The Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) serves as a certified laboratory professional, performing complex laboratory diagnostic testing on human specimens for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease in a variety of clinical laboratory specialties.
The lead CLS is responsible for performing the pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases of clinical laboratory testing as well as a variety of administrative functions as it applies to the clinical laboratory.
Major duties include, but are not limited to: Identifies, distributes, balances work, coaches, and facilitates with problem solving methods. Prepares reports and maintains records of work status; resolves simple, informal complaints; reports performance, progress, and training needs of the team and on behavioral problems; and provides information on promotions, reassignment, recognition of outstanding performance, and personnel needs.
Responsible for assignment of work responsibilities, workload management, and completion of assignments for staff at or above the FPL as well as preparation and maintenance of records and reports, analysis of testing methodologies, training, instrumentation, and compliance. May act as a liaison to the supervisor and other departments/divisions of the medical center for the appropriate laboratory specialty.
Conducting orientation and evaluating the competency of assigned staff including identification of continuing education and training needs, coordinating daily activity of the lab section(s), writing or modifying technical procedures, providing technical instruction, ensuring that policies, procedures and regulatory requirements are followed, advising on course of action to follow when results or samples obtained are unacceptable, and coordinating or performing quality control reviews and method verification activities.
Develop, perform, evaluate, interpret, correlate, and validate the accuracy of laboratory procedures and results in line with current laboratory regulatory requirements. Conducts quality control and routine maintenance of instrumentation and troubleshooting. Correlates abnormal lab data with pathological states, determines the validity of test results, and the need for additional tests.
Monitoring quality control systems and measures, collaborating in the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and providing education for laboratory health care professionals and the public in a professional, courteous, and effective manner. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Not available Functional Statement #:93590-A
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
carol.phillips4@va.gov · 765-251-1129
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $109189 – $141949/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-09.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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