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Clinical Laboratory Scientist-Ancillary Testing Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Dallas, Texas · Closes in 7 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Competitive service, The public, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service.
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply. The clarification says the job is open to current permanent VA employees, current permanent employees of other federal agencies, and all U.S. citizens.
Experience: 1 year of experience at the GS-11 level (the grade just below this one), such as developing ancillary testing policies, ensuring regulatory compliance, and evaluating testing instruments and validation studies.
Education: A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university is a basic requirement. Education is not listed as a replacement for experience at this grade.
Licenses and certifications:
- Generalist certification as an MLS from ASCP BOC or AMT, or generalist certification as an MT from ASCP BOR or AMT, or categorical or specialist certification from ASCP or AMT
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 7 days (November 10, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job may close once 50 applications are received, which can be before the closing date.
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be rated on how well you meet the listed qualifications. Your application and documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Include a transcript with your application if you use education to qualify, since it is required in that case.
- Describe your past work with dates and specific duties that match GS-11 level tasks, because the agency will verify your experience.
- Confirm your certification is one of the ASCP or AMT options listed, since certification is a basic requirement.
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