Clinical Laborory Scientist Department of Defense Military Trement Facilities under

DHA ARMY HEALTH CLINIC IRELAND

Summary About the

Position:

Work conducted in a small, environmentally controlled outpient clinic (Ireland Army Health Clinic, Bldg. 871, 200 Brule Street, Ft. Knox) laborory. Eight hour shifts with 30 min. unpaid lunch (8.5 hrs. total) range from 0700 to 1700, Monday through Friday. This is a Direct Hire Solicition Learn more about this agency Summary About the

Position:

Work conducted in a small, environmentally controlled outpient clinic (Ireland Army Health Clinic, Bldg. 871, 200 Brule Street, Ft. Knox) laborory. Eight hour shifts with 30 min. unpaid lunch (8.5 hrs. total) range from 0700 to 1700, Monday through Friday. This is a Direct Hire Solicition Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Knox, KY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0644 Clinical Laborory Science Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

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Control number 885331600 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help Serves as the Clinical Laborory Scientist within the laborory; responsible for planning, overseeing, and performing all clinical laborory testing; plans work and deleges assignments for personnel. Develops and recommends quality control procedures, evalues new test methods, maintains standard opering procedures, and ensures compliance with accredition and regulory standards; recognizes and solves quality assurance problems. Oversees daily learning activities, training civilian and military staff and trainees; evalues performance and competency, and provides technical direction and in-service training. Maintains medical supplies, monitors cost-containment measures, and assists with budgeting and contracting for supplies and services. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determinion, as determined by a completed background investigion. This position is required to be screened for and obtain necessary immunizions/vaccinions (hepitis, influenza, etc.), unless exempted by a licensed physician. This position is required to work uncommon tours of duty hours such as, on-call, working either fixed or roting shifts, evenings, weekends and/or holidays. This position is designed "Mission Essential". In the event of severe weher conditions or other such emergency type situions (nural or man-made disaster) the incumbent may be required to report to work or remain work as scheduled to support mission operions. This position is subject to TDY or business travel requirements to various locions. This may require travel via prively owned vehicles, commercial transport plforms, and/or military aircraft, ships, and vehicles. This position requires a pre-employment physical annually and thereafter. This position has specific initial background investigion and periodic re-verificion requirements since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age on a recurring basis. This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random drug testing, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident. Applicants must be able to fulfill non-privileged professional credential requirements. This position has mandory seasonal influenza vaccinion requirements and is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinions unless otherwise exempted for medical or religious reasons (documention of exemption must be provided upon hire). This position requires the incumbent to have tuberculosis testing.

Qualificions Who May Apply:

US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the educion and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. Additional informion about transcripts is in this document . Basic Requirement for

Clinical Laborory Scientist:

A. A Bachelor's or gradue/higher level 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. At least 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 th 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 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 four 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, cyto-genetics, 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.

Exemption:

You are exempt from the basic requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0644 occupional series and have been continuously employed in this occupional series since September 27, 2017 or before.

Note:

You required to provide approprie documention to the respective Human Resources Office to valide your stus. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualificion requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includes performing testing in a clinical laborory; maintaining or calibring clinical laborory instruments; and monitoring quality control within a clinical laborory. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Educion:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree in a field which demonstres the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Medical Laborory Science, Medical Technology or Clinical Laborory Science.

OR Combinion of Educion and Experience:

A combinion of educion and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed gradue semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total gradue semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

AND Certifice:

This position has a selective placement factor which must be met prior to employment and for continued employment. Certificion from the American Society for Clinical Phology (ASCP), American Medical Technologists (AMT) or other board or registry deemed comparable by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD(HA)) or their designee Center for Laborory Medicine Services (CLMS) as a Medical Technologist (MT), Clinical Laborory Scientist (CLS), or Medical Laborory Scientist (MLS). Educion

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : https://sites.ed.gov/internional/recognition-of-foreign-qualificions/ . Additional informion Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Registrion. You required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 1 year probionary period during which the agency evalues your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determinion, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizional or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certificion th it advances the public interest. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of War referral system for displaced employees. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determinion th a PCS move is not in the Government interest. 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 Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Veterans and Military Spouses considered along with all other candides. Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.

Your resume:

Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable This position has an individual occupional requirement and/or allows for substitution of educion for experience. If you meet this requirement based on educion you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible.

See:

Transcripts and Licenses .

License/Certificion:

This position requires a job-reled license or certificion. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certificion with your applicion package or you red ineligible.

See:

Transcripts and Licenses .

NOTE:

Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/25/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13067080 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address

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Fort Knox, KY 40121 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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 The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.

Your resume:

Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2.

Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable This position has an individual occupional requirement and/or allows for substitution of educion for experience. If you meet this requirement based on educion you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible.

See:

Transcripts and Licenses .

License/Certificion:

This position requires a job-reled license or certificion. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certificion with your applicion package or you red ineligible.

See:

Transcripts and Licenses .

NOTE:

Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/25/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13067080 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address

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Fort Knox, KY 40121 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Knox, KY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

HSJA-26-13067080-DHA

Control number 885331600