**
(a) **Experience.** Must have 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the full performance level (GS-9), which is directly related to the position to be filled.
**OR,**
(b) **Education.** Must have 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education or a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in medical technology or a directly related field.
(c) **Assignments.** These assignments require specialized training and experience and have wide latitude for exercising independent judgment. Employees must have advanced knowledge of specialized and complex subject matter extending beyond the duties of test performance. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty) and range of variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time.
**Lead Medical Technologist.** Facilitates team or unit processes by working in collaboration with team members to ensure that tasks, priorities, goals and achievements are coordinated with management. Responsible for all aspects of operation in their area of specialty including preparation and maintenance of records and reports, analysis of testing methodologies, training, instrumentation and compliance. Acts as a liaison to other departments of the medical center for the appropriate laboratory specialty. In addition to the experience or education above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs:
a. Knowledge of medical technology applicable to a wide range of duties to solve complex problems involving diverse aspects of clinical laboratory practice.
b. Knowledge of regulatory, licensing and accrediting agency requirements and statutes governing clinical laboratory operations in order to plan, implement or monitor laboratory programs and services.
c. Ability to manage and coordinate daily work activities and assignments in a section.
d. Skill to maintain, troubleshoot and repair laboratory instrumentation.
e. Ability to provide technical oversight in order to manage personnel and work assignments in a manner that assures completion of the laboratory workload.
**References:** VA Handbook 5005/72, Part II, Appendix G24, Medical TechnologistQualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.
**Physical Requirements:** Regular and recurring physical exertion such as prolonged standing, bending over microscopes, reaching for supplies or materials, and lifting moderately heavy items such as centrifuges and record boxes (or occasionally lifting heavier items such as reagent packs). The work may require specific physical characteristics and abilities such as dexterity (to perform intricate collection or analysis procedures) and color vision.
All applicants are **required** to submit the following supporting document type(s):
*Resume
*SF-50
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
*Other(Application 10-2850c, Copy of Certification and Recent SF-50 Personnel Action)
**VA Form 10-2850c** - Application for Associated Health Occupations ( **required** ). Available at the VA Forms website: http://www.va.gov/vaforms/search_action.asp?FormNo=10-2850&tkey=&Action=Search .
**Resume (required).**
**Current SF50 (required)** - please provide your current SF50 with grade, step and salary. Award SF50's are not applicable.
**Certifications** - please include a copy of your certifications **(required)** .
Please use this checklist at http://www.va.gov/OHRM/joblistings/applicantchecklist.pdf to make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), documentation to support Veterans Preference claims, etc. You will not be contacted for additional information.
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**Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents:** You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application. If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents to your online application, follow the directions located at the following site: Fax Options at http://www.va.gov/OHRM/joblistings/FaxOptions.doc . The Vacancy ID of the job opportunity announcement is 1823152.
**NOTE:** If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper application (1203-FX) as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.