Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Laboratory Information Manager)
- Anchorage VA Medical Center
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Full Time
Clinical Laborory Scientist (Laborory Informion Manager)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Alaska VA Healthcare System
Summary
This position is eligible for the Educion 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 applicion 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 Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP applicion.
Summary
This position is eligible for the Educion 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 applicion 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 Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP applicion.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/23/2025 to 08/04/2025
Salary
$114,422 to - $148,755 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Anchorage, AK
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0644 Clinical Laborory Science
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Announcement number
CBSV-12766833-25-MLR
Control number
841448800
This job is open to
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Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
The area of considerion is listed below and candides referred in the following order:
1) Current permanent Alaska VA Healthcare System facility employees
2) Current permanent Agency (Department of Veterans Affairs) employees
3) Current permanent employees of other Federal agencies
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The Laborory Informion Manager (LIM) is a Clinical Laborory Scientist assigned to the Laborory Service. The LIM serves as the primary laborory Automed Da Processing Applicion Coordinor (ADPAC). Duties include but are not limited to:
Carries out day-to-day operions reled to laborory computer use by providing technical, analytical, and automed da processing support to the laborory.
Interfaces all laborory equipment and is responsible for file setup and maintenance interface setup for point-of-care testing in the Lab and the CBOCs.
Serves as the principle contact for all laborory interactions with the facility Office of Informion Technology (OIT) department, Biomedical Services, and Clinical Applicions Coordinors (CAC).
Facilites communicion between facility, VISN, and OIT. Communices with nional or VISN groups working on laborory informion systems to stay informed on upcoming changes, improvements, and issues.
Develops, maintains and implements policies and procedures reled to the healthcare informion system (HIS)/laborory informion
system (LIS) in accordance with regulory requirements.
Monitors and improves the HIS/LIS interfaces utilized by providers to order tests and look up laborory results.
Provides consultion and training of personnel on computer functions, including ordering options, and responsible for the maintenance of computer security keys.
Assists laborory staff with laborory computer hardware and software issues and coordines installion or upgrades.
Works with CAC teams concerning lab-reled issues such as quick orders, order entry errors, new test placement, physician educion, workload/encounters, etc.
Implements new pches or changes in instrumention in a timely manner and tests thoroughly to identify problems in ordering, accessioning, or resulting laborory tests.
Detects, promptly addresses, and resolves disruptions in the laborory service stemming from the software package, instrument interfaces, or middleware.
Ensures interfaces with instrumention and key printers are maintained.
Implements back-up systems during periods of computer downtime.
Performs work for the bar code expansion coordinor and the laborory expert system.
Responsible for the development, deployment, and maintenance of Instrument-Manager-based decision support algorithms (rules).
Maintains applicable LIS documention in accordance with VHA Directives and all accrediting agencies.
Generes reports required for workload monitoring, quality, billing, and turnaround time.
Analyzes emerging trends, software, and technology and adopts approprie methods for local programs to meet agency goals.
Participes in laborory informion management procedures and practices to determine how effectively current goals are being met and how services could be improved through changes in automion or informion systems.
Promptly reports all variances, incidents, and/or deviions from policy as required and in accordance with policies and procedures.
Assists in the preparion for regulory inspections by reviewing and ensuring compliance with all regulory requirements and participes in the inspection of in-house and external facilities as required.
Represents the Laborory Service on several committees and meetings reled to ADPAC responsibilities and maintains current enrollment in the ADPAC nional and local mail groups.
Work Schedule : Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
Recruitment/Relocion Incentive: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact ... , the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance. Learn more
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step re of the approprie grade may be determined after considerion of higher or unique qualificions or special needs of the VA .
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).
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 : Ad-hoc only
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 50444-F
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
You may be required to serve a trial period.
Subject to background/security investigion.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Qualificions
Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Basic Requirements :
Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United Stes (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7407(a).
English Language Proficiency. Candides must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403 (f).
Educion. A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university. COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS WITH CONFERRED DATE REQUIRED
Foreign Gradues. To be creditable, educion completed outside the U.S. must be deemed least equivalent to th gained in a conventional U.S. program by a prive organizion specializing in the interpretion of foreign educional credentials. Gradues of foreign baccalauree degree programs meet the educional requirements if they meet either of the following:
Foreign transcripts are evalued by an acceptable evaluion agency, and the degree is found to be equivalent to a NAACLS-approved U.S. clinical laborory science degree program.
OR
The applicant submits a letter from ASCP BOC or AMT sting the individual is eligible to take the certificion examinion.
NOTE: Possession of a certificion identified below automically determines the foreign educion as creditable and no further documention or proof of equivalency is needed.
Certificion. Candides must meet one of the certificion options below.
Generalist certificion as an MLS given by ASCP BOC or AMT.
Generalist certificion as an MT given by ASCP BOR or AMT.
Cegorical certificion or Specialist certificion by ASCP or AMT.
NOTE: Cegorical and specialist certificions are not acceptable for CLS Generalist positions or lab sections unreled to the cegorical or specialist certificion held. Cegorical or specialist certificions are acceptable for higher-graded positions within the relevant lab section or one of the non-section specific assignments (including, Ancillary Testing Coordinor, Educion Coordinor, Laborory Informion Manager, Quality Manager, Laborory Manager, Regional Technical Specialist, Nional Quality and Compliance Agent, Regional Program Manager, Regional Director, Laborory Director, or Nional Quality and Compliance Officer). COPY OF CERTIFICATION(S) REQUIRED
May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).
Grade Determinions :
Clinical Laborory Scientist, GS-12
Experience. 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade level is required for all GS-12 assignments.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre the following KSAs:
Knowledge of concepts, principles, and methodology of clinical laborory technology in relion to laborory informion systems.
Knowledge of laborory operions and their relionship to the organizion.
Knowledge of laborory computer systems sufficient to implement various laborory associed packages and sustain operion of the laborory system.
Knowledge of compliance and regulory requirements for laborory functions.
Ability to adapt, implement and integre the use of software to specific laborory applicions and processes, including the use of office automion software.
Ability to independently plan, organize, set priorities, work as a team member, and effectively complete assignments.
Assignment. The CLS develops and recommends new policies and procedures regarding installion and use of the laborory informion system (LIS) in conjunction with the overall hospital informion system (HIS). This individual provides authoritive advice and consultion on the informion system as it applies to the clinical laborory. The CLS advises all organizional levels on functions and capabilities of the LIS. The individual implements and maintains coding and mapping for laborory test ordering, reporting, billing, and workload recording while considering compliance principles. The CLS analyzes emerging trends, software, and technology and adopts approprie methods for local programs to meet agency goals. The CLS serves as the local expert for nional software developers for testing and validing software packages. They are responsible for compliance with regulory agency requirements as reled to informion systems, and they perform audits as needed. The CLS consults with and trains personnel on computer functions, including ordering options, and is responsible for the maintenance of computer security keys.
Preferred Experience: Understanding of basic to immedie computer system networking. Knowledge of da extraction applicion and da presention. Knowledge and exposure in troubleshooting interface issues. Knowledge on how lab tests are build and the different test coding like LOINC, CPT and NLT codes.
Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12.
Physical Requirements: Moderelifting and carrying (15-44 lbs.), light lifting and carrying (under 15 lbs.), reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, both hands required, walking, standing, ability for rapid mental and muscular coordinion simultaneously, near vision correctable 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4, ability to distinguish basic colors, ability to distinguish shades of colors, and hearing (aid may be permitted). Environmental factors include dry mospheric conditions, constant noise, working closely with others and working alone.
Educion
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
Additional informion
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Other (1)
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/04/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
Agency contact informion
Michelle Rootes
Phone
...
...
Address
Anchorage VA Medical Center
1201 North Muldoon Road
Anchorage, AK 99504
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Other (1)
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/04/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
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Agency contact informion
Michelle Rootes
Phone
...
...
Address
Anchorage VA Medical Center
1201 North Muldoon Road
Anchorage, AK 99504
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/23/2025 to 08/04/2025 Salary $114,422 to - $148,755 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Anchorage, AK Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security...
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Alaska VA Healthcare System
Summary
This position is eligible for the Educion 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 applicion 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 Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP applicion.
Summary
This position is eligible for the Educion 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 applicion 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 Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP applicion.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/23/2025 to 08/04/2025
Salary
$114,422 to - $148,755 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Anchorage, AK
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0644 Clinical Laborory Science
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Announcement number
CBSV-12766833-25-MLR
Control number
841448800
This job is open to
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Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
The area of considerion is listed below and candides referred in the following order:
1) Current permanent Alaska VA Healthcare System facility employees
2) Current permanent Agency (Department of Veterans Affairs) employees
3) Current permanent employees of other Federal agencies
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The Laborory Informion Manager (LIM) is a Clinical Laborory Scientist assigned to the Laborory Service. The LIM serves as the primary laborory Automed Da Processing Applicion Coordinor (ADPAC). Duties include but are not limited to:
Carries out day-to-day operions reled to laborory computer use by providing technical, analytical, and automed da processing support to the laborory.
Interfaces all laborory equipment and is responsible for file setup and maintenance interface setup for point-of-care testing in the Lab and the CBOCs.
Serves as the principle contact for all laborory interactions with the facility Office of Informion Technology (OIT) department, Biomedical Services, and Clinical Applicions Coordinors (CAC).
Facilites communicion between facility, VISN, and OIT. Communices with nional or VISN groups working on laborory informion systems to stay informed on upcoming changes, improvements, and issues.
Develops, maintains and implements policies and procedures reled to the healthcare informion system (HIS)/laborory informion
system (LIS) in accordance with regulory requirements.
Monitors and improves the HIS/LIS interfaces utilized by providers to order tests and look up laborory results.
Provides consultion and training of personnel on computer functions, including ordering options, and responsible for the maintenance of computer security keys.
Assists laborory staff with laborory computer hardware and software issues and coordines installion or upgrades.
Works with CAC teams concerning lab-reled issues such as quick orders, order entry errors, new test placement, physician educion, workload/encounters, etc.
Implements new pches or changes in instrumention in a timely manner and tests thoroughly to identify problems in ordering, accessioning, or resulting laborory tests.
Detects, promptly addresses, and resolves disruptions in the laborory service stemming from the software package, instrument interfaces, or middleware.
Ensures interfaces with instrumention and key printers are maintained.
Implements back-up systems during periods of computer downtime.
Performs work for the bar code expansion coordinor and the laborory expert system.
Responsible for the development, deployment, and maintenance of Instrument-Manager-based decision support algorithms (rules).
Maintains applicable LIS documention in accordance with VHA Directives and all accrediting agencies.
Generes reports required for workload monitoring, quality, billing, and turnaround time.
Analyzes emerging trends, software, and technology and adopts approprie methods for local programs to meet agency goals.
Participes in laborory informion management procedures and practices to determine how effectively current goals are being met and how services could be improved through changes in automion or informion systems.
Promptly reports all variances, incidents, and/or deviions from policy as required and in accordance with policies and procedures.
Assists in the preparion for regulory inspections by reviewing and ensuring compliance with all regulory requirements and participes in the inspection of in-house and external facilities as required.
Represents the Laborory Service on several committees and meetings reled to ADPAC responsibilities and maintains current enrollment in the ADPAC nional and local mail groups.
Work Schedule : Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
Recruitment/Relocion Incentive: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact ... , the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance. Learn more
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step re of the approprie grade may be determined after considerion of higher or unique qualificions or special needs of the VA .
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).
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 : Ad-hoc only
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 50444-F
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
You may be required to serve a trial period.
Subject to background/security investigion.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Qualificions
Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Basic Requirements :
Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United Stes (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7407(a).
English Language Proficiency. Candides must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403 (f).
Educion. A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university. COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS WITH CONFERRED DATE REQUIRED
Foreign Gradues. To be creditable, educion completed outside the U.S. must be deemed least equivalent to th gained in a conventional U.S. program by a prive organizion specializing in the interpretion of foreign educional credentials. Gradues of foreign baccalauree degree programs meet the educional requirements if they meet either of the following:
Foreign transcripts are evalued by an acceptable evaluion agency, and the degree is found to be equivalent to a NAACLS-approved U.S. clinical laborory science degree program.
OR
The applicant submits a letter from ASCP BOC or AMT sting the individual is eligible to take the certificion examinion.
NOTE: Possession of a certificion identified below automically determines the foreign educion as creditable and no further documention or proof of equivalency is needed.
Certificion. Candides must meet one of the certificion options below.
Generalist certificion as an MLS given by ASCP BOC or AMT.
Generalist certificion as an MT given by ASCP BOR or AMT.
Cegorical certificion or Specialist certificion by ASCP or AMT.
NOTE: Cegorical and specialist certificions are not acceptable for CLS Generalist positions or lab sections unreled to the cegorical or specialist certificion held. Cegorical or specialist certificions are acceptable for higher-graded positions within the relevant lab section or one of the non-section specific assignments (including, Ancillary Testing Coordinor, Educion Coordinor, Laborory Informion Manager, Quality Manager, Laborory Manager, Regional Technical Specialist, Nional Quality and Compliance Agent, Regional Program Manager, Regional Director, Laborory Director, or Nional Quality and Compliance Officer). COPY OF CERTIFICATION(S) REQUIRED
May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).
Grade Determinions :
Clinical Laborory Scientist, GS-12
Experience. 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade level is required for all GS-12 assignments.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre the following KSAs:
Knowledge of concepts, principles, and methodology of clinical laborory technology in relion to laborory informion systems.
Knowledge of laborory operions and their relionship to the organizion.
Knowledge of laborory computer systems sufficient to implement various laborory associed packages and sustain operion of the laborory system.
Knowledge of compliance and regulory requirements for laborory functions.
Ability to adapt, implement and integre the use of software to specific laborory applicions and processes, including the use of office automion software.
Ability to independently plan, organize, set priorities, work as a team member, and effectively complete assignments.
Assignment. The CLS develops and recommends new policies and procedures regarding installion and use of the laborory informion system (LIS) in conjunction with the overall hospital informion system (HIS). This individual provides authoritive advice and consultion on the informion system as it applies to the clinical laborory. The CLS advises all organizional levels on functions and capabilities of the LIS. The individual implements and maintains coding and mapping for laborory test ordering, reporting, billing, and workload recording while considering compliance principles. The CLS analyzes emerging trends, software, and technology and adopts approprie methods for local programs to meet agency goals. The CLS serves as the local expert for nional software developers for testing and validing software packages. They are responsible for compliance with regulory agency requirements as reled to informion systems, and they perform audits as needed. The CLS consults with and trains personnel on computer functions, including ordering options, and is responsible for the maintenance of computer security keys.
Preferred Experience: Understanding of basic to immedie computer system networking. Knowledge of da extraction applicion and da presention. Knowledge and exposure in troubleshooting interface issues. Knowledge on how lab tests are build and the different test coding like LOINC, CPT and NLT codes.
Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12.
Physical Requirements: Moderelifting and carrying (15-44 lbs.), light lifting and carrying (under 15 lbs.), reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, both hands required, walking, standing, ability for rapid mental and muscular coordinion simultaneously, near vision correctable 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4, ability to distinguish basic colors, ability to distinguish shades of colors, and hearing (aid may be permitted). Environmental factors include dry mospheric conditions, constant noise, working closely with others and working alone.
Educion
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
Additional informion
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Other (1)
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/04/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
Agency contact informion
Michelle Rootes
Phone
...
...
Address
Anchorage VA Medical Center
1201 North Muldoon Road
Anchorage, AK 99504
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Other (1)
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/04/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
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Agency contact informion
Michelle Rootes
Phone
...
...
Address
Anchorage VA Medical Center
1201 North Muldoon Road
Anchorage, AK 99504
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/23/2025 to 08/04/2025 Salary $114,422 to - $148,755 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Anchorage, AK Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security...
Job ID: 486984181
Originally Posted on: 7/26/2025
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