Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Laboratory Information Manager)

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Not present. Responsibilities? Duties. Requirements? Qualifications. Benefits? Pay? Schedule? We have Work Schedule: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm. Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases (but not specific amount). According to rules: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Here we have Pay: "Competitive salary and regular salary increases" – that's vague but it's stated. Is that considered specific? It's not a number but it's a statement. The rule says avoid placeholder like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "Competitive salary and regular salary increases" is not exactly placeholder but still vague. Might be acceptable? The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state Pay line. So we can include Pay section with that sentence. Schedule: we have Work Schedule: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm. That's specific. Benefits: we have Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework (Not available), Virtual (not a virtual position). Those are benefits. So we can include Benefits section with those details. We also have EDRP info: eligibility for Education Debt Reduction Program, details. Should we include a section? Possibly "Benefits" could include EDRP as a benefit. Or we could create a separate section like "Education Debt Reduction Program". But the instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use those for section headings. Probably we should stick to those headings. So we can put EDRP details under Benefits or maybe under a separate "Benefits" heading. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. We need to preserve all substantive information. So include details about EDRP, qualifications, duties, work schedule, pay, benefits. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not needed. We need to use

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  for prose. We need to decide which content is list vs prose. Qualifications: includes basic requirements (list) and grade determinations (list). Could be a list. Responsibilities/Duties: list of duties. Benefits: list of benefits. Pay: maybe a paragraph. Schedule: maybe a paragraph. We need to avoid duplication: The duties section repeats some sentences; we should preserve all substantive information but not duplicate lines. The posting has repeated duty statements: first a paragraph summarizing duties, then "Major Duties include but are not limited to the following:" then a list that repeats many of the same points. We should combine and avoid duplication. Keep unique points. Let's extract substantive info: - Position eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - student loan payment reimbursement program. Must meet specific individual eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit EDRP 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 review. - Qualifications: Basic Requirements: 1. United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA Policy. 2. English Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English per 38 U.S.C.7403 (f). 3. Education: A bachelor's degree or higher from accredited college/university in medical laboratory science - medical technology - clinical laboratory science - or related science (e.g., chemistry, biochemistry, biology, microbiology, immunology, etc.). 4. Certification: Candidates must meet one of the certification options: - Generalist certification as an MLS given by ASCP BOC or AMT - Generalist certification as an MT given by ASCP BOR or AMT - Grandfathering Provision: May qualify based on being covered by Grandfathering Provision as described in VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees in this occupation meeting criteria). Employees in VHA in this occupation under a permanent - appropriate - and legal placement on effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade and/or assignment held - including positive education and certification where applicable. For employees who do not meet all basic requirements but met qualifications applicable at time of appointment: may be reassigned, promoted up to full performance (journey) level, or changed to lower grade within occupation but may not be promoted beyond journeyman level or newly placed in supervisory/managerial positions. If assignment above FPL requires additional certification over basic requirements, employees must meet assignment-specific requirement before promotion. Employees appointed on temporary basis prior to effective date may not have temporary appointment extended or be reappointed until they fully meet basic requirements. Employees retained under this provision who subsequently leave occupation lose protected status and must meet full VA qualification standard at re-entry. Employees initially grandfathered who subsequently obtain certification meeting all basic requirements must maintain required credentials as condition of employment. Grade Determinations: Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Laboratory Information Manager) - GS-12 Experience or Education: In addition to basic requirements, candidates must meet one of the following: 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to next lower grade level required for all GS-12 assignments. Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): Pharmacists assigned to this position must demonstrate the following KSAs: - Knowledge of concepts, principles, and methodology of clinical laboratory technology in relation to laboratory information systems - Knowledge of laboratory operations and their relationship to the organization - Knowledge of laboratory computer systems sufficient to implement various laboratory associated packages and sustain operation of the laboratory system - Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements for laboratory functions - Ability to adapt, implement, and integrate use of software to specific laboratory applications and processes - including use of office automation software - Ability to independently plan, organize, set priorities, work as a team member, and effectively complete assignments Reference: For more info on qualification standard: https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ The full performance level of this vacancy is 12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS 12. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health Service for requirements. - Duties: The CLS (LIM) develops and recommends new policies and procedures regarding installation and use of the laboratory information system (LIS) in conjunction with overall hospital information system (HIS). Provides authoritative advice and consultation on the information system as it applies to the clinical laboratory. Advises all organizational levels on functions and capabilities of the LIS. Implements and maintains coding and mapping for laboratory test ordering, reporting, billing, and workload recording while considering compliance principles. Analyzes emerging trends, software, and technology and adopts appropriate methods for local programs to meet agency goals. Serves as the local expert for national software developers for testing and validating software packages. Responsible for compliance with regulatory agency requirements as related to information systems - and they perform audits as needed. Consults with and trains personnel on computer functions - including ordering options - and is responsible for the maintenance of computer security keys. - Work Schedule: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm - EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact V21CCOEEDRP@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more (maybe link omitted). Not needed. - Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases - Benefits: 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) Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of 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 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 #: 07403F (maybe metadata, can be dropped as minor metadata). We need to output HTML fragment with sections: maybe "About the role" not present; we can skip. Use "Responsibilities" for duties. Use "Requirements" or "Qualifications". The instruction list includes Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose Qualifications for qualifications, Responsibilities for duties, Benefits for benefits, Pay for pay, Schedule for schedule. Also maybe include a section for EDRP? Could be part of Benefits. We'll include EDRP under Benefits as a bullet. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not needed. We must not include minor metadata like Functional Statement # as heading; we can drop it or put in a short p. The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

  or drop it." So we can drop Functional Statement #. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler text. All sections have real content. Let's craft HTML:

  Responsibilities

  • Develops and recommends new policies and procedures regarding installation and use of the laboratory information system (LIS) in conjunction with the overall hospital information system (HIS).
  • Provides authoritative advice and consultation on the information system as it applies to the clinical laboratory.
  • Advises all organizational levels on functions and capabilities of the LIS.
  • Implements and maintains coding and mapping for laboratory test ordering, reporting, billing, and workload recording while considering compliance principles.
  • Analyzes emerging trends, software, and technology and adopts appropriate methods for local programs to meet agency goals.
  • Serves as the local expert for national software developers for testing and validating software packages.
  • Responsible for compliance with regulatory agency requirements related to information systems and performs audits as needed.
  • Consults with and trains personnel on computer functions, including ordering options, and is responsible for the maintenance of computer security keys.

  Qualifications

  We need to present basic requirements and grade determinations as list? Could be nested lists. Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have a list for basic requirements, and another list for KSAs, etc. We'll do:

    Qualifications

    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 Proficiency: