Clinical Laboratory Scientist with Security Clearance

Duties Help Perform and support high-complexity molecular laboratory testing, including PCR and next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflows.

Participate in the pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases of clinical molecular testing, including specimen processing, assay setup, instrument operation, documentation, and workflow coordination.

Support validation, verification, quality control, proficiency testing, troubleshooting, corrective actions, and performance monitoring for molecular laboratory methods, instruments, reagents, and testing systems.

Maintain Good Laboratory Practice requirements, including preventive maintenance, temperature monitoring, reagent/material tracking, quality assurance records, and inspection-related documentation.

Support CAP/CLIA regulatory and accreditation compliance, safety requirements, procedure review, quality improvement activities, and inspection readiness.

Participate in planning and implementation of advanced molecular laboratory services to support complex patient care and evolving diagnostic capabilities.

Assess laboratory supply, equipment, instrumentation, logistics, and resource needs; analyze workload and operational trends; and support budget and resource planning.

Prepare reports, summaries, issue papers, and recommendations related to laboratory quality, effectiveness, compliance, and operational improvement.

Requirements Help Conditions of employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.

This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document .

Basic Requirement for Clinical Laboratory Scientist: A. A Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree from a regionally accredited college/university including courses in biological science, chemistry and mathematics, AND successful completion of a Medical Laboratory Scientist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.

OR B. At least a full 4-year course of study that included 12 months in a college or hospital-based medical technology program or medical technology school approved by a recognized accrediting organization. The professional medical technology curriculum may have consisted of a 1-year post- bachelor's certificate program or the last 1 or 2 years of a 4-year program of study culminating in a bachelor's in medical technology.

OR C. A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree from an accredited college/university that included 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of biological science (with one semester in microbiology), 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of chemistry (with one semester in organic or biochemistry), one semester (one quarter) of mathematics, AND five years of full time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, microbiology, Immunology and Urinalysis/Body Fluids. This combination of education and experience must have provided knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of medical technology equivalent to that provided by the full 4-year course of study described in A or B above.

All science and mathematics courses must have been acceptable for credit toward meeting the requirements for a science major at an accredited college or university. Acceptable experience is responsible professional or technician experience in a hospital laboratory, health agency, industrial medical laboratory, or pharmaceutical house; or teaching, test development, or medical research program experience that provided an understanding of