Summary

The Oklahoma City VA Health Care System is recruiting one Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Laboratory Manager) to help care for our Veterans as part of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service. This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT until September 30 - 2025. Qualified applicants will be considered until the position is filled.

Duties

• Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Required to know all concepts - principles - and methodologies of a major clinical laboratory program and operations to assess program effectiveness and provide authoritative guidance for operations - personnel - and management
• Responsible for administrative management such as budgeting - contracting - procurement - and property management in accordance with VA regulations
• Collaborates with other departments and upper management in a medical center or health care setting or higher level managers in regional or national offices such as VISN-level staff and VHA Central Office staff
• Plans and executes short- and long-range programs and/or goals through project management and tactical/strategic planning
• Provides advisory - planning - and surveillance services to clinicians - laboratory directors - and supervisors on specific functions - programs - or problems that are particularly difficult - widespread - or persistent
• Solves complex problems involving unique or controversial aspects of medical technology or laboratory management - new or unconventional methods - program changes or conflicts between scientific/technological requirements and regulatory or program requirements
• Provides the full range of supervisory duties including responsibility for assignment of work - performance evaluations - selection of staff - and recommendation of awards - advancements - and disciplinary actions
• Establishes and maintains quality assurance programs
• Serves as a consultant to local - network - and national program officials
• Keeps abreast of current research - clinical methods - and technical advances in the field
• Completes and maintains COR Level II certification and acts as COR/co-COR with Administrative Officer for P&LMS contracts
• Oversees Equipment Inventory (EIL)
• Develops and integrates new techniques - and procedures into laboratory programs
• Develops and manages program budget
• Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines - upper management - VHA Central Office - and/or VISN level staff
• Providers administrative oversight and section specific coverage during times of vacancies and staffing shortages
• Work Schedule: Full-Time - Monday-Friday - 8:00am-4:30pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for a highly qualified candidate
• Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): May be authorized for a highly qualified candidate
• 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 experience
• Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth - adoption - or foster care placement of a child
• Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment - full time employees with a total family income below $144 -000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement #: 60608A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): May Be Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized