Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist

We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes Summary (description), Qualifications, Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities, Duties, Total Rewards (benefits, schedule, pay). Also maybe "Physical Requirements". Should we include a section for Physical Requirements? The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. Physical Requirements is present with details. So we could have a section "Physical Requirements". Also "Pay" and "Schedule" and "Benefits" are present in Total Rewards. We should split them maybe into separate sections: Pay, Schedule, Benefits. But we need to avoid thin sections; but we have actual content for each: Pay: "Competitive salary and regular salary increases". Schedule: "Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:30pm". Benefits: list of PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework not available, etc. So we can have three sections. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present. We need to preserve all substantive info. Use

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• for prose. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe from Summary). Qualifications. Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs). Duties. Physical Requirements. Pay. Schedule. Benefits. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Let's extract content. Summary paragraph: "The incumbent at this level has full supervisory responsibility for a staff of nonsupervisory personnel - including GS-5 Medical Technicians (Phlebotomists) - GS-7 Medical Laboratory Technicians - and at least one GS-11 Clinical Laboratory Scientist. The incumbent performs the full range of supervisory duties for specimen collection - specimen processing - testing operations - and quality control activities of the laboratory." That's prose. Qualifications: includes several bullet-like statements but not bullet list. We can format as
  • each requirement. List items: - Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. - 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: An unofficial transcript must be provided) - Certification: Candidates must meet one of the certification options below (NOTE: Certification must be provided) * Generalist certification as an MLS given by ASCP BOC or AMT * Generalist certification as an MT given by ASCP BOR or AMT * 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 * 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: Supervisory Clinical Laboratory 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 or education above - the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: (list later) - Preferred Experience: 2 years CLS (Clinical Laboratory Scientist) experience within the past 5 years - Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ - The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12 But note that Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities appears also later as separate section. We might keep KSAs separate. We need to avoid duplication. The Qualifications section could contain the basic requirements and grade determinations except KSAs. Then KSAs separate. Let's extract KSAs list: (A) Knowledge of Federal and state laws and regulations and laboratory accrediting agency regulatory requirements sufficient to develop plans and procedures for the laboratory (B) Knowledge of laboratory quality management procedures and principles sufficient to establish and monitor a laboratory quality management program and/or the education and training of laboratory staff (C) Knowledge of concepts - principles - and methods of clinical laboratory technology and operations (D) Skill in applying leadership principles such as interpersonal relations and conflict resolution (E) Ability to perform the full range of supervisory duties - which includes responsibility for assignment of work - performance evaluations - selection of staff - recommendation of awards - advancements - and disciplinary actions (F) Ability to plan - organize - set short and/or long-term goals - and conduct studies on technical and administrative problems including personnel shortages - organizational structure - and new technology (G) Ability to manage fiscal matters - forecast resource and equipment needs - and administer the allocated budget We'll put each as
  • . Duties: There's a heading "Duties FUNCTIONS OR SCOPES OF PRACTICE:" then a paragraph about assignments requiring specialized training etc. Then "HistoryDuties:" then a list of duties (looks like sentences). We'll combine into a list. Let's extract duties bullet points: - Exercises a full range of supervisory responsibilities in planning - directing - and assessing work of subordinate staff - Verifies orientation - training - and competency assessment of assigned staff and develops and updates technical policies and procedure manuals - Plans and assigns work based on priorities - requirements of assignments - and abilities of employees - provides advice and counsel - evaluates work of subordinates - Adjusts staffing levels or work procedures to accommodate resource allocation decisions made at the executive level - Develops protocols for the performance of tests - phlebotomy applications - and evaluation of results - The incumbent has primary responsibility for system-wide phlebotomy operations within Durham VAHCS at multiple locations - (i.e. - Durham VAMC & Community Based Outpatient Clinics) - Ensures that phlebotomy practices - laboratory tests and procedures are consistent with accrediting agencies - standards - and requirements - Performs waived - moderate - and high complexity clinical laboratory testing - Provides advisory services to phlebotomists - technicians - clinical laboratory scientists - and other specialists - Establishes performance improvement measures to align with P&LMS Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Committee - Ensures a productive and encouraging work environment for staff to perform and excel in their professional skills We'll put as
    • . Physical Requirements: paragraph: "This position requires visual acuity - keen hearing - clear distinctive speech - and manual dexterityThis position requires mostly periods of continued walking - standing - stooping - sitting - bending - pulling - and pushingTransferring patients and objects may be requiredThe incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situationsThe incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients/residents who are combative secondary to delirium - dementia - or psychiatric disordersThe incumbent must be a mature - flexible - sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations - able to shift priorities based on stakeholder needs." We'll put as

      . Total Rewards: includes Work Schedule, Recruitment/Relocation Incentives, Permanent Change of Station, Pay, Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework, Virtual, etc. We need separate sections for Pay, Schedule, Benefits. Pay: "Competitive salary and regular salary increases" Schedule: "Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:30pm" Benefits: list items: - Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) - Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual - based on prior work experience or military service experience - Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth - adoption - or foster care placement of a child - Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment - full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66 - Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA - Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) - Telework: Not Available - Virtual: This is not a virtual position - Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized - Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized - Functional Statement #: 000000 - Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized - PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized We might include those as benefits but some are not benefits (like Functional Statement). However they are part of Total Rewards. We'll include them as list items. We must not create sections with filler like "Not Authorized" is okay; it's specific. Now produce HTML. Structure:

      About the Role

      ... summary ...

      Qualifications

      • ... items ...
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      • . That's okay. We need to preserve all info; we can break down. Let's craft. Qualifications items: - Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. - 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: An unofficial transcript must be provided) - Certification: Candidates must meet one of the certification options below (NOTE: Certification must be provided) * Generalist certification as an MLS given by ASCP BOC or AMT * Generalist certification as an MT given by ASCP BOR or AMT * 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 * 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: