Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Clinical Laborory Scientist Department of Ste Department of Ste

• Agency Wide Summary This is a

TEMPORARY, INTERMITTENT

position in the Laborory Services Division in the Office of Examinions, Bureau of Medical Services (MED/CP). The incumbent serves as a Clinical Laborory Scientist responsible for planning and carrying out a diagnostic testing program in overseas medical units providing microbiology, blood bank, hemology, chemistry, urinalysis, serology and parasitology services. Learn more about this agency Summary This is a

TEMPORARY, INTERMITTENT

position in the Laborory Services Division in the Office of Examinions, Bureau of Medical Services (MED/CP). The incumbent serves as a Clinical Laborory Scientist responsible for planning and carrying out a diagnostic testing program in overseas medical units providing microbiology, blood bank, hemology, chemistry, urinalysis, serology and parasitology services. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/14/2026 to 05/20/2026 Salary $102,415

• $133,142 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion Washington, DC FEW vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less
• Travel to posts overseas is required. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• Temporary Appointment not-to-exceed 1 year. May be extended without further announcement. Work schedule Intermittent
• Intermittent Work Schedule (no regular work schedule); limited to a maximum of 1,040 hours during the appointment period.

Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) 0644 Clinical Laborory Science Supervisory stus No Security clearance Top Secret Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

HRSC/ICTAP-2026-0020

Control number 869178400 This job is open to Help Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Duties Help Evalues the quality of area laborory services and adequacy of equipment, personnel and working accommodions through onsite inspections and/or review of reports. Assures compliance with quality control and proficiency testing programs, safety standards, accredition requirements, and agency policies. Plans, implements and coordines quality control programs and assures participion in acceptable proficiency testing programs in all areas of laborory medicine. Provides technical advice and guidance in reference to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) situions and is the Subject Mter Expert (SME) on local laborory support capabilities. Serves as the technical consultant, advisor, and provides technical oversight to embassy, government officials, and laborory personnel on various aspects of laborory management and testing. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Incumbent subject to random drug testing. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, : www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/ Qualificions Applicants must meet all the required qualificion requirements described below by the closing de of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on educion OR if there are mandory educion requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your applicion.

NOTE:

Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing de of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements:

Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks the next lower grade to sisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. Applicants MUST meet the required basic entry qualificion requirements described below:

BASIC REQUIREMENT

Educion A. A bachelor's or gradue/higher degree from a regionally accredited college/university including courses in biological science, chemistry and mhemics, AND successful completion of a Medical Laborory Scientist/Clinical Laborory Scientist program accredited by the Nional Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laborory Sciences (NAACLS) or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion the time the degree was obtained. OR B. A full 4-year course of study th included 12 months in a college or hospital-based medical technology program or medical technology school approved by a recognized accrediting organizion. The professional medical technology curriculum may have consisted of a 1-year post-bachelor's certifice program or the last 1 or 2 years of a 4-year program of study culmining in a bachelor's in medical technology. OR C. A bachelor's or gradue/higher level degree from an accredited college/university, including 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 mhemics, AND five years of full time acceptable clinical laborory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hemology, microbiology, Immunology and Urinalysis/Body Fluids. This combinion of educion and experience must have provided knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of medical technology equivalent to th provided by the full 4-year course of study described in A or B above. All science and mhemics courses must have been acceptable for credit toward meeting the requirements for a science major an accredited college or university. Acceptable experience is responsible professional or technician experience in a hospital laborory, health agency, industrial medical laborory, or pharmaceutical house; or teaching, test development, or medical research program experience th provided an understanding of the methods and techniques applied in performing professional clinical laborory work. Certificion/licensure as a medical technologist (generalist) obtained through written examinion by a nionally recognized credentialing agency or Ste licensing body is a good indicion th the quality of experience is acceptable.

Evaluion of Educion and Experience:

The major areas of clinical laborory science are microbiology, clinical chemistry, hemology, and immunohemology (blood banking). Qualifying course work in these areas includes bacteriology, mycology, mycobacteriology, tissue culture, virology, parasitology, endocrinology, enzymology, toxicology, urinalysis, coagulion, hemostasis, cell morphology, immunology, serology, immunoserology, immuno-deficiency, hemolysis, histocompibility, cytotechnology, and similar disciplines or areas of laborory practice. Reled fields include physiology, anomy, molecular biology, cell biology, embryology, phology, genetics, pharmacology, histology, cytology, nuclear medicine, epidemiology, biostistics, infection control, physics, stistics, and similar areas of science where the work is directly reled to the position to be filled. For positions GS-7 through GS-15 (or equivalent), experience or gradue educion must have been in (1) the general field of medical technology; (2) one of the disciplines or specialized areas of medical technology; or (3) a field directly reled and applicable to medical technology or the position to be filled. Clinical laborory intern (student medical technologist) experience in an educion program accredited by the Commission on Accredition of Allied Health Educion Programs (CAAHEP) educion program may be credited on a month-for-month basis toward meeting the GS-7 specialized experience requirement.

Note:

All applicants WILL BE required to submit transcripts as verificion of educional requirement by the closing de of this announcement. To qualify for this position, you MUST (1) submit a copy of your college transcript(s) with your applicion, and if selected, an official college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment; (2) transcripts must be legible and include your name, major, school name/locion, course title/number, de completed, grade, and number of credits earned; (3) if you tended more than one college you must submit a transcript from each institution if you wish your educion to be considered in qualifying you for this position; (4) all college coursework th may be pertinent to qualifying you for the position must be included on the transcripts. If you fail to provide requested informion, or the informion you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you WILL lose considerion for this position.

IN ADDITION

to meeting the basic entry qualificions requirements listed above, applicants applying for the GS-12 grade level MUST have least 1 year of specialized experience in (1) the general field of medical technology, (2) one of the disciplines or specialized areas of medical technology, or (3) a field directly reled and applicable to medical technology or the position to be filled. The experience must be reled to the work of the position, equivalent to least the GS-11 level in the Federal service, and demonstre the following: Experience coordining the full range clinical laborory services in a medical unit within an assigned region. Experience ensuring compliance with quality control and proficiency testing programs, safety standards, accredition requirements, and agency policies. Experience processing specimens using equipment, instruments, or techniques necessary for specific analysis in a variety of fields (i.e., chemistry, hemology, immunology, blood banking, phlebotomy and urinalysis). Experience providing technical guidance on laborory capabilities and protocols reled to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) detection, biosafety, or high-consequence phogens. There is no substitute of educion for specialized experience for the GS-12 position. Educion See the qualificions section of this vacancy announcement for educion requirements. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the educion requirements if you can show th the foreign educion is comparable to th received in an accredited educional institution in the United Stes. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizions recognized as specializing in interpretion of foreign educion credentials, : www.naces.org/members.php . When an applicant has less than one year of specialized experience as described in the announcement, he or she may combine successfully completed gradue-level educion with experience to meet the total qualificion requirements. Generally, 18 gradue semester hours is equivalent to 1 full-time year of gradue study (your school and department determine wh constitutes 1 full time year of gradue study). The percentage of specialized work experience (for example, 6 months equals 50%) and the percentage of gradue study (for example, 9 gradue hours for a GS-07 equals 50% where 18 gradue hours constitute a full time year) must total least 100%. Additional informion For reasonable accommodion the U.S. Department of Ste, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodions OAA@ste.gov. OAA is responsible for reviewing and adjudicing reasonable accommodion (RA) requests for the Assessment Btery being used for this announcement. RA requests cover additional time on timed sections only. Applicants MUST submit their applicion before the vacancy closes, even if pending an adjudicion decision. Applicants will have 48 hours after their RA request is adjudiced to complete the assessment btery. Scores genered after the allotted timeframe will not be admissible and the applicant will not be considered further for the vacancy. If a different type of RA is needed, please contact OAA directly OAA@ste.gov. If eligible, situional telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days and may require a higher or lower security clearance. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. Agency & Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP & ICTAP): View OPM's

CTAP & ICTAP

eligibility website for more informion. You must be red in the Well-Qualified cegory and submit supporting documents under the required documents section of this announcement to receive selection priority considerion. To be considered Well-Qualified applicants must: score an 85 or above, meet Minimum Qualificions, and demonstre proficiency in some, but not all major aspects of the position. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . In accordance with 5 CFR § 890.102 (3), employees serving in a temporary appointment not to exceed one (1) year with an intermittent work schedule (no regular work schedule), limited to a maximum of 1040 hours in an appointment period are not eligible for benefits. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The evaluion process consists of the Monster Competency Based Assessments for which applicants assigned a score between 70 and 100. A resume review conducted for minimum qualificion requirements, as described in the "Qualificions" section of this announcement, of applicants found to be among the top qualified candides based on assessment scores. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. You assessed on the following job-reled competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

Non-Supervisory:

Oral Communicion, Writing, Interpersonal Skills, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Technology Oriention, Customer Service, Attention to Detail and Self-Management. Your score from the external assessment (i.e., Non-supervisory) will remain on file for 180 days, allowing you to apply for multiple DOS-announced positions without needing to retake the assessments. Top applicants may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies: Knowledge of specialized laborory tests and procedures. Ability to calibre new testing instruments. Knowledge of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Ability to interpret, evalue and monitor quality control activities. Ability to interpret, evalue and apply medical da. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We do not make assumptions regarding your experience. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials may result in your removal from considerion. Applicants found to be among the top qualified candides referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview. Agency & Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP & ICTAP): View OPM's

CTAP & ICTAP

eligibility website for more informion. You must be red in the Well-Qualified cegory and submit supporting documents under the required documents section of this announcement to receive selection priority considerion. To be considered Well-Qualified applicants must: score an 85 or above, meet Minimum Qualificions, and demonstre proficiency in some, but not all major aspects of the position. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . In accordance with 5 CFR § 890.102 (3), employees serving in a temporary appointment not to exceed one (1) year with an intermittent work schedule (no regular work schedule), limited to a maximum of 1040 hours in an appointment period are not eligible for benefits. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 3. Other Qualificion Documention (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable. See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. 4. Performance appraisal. Submit your most recent (i.e., usually within the last 18 months) final (not a mid-year review) official (i.e., signed by the ring official and in original form) annual performance appraisal. 5.

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibility documention (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action (ICTAP only, if available), most recent SF-50 (ICTAP or CTAP), certificion of expected separion, etc.). If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk mgshelp@monster.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Agency contact informion Adrienne Graham Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TS-REA@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste 1999 Dyess Ave. Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 3. Other Qualificion Documention (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable. See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. 4. Performance appraisal. Submit your most recent (i.e., usually within the last 18 months) final (not a mid-year review) official (i.e., signed by the ring official and in original form) annual performance appraisal. 5.

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibility documention (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action (ICTAP only, if available), most recent SF-50 (ICTAP or CTAP), certificion of expected separion, etc.). If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk mgshelp@monster.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Adrienne Graham Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TS-REA@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste 1999 Dyess Ave. Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/14/2026 to 05/20/2026 Salary $102,415

• $133,142 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion Washington, DC FEW vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less
• Travel to posts overseas is required. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• Temporary Appointment not-to-exceed 1 year. May be extended without further announcement. Work schedule Intermittent
• Intermittent Work Schedule (no regular work schedule); limited to a maximum of 1,040 hours during the appointment period.

Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

HRSC/ICTAP-2026-0020

Control number 869178400