Supervisory Health Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 72,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Department of Veterans Affairs, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN, seeks a lab supervisor to plan, direct, and assess subordinate staff within Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service.

Responsibilities include oversight of procedures, training, and performance measures to ensure high-quality laboratory operations. Applicants must meet English proficiency requirements and demonstrate experience with laboratory equipment and education pathways.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience at least GS-07 level with lab duties.
• Experience operating laboratory equipment (centrifuges, analyzers, automation lines) per procedures.
• Graduate education substitution: 18 semester hours or 1.5 years of related graduate study or combination accepted.

Responsibilities

• Supervises staff; plans, directs, and assesses their work.
• Evaluates performance and ensures training and staff development.
• Ensures compliance with laboratory procedures and quality measures.

Skills

Conflict Management

Influencing/Negotiating

Manages Resources

Partnering

Planning and Evaluating

Education

Graduate education in related field

Tools

Centrifuges

Analyzers

Automation lines

Job description

This position is located within the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN. The position exercises a full range of supervisory responsibilities in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English.

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SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

One year of specialized experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of this position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level. Specialized experience includes operating laboratory equipment including centrifuges, analyzers, and automation lines according to established procedures; applying knowledge of specimen requirements and processing procedures for in-house and send-out laboratory tests; creating or implementing staff development, education, and training; establishing and ensuring performance measures are met by employees. This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit.

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EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION

One and a half years of graduate education that is directly related to the work of this position. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. Transcripts required.

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COMBINATION

An equivalent combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. Experience must be detailed, and transcripts required.

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position:

• Conflict Management
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Manages Resources
• Partnering
• Planning and Evaluating

Supervisory Situational Judgment Test

Applicants will be required to complete a Supervisory Situational Judgment Test (SSJT) as part of the assessment process for this position. The SSJT evaluates judgment and decision-making skills that align with relevant competencies, organizational values, and best practices. Assessment results may be used as part of the evaluation, ranking and referral process. This is not a timed test, however, the assessment is expected to take approximately 45 minutes or less to complete. The assessment for this application does not include a cut score for a minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. However, you must answer each item in the assessment.

IMPORTANT:

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Requirements:

The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.