Clinical Laboratory Scientist

About the Position: This position is located at the Naval Hospital Pensacola, Dir of Clinical Support. The incumbent is responsible for performing and leading professional clinical laboratory science work supporting detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation utilizing DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) &Major Range & Test Facilities Base (MRTFB) in DoD

Performs specialized and technically demanding tests that require concentrated and considerable time and experience.

Implements new solutions to methodologies problems, analyzes test systems, and devises plan to achieve objectives after literature reviews, and contacts with colleagues in other hospitals.

Records results through a variety of data entry modes into laboratory information systems, and retrieves information from electronic databases upon physician requests.

Troubleshoots instruments, test methods, and processes correcting and recording the problem and instructs other laboratory scientists and technicians on new methods, instrumentation, and complex specialized tests.

Instructs and trains technical personnel and laboratory students in the theory, principles and practices of medical technology.

Presents lectures, in-service training, on-going competency training, and PQS (personnel qualification standards) training for new staff

Recognizes and identifies departures from expected results, including shifts, tends, bias, and systemic versus random errors and formulates sound corrective action and proactive initiative to resolve problems

Current permanent Federal employees applying for a term appointment will be appointed/converted into a term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.