Clinical Lab Scientist

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Not present. Responsibilities? Duties. Requirements? Qualifications. Benefits? Pay? Schedule? We need to include only sections with real specific content. We have: - Summary: The Laboratory Service is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist for the Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System at the Charleston - South Carolina. - Qualifications: Basic Requirements: citizenship, English proficiency, education, certification, grade determinations for GS-07, GS-09, GS-11, etc. Also Preferred Experience: Experience in Blood Bank - Chemistry - Hematology - and Microbiology is preferred. - Duties: description of duties. - Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, 4:00pm - 12:00am or 12:00am - 8:00am - Monday - Friday (with rotating weekends and holidays) Work Schedule is subject to change based on agency need - Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized; Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Authorized; EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive; contact info; Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases... Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time off 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 - Also Functional Statement #: ... Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. We need to output sections: maybe "About the role" could be summary? The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. So we can have headings: About the role (summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Benefits (benefits), Pay (pay), Schedule (work schedule). Possibly Skills not present. We must include a section only when posting has real specific content. So we need to check each. - About the role: summary content: "The Laboratory Service is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist for the Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System at the Charleston - South Carolina." That's specific. - Responsibilities: duties content: we have a long description. Use that. - Requirements: qualifications content: includes basic requirements, certification, grade determinations, preferred experience. That's specific. - Benefits: we have many benefits: Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework not available, etc. Also Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus), Relocation Assistance, EDRP. Those are benefits. So we can include Benefits section. - Pay: we have "Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases..." plus mention of higher step rate. That's specific enough. - Schedule: we have work schedule details. Thus we will output sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

  for prose. We need to decide what to put as list vs prose. For About the role: just a paragraph. Responsibilities: we have many bullet-like sentences. Could format as

  • each duty. Requirements: could be list of items: citizenship, English proficiency, education, certification, grade determinations (maybe sublist), preferred experience. We'll break into
    • . Benefits: list of benefits: Sign-on Bonus, Relocation Assistance, EDRP, Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework not available. We'll list. Pay: paragraph. Schedule: paragraph (maybe list of shifts). Could be
      • each shift. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like numbers, specifics. Let's extract details precisely. Summary: "The Laboratory Service is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist for the Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System at the Charleston - South Carolina." We'll keep that. Responsibilities: Let's extract duties paragraph. From text: "The incumbent serves as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service with the responsibility for testing performed in Chemistry - Hematology - Coagulation - Urinalysis - lmmunohematology (Blood Bank) - Microbiology - Immunology - and Molecular Diagnostic sections at the Ralph HJohnson VA Health Care System - a tertiary healthcare facility that provides acute - intermediate - primary - psychiatric - and long term care 24 hours a day - seven (7) days a week and on public holidaysTotal Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) is responsible for assessing - conducting - interpreting - and validating the accuracy and reliability of test outcomesThis CLS showcases progressive clinical expertise and experience through the execution of testing protocols on various biological samples using both manual and automated techniquesTasks encompass routine testing - quality assurance - equipment maintenance - and problem-solvingAny deviations from standard procedures - unexpected issues - or unfamiliar scenarios are escalated to the full performance CLS or above for guidanceUnder close supervision and daily guidance of a Clinical Laboratory Scientist at or above the full performance level (FPL) the employee performs the following functions: Ability to demonstrate development in CLS procedures and testingAccession samples and requests with appropriate documentation of any issues as applicable to each work areaUtilizes both manual and automated testing techniquesPerforms routine testing - quality control - maintenance - and documentation of optimal functioning of laboratory equipmentUses - calibrates - identifies malfunctions of laboratory equipmentAdheres to practices and regulations governing biosafety and biosecurity in the workplaceCommunicates effectively and courteously while working as a healthcare team memberProvides excellent service as defined by the customer (healthcare providers - patients - and others)The Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service/Laboratory Director will assign all lab personnel to CLIA rolesAccession samples and requests with appropriate documentation of any issues as applicable to each work areaPerforms laboratory testing and tasks of the CLS occupationUnder direct technical supervision - performs and documents quality control and corrective actions related to test performanceUnder direct technical supervision - adheres to practices and regulations governing biosafety and biosecurity in the workplaceThe Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service/Laboratory Director will assign all lab personnel to CLIA rolesResponsible for CLIA Laboratory Director delegated duties to include - but not limited to: Following the laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing - test analyses - reporting and maintaining records of patient test resultsProficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient specimensAdhere to the laboratory's quality control policies - document quality control activities - instrument - and maintenance" We need to split into sensible bullet points. Let's create list items: - Serve as Clinical Laboratory Scientist in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, responsible for testing in Chemistry, Hematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis, Immunohematology (Blood Bank), Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Diagnostic sections at Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System (tertiary facility providing acute, intermediate, primary, psychiatric, long-term care 24/7, including holidays). - Assess, conduct, interpret, and validate accuracy and reliability of test outcomes. - Showcase progressive clinical expertise through execution of testing protocols on various biological samples using manual and automated techniques. - Perform routine testing, quality assurance, equipment maintenance, and problem-solving. - Escalate deviations, unexpected issues, or unfamiliar scenarios to full performance CLS or above. - Under close supervision, demonstrate development in CLS procedures and testing. - Accession samples and requests with appropriate documentation of issues per work area. - Utilize both manual and automated testing techniques. - Perform routine testing, quality control, maintenance, and documentation of optimal equipment function. - Use, calibrate, identify malfunctions of laboratory equipment. - Adhere to biosafety and biosecurity practices and regulations. - Communicate effectively and courteously as healthcare team member. - Provide excellent service as defined by customers (healthcare providers, patients, others). - Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service/Laboratory Director assigns lab personnel to CLIA roles. - Perform laboratory testing and tasks of CLS occupation under direct technical supervision. - Perform and document quality control and corrective actions related to test performance under direct technical supervision. - Adhere to biosafety and biosecurity practices under direct technical supervision. - Responsible for CLIA Laboratory Director delegated duties, including but not limited to: - Following laboratory procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting, and maintaining records of patient test results. - Testing proficiency testing samples in same manner as patient specimens. - Adhering to laboratory's quality control policies; documenting quality control activities, instrument, and maintenance. We need to keep all details; we can combine some but ensure not to lose. Now Requirements: Let's extract. 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: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C.7403 (f). - Education: A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university. NOTE: The Supervisory CLS (Laboratory Director) - GS-15 - requires unique education requirements. - Certification: Candidates must meet one of the certification options below: - Generalist certification as an MLS given by ASCP BOC or AMT. - OR Generalist certification as an MT given by ASCP BOR or AMT. - OR Categorical certification or Specialist certification by ASCP or AMT. NOTE: Categorical and specialist certifications are not acceptable for CLS Generalist positions or lab sections unrelated to the categorical or specialist certification held. NOTE: Categorical or specialist certifications are acceptable for higher-graded positions within the relevant lab section or one of the non-section specific assignments (including - Ancillary Testing Coordinator - Education Coordinator - Laboratory Information Manager - Quality Manager - Laboratory Manager - Regional Technical Specialist - National Quality and Compliance Agent - Regional Program Manager - Regional Director - Laboratory Director - or National Quality and Compliance Officer). - May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). - Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements for employment - candidates must meet the following grade-determining criteria for placement at grade levels specified: Clinical Laboratory Scientist - GS-07 Experience: None beyond the basic requirements. Clinical Laboratory Scientist - GS-09 Experience or Education: Experience: 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade. OR Education: Master's degree or 2 academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education in medical technology or a directly related science. Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: In addition to the experience or