Clinical Lab Scientist (Education Coordinator)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Salisbury, NC · 1 mo ago
Analyst$200/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
First, job title is not needed as heading. We need to include sections: maybe "About the role" (summary), "Responsibilities" (duties), "Qualifications" (basic requirements, certification, etc.), "Skills" (KSAs), "Benefits" (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance), "Pay" (Competitive salary, step rate), "Schedule" (Work Schedule). Also maybe "Education Debt Reduction Program" could be part of Benefits? It's a program. Could be separate but not required. The instruction: include a section only when posting has real specific content. So we can include EDRP info maybe under Benefits or a separate section like "Education Debt Reduction Program". But we only have allowed headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. No other headings allowed. So we must fit content into those.
We need to decide what goes where.
- About the role: summary paragraph about position eligibility for EDRP, maybe brief overview.
- Responsibilities: duties list.
- Requirements: maybe basic requirements (citizenship, language, education, certification, foreign education, grandfathering). Could be "Requirements". But we also have Qualifications heading. The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications. We need to differentiate: Requirements could be basic eligibility (citizenship, language, education). Qualifications could be certification, KSAs, grade determinations, etc. But we can also combine.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must preserve all substantive info.
Let's extract content:
Summary: EDRP eligibility, must meet individual eligibility requirements, submit application within four months, program approval award amount up to $200,000, eligibility period one to five years determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after review.
Qualifications section: Basic Requirements: US Citizenship (non-citizens only if cannot recruit citizens), English Language Proficiency, Education: bachelor's degree or higher from accredited college/university. Note about Supervisory CLS (Laboratory Director) - GS-15 requires unique education requirements (reference). Certification: must meet one of certification options: Generalist certification as MLS given by ASCP BOC or AMT; Generalist certification as MT given by ASCP BOR or AMT; Categorical or Specialist certification by ASCP or AMT. Note about categorical/specialist not acceptable for CLS Generalist positions or lab sections unrelated; acceptable for higher-graded positions within relevant lab section or non-section specific assignments (list many). Foreign Education: must be deemed equivalent; graduates of foreign baccalaureate meet if transcripts evaluated and degree equivalent to NAACLS-approved US CLS program OR letter from ASCP BOC or AMT stating eligible to take certification exam. Possession of certification automatically determines foreign education as creditable. May qualify based on Grandfathering Provision for current VHA employees.
Grade Determinations: Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Education Coordinator) - GS-12. Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): list.
Physical Requirements: see VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
Duties: many bullet points.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 4:30pm with Rotating Weekends and Holidays.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station: Not Authorized. EDPR Authorized: Former EDP participants ineligible. Contact email.
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases; higher step rate after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days annual leave - 13 days sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work experience or military service.
Parental Leave: After 12 months employment - up to 12 weeks paid parental leave.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days employment - full time employees with total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to monthly maximum $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% 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: Not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
We need to output HTML fragment only, no markdown fences.
We'll create sections:
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
First, job title is not needed as heading. We need to include sections: maybe "About the role" (summary), "Responsibilities" (duties), "Qualifications" (basic requirements, certification, etc.), "Skills" (KSAs), "Benefits" (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance), "Pay" (Competitive salary, step rate), "Schedule" (Work Schedule). Also maybe "Education Debt Reduction Program" could be part of Benefits? It's a program. Could be separate but not required. The instruction: include a section only when posting has real specific content. So we can include EDRP info maybe under Benefits or a separate section like "Education Debt Reduction Program". But we only have allowed headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. No other headings allowed. So we must fit content into those.
We need to decide what goes where.
- About the role: summary paragraph about position eligibility for EDRP, maybe brief overview.
- Responsibilities: duties list.
- Requirements: maybe basic requirements (citizenship, language, education, certification, foreign education, grandfathering). Could be "Requirements". But we also have Qualifications heading. The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications. We need to differentiate: Requirements could be basic eligibility (citizenship, language, education). Qualifications could be certification, KSAs, grade determinations, etc. But we can also combine.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must preserve all substantive info.
Let's extract content:
Summary: EDRP eligibility, must meet individual eligibility requirements, submit application within four months, program approval award amount up to $200,000, eligibility period one to five years determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after review.
Qualifications section: Basic Requirements: US Citizenship (non-citizens only if cannot recruit citizens), English Language Proficiency, Education: bachelor's degree or higher from accredited college/university. Note about Supervisory CLS (Laboratory Director) - GS-15 requires unique education requirements (reference). Certification: must meet one of certification options: Generalist certification as MLS given by ASCP BOC or AMT; Generalist certification as MT given by ASCP BOR or AMT; Categorical or Specialist certification by ASCP or AMT. Note about categorical/specialist not acceptable for CLS Generalist positions or lab sections unrelated; acceptable for higher-graded positions within relevant lab section or non-section specific assignments (list many). Foreign Education: must be deemed equivalent; graduates of foreign baccalaureate meet if transcripts evaluated and degree equivalent to NAACLS-approved US CLS program OR letter from ASCP BOC or AMT stating eligible to take certification exam. Possession of certification automatically determines foreign education as creditable. May qualify based on Grandfathering Provision for current VHA employees.
Grade Determinations: Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Education Coordinator) - GS-12. Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): list.
Physical Requirements: see VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
Duties: many bullet points.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 4:30pm with Rotating Weekends and Holidays.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station: Not Authorized. EDPR Authorized: Former EDP participants ineligible. Contact email.
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases; higher step rate after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days annual leave - 13 days sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work experience or military service.
Parental Leave: After 12 months employment - up to 12 weeks paid parental leave.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days employment - full time employees with total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to monthly maximum $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% 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: Not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
We need to output HTML fragment only, no markdown fences.
We'll create sections:
About the role
... summary about EDRP eligibility ...
Responsibilities
- ... duties items ...
Requirements
- ... basic requirements: US Citizenship, English Language Proficiency, Education bachelor's degree or higher ...
Qualifications
- ... certification options, foreign education equivalency, grandfathering provision, GS-12 grade, KSAs ...
Skills
- Knowledge of medical technology concepts ... ... etc.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off: 37-50 days ...
- Parental Leave: up to 12 weeks paid after 12 months
- Child Care Subsidy: up to 25% ...
- Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% VA contributions
- Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care
- Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP): eligible for student loan payment reimbursement up to $200,000, award amount and eligibility period determined after review; must apply within four months of appointment
Pay
Competitive salary with regular salary increases; higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Schedule
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm with rotating weekends and holidays.
We need to ensure we don't repeat job title. Also we must not include boilerplate like EEO, scam warning, etc. Not present. We must preserve all substantive info. Let's check we didn't miss any details: - EDRP details: eligibility, must meet specific individual eligibility requirements per VHA policy, submit application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) and eligibility period (one to five years) determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after complete review. Also note Former EDP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact james.grimm@va.gov for questions. Learn more (maybe ignore). We'll include that. - Basic Requirements: US Citizenship, non-citizens only if cannot recruit citizens; English Language Proficiency; Education: bachelor's degree or higher from accredited college/university. Note about Supervisory CLS (Laboratory Director) - GS-15 requires unique education requirements (reference). We'll include that note. - Certification: list options. - Note about categorical/specialist certifications not acceptable for CLS Generalist positions or lab sections unrelated; acceptable for higher-graded positions within relevant lab section or non-section specific assignments (list many). We'll include that. - Foreign Education: must be deemed equivalent; graduates of foreign baccalaureate meet if transcripts evaluated and degree equivalent to NAACLS-approved US CLS program OR letter from ASCP BOC or AMT stating eligible to take certification exam. Possession of certification automatically determines foreign education as creditable. - May qualify based on Grandfathering Provision for current VHA employees. - Grade Determinations: Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Education Coordinator) - GS-12. - KSAs: list. - Physical Requirements: see VA Directive and Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health Service for requirements. We'll include a brief note. - Duties: many bullet points. We'll list them. - Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 4:30pm with Rotating Weekends and Holidays. - Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station: Not Authorized. EDRP Authorized: Former EDP participants ineligible. Contact email. - Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases; higher step rate after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade). - Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days annual leave - 13 days sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work experience or military service. - Parental Leave: After 12 months employment - up to 12 weeks paid parental leave. - Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days employment - full time employees with total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to monthly maximum $416.66. - Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% 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: Not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All sections have content. Now produce HTML. We'll need to escape any special characters? Not needed. We'll output:About the role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. Applicants must meet VHA‑specific individual eligibility requirements and submit an EDRP application within four months of appointment. Award amounts (up to $200,000) and eligibility periods (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after review. Former EDRP participants are not eligible for this incentive; questions can be directed to james.grimm@va.gov.
Responsibilities
- Independently carries out day‑to‑day laboratory operations.
- Develops, performs, evaluates, interprets, correlates, and validates laboratory procedures and results in line with current regulatory requirements.
- Serves as the Education Coordinator, overseeing laboratory competency assessment and quality assurance programs.
- Coordinates and administers clinical training programs for medical technology students, facility staff, and others assigned for medical technology training, including formal in‑service and continuing education programs.
- Acts as a consultant, facilitator, trainer, and technical