Interdisciplinary

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This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Positions of DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This position is located within the Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Laboratory (FTDTL), at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document. GS-0644: Basic Requirement for Clinical Laboratory Scientist 0644 Series: A.

A Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree from a regionally accredited college/university including courses in biological science, chemistry and mathematics, AND successful completion of a Medical Laboratory Scientist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.

Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. OR B.

At least a full 4-year course of study that included 12 months in a college or hospital-based medical technology program or medical technology school approved by a recognized accrediting organization.

The professional medical technology curriculum may have consisted of a 1-year post- bachelor's certificate program or the last 1 or 2 years of a 4-year program of study culminating in a bachelor's in medical technology.

OR C.

A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree from an accredited college/university that 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 mathematics, AND five years of full time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, microbiology, Immunology and Urinalysis/Body Fluids.

This combination of education and experience must have provided knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of medical technology equivalent to that provided by the full 4-year course of study described in A or B above.

All science and mathematics courses must have been acceptable for credit toward meeting the requirements for a science major at an accredited college or university.

Acceptable experience is responsible professional or technician experience in a hospital laboratory, health agency, industrial medical laboratory, or pharmaceutical house; or teaching, test development, or medical research program experience that provided an understanding of the methods and techniques applied in performing professional clinical laboratory work.

Certification/licensure as a medical technologist (generalist) obtained through written examination by a nationally recognized credentialing agency or State licensing body is a good indication that the quality of experience is acceptable.

Evaluation of Education and Experience: The four major areas of clinical laboratory science are microbiology, clinical chemistry, hematology, and immunohematology (blood banking).

Qualifying course work in these areas includes bacteriology, mycology, mycobacteriology, tissue culture, virology, parasitology, endocrinology, enzymology, toxicology, urinalysis, coagulation, hemostasis, cell morphology, immunology, serology, immunoserology, immuno-deficiency, hemolysis, histocompatibility, cyto-genetics, and similar disciplines or areas of laboratory practice.

Related fields include physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, cell biology, embryology, pathology, genetics, pharmacology, histology, cytology, nuclear medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, infection control, physics, statistics, and similar areas of science where the work is directly related to the position to be filled.

For positions GS-7 through GS-15 (or equivalent), experience or graduate education 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 related and applicable to medical technology or the position to be filled.

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

Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status. GS-1320: Basic Requirement for Chemist GS-1320: A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics.

OR B.

Combination of Education and Experience: Course work equivalent to a major in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirements above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: GS-09 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing gas and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer analysis to confirm the presence of drugs in urine specimens; analyzing scientific data to verify open and blind control samples are performing within the parameters of the assay; and isolating issues during testing.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: biological science, life science, physical science, chemistry, or mathematics.

OR Combination of Education and Experience. See education box for more information.

GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes ensuring the accuracy of drug test results; ensuring proper maintenance, calibration, and documentation of all analytical chemistry laboratory equipment; providing technical assistance and training regarding laboratory methodology, instrumentation, and standard operating procedures for assigned program areas; performing scientific assessments and make recommendations concerning corrective actions for identified weaknesses or deficiencies in drug detection programs involving chromatography/mass spectrometry drug detection methods.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: chemistry, toxicology, physical sciences, or life sciences.

OR Combination of Education and Experience. See education box for more information. Major Duties:

• Perform scientific assessments and make recommendations concerning corrective actions for identified weaknesses or deficiencies in drug detection programs involving chromatography/mass spectrometry drug detection methods.
• Solve novel and/or obscure problems within the DoD Drug Demand Reduction Program.
• Oversee development of new methods for identifying and measuring emerging drugs of abuse and their metabolites in humans.
• Develop new methods in chromatographic science using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS), Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) and Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (TOF).
• Perform solid and liquid phase extractions and prepares solutions appropriate for the derivatization of drugs and drug metabolites from urine specimens.
• Ensure proper maintenance, calibration, and documentation of all analytical chemistry laboratory equipment.
• Serve as a technical and scientific subject matter expert in the troubleshooting of existing and new drug extraction and detection methodologies.
• Prepare cost analysis and impact statements for instruments studied.
• Provide technical assistance and training regarding laboratory methodology, instrumentation, and standard operating procedures for assigned program areas.
• Use chemical stoichiometry to manufacture control solutions utilized for the calibration and control of drug assays used in testing for drugs of abuse.
• Maintain inventory, tracking the usage of all manufactured control solutions, ensuring solutions required for testing are always available for immediate usage.