- Position Title
- Cytotechnologist
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSZ-12672852-25-MC Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, January 21, 2025 to Monday, April 21, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current permanent Federal employee from an agency other than Department of Veterans Affairs?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Cytotechnologist position for the VA Pittsburgh HealthCare System. Please answer the questions below to determine if you meet the requirements for this position.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
English Language Proficiency: Cytotechnologists must be proficient in spoken and written English. See 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).
Do you meet this requirement?
Do you meet this requirement?
2.
Basic Requirements
Education: Individuals must have successfully completed a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university and successfully completed a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs accredited cytotechnology program. (* Please include a copy of your transcripts to validate completion.)
OR
Foreign Education: To be creditable, education completed outside the U.S. must have been submitted to a private organization approved by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education must have been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. programs. (* Please include a copy of your transcripts and any documentation used to interpret foreign education credentials to validate.)
Education: Individuals must have successfully completed a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university and successfully completed a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs accredited cytotechnology program. (* Please include a copy of your transcripts to validate completion.)
OR
Foreign Education: To be creditable, education completed outside the U.S. must have been submitted to a private organization approved by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education must have been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. programs. (* Please include a copy of your transcripts and any documentation used to interpret foreign education credentials to validate.)
3.
Certification: Candidates must currently possess the Cytotechnologist (CT) (ASCP) or Specialist in Cytotechnology (SCT) (ASCP) certification given by the ASCP Board of Certification. (*Please include a copy of certification in submitted package for verification.)
Do you possess this certification?
Do you possess this certification?
4.
Grade Determination:
Specialized Experience: Must have one year of creditable experience equivalent to the journey level (GS-9) that is directly related to the position to be filled (GS-11). Examples of this experience include; independently performs and monitors processes such as smear preparation, slide fixation, cell block preparation, monolayer filtration processing, and staining. The may act as a technical resource in writing and establishing new processes or procedures, performs a full range of specialized tasks, including collecting, compiling, and analyzing data according to the laboratory quality management program.
Demonstrated KSAs. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
a) Ability to independently determine specimen adequacy using complex specialized testing methods or techniques during Endoscopic Ultrasound, Endobronchial Ultrasound, and other Fine Needle Aspiration procedures.
b) Knowledge of pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes to establish and monitor the overall laboratory quality management and quality control program, and initiate corrective action as needed.
c) Skill in collecting, compiling, and analyzing data for quality assurance, statistics, trends and reports, and implementing quality improvement initiatives.
d) Skill in researching, testing, validating, and implementing new procedures and equipment.
Do you possess this specialized experience?
Specialized Experience: Must have one year of creditable experience equivalent to the journey level (GS-9) that is directly related to the position to be filled (GS-11). Examples of this experience include; independently performs and monitors processes such as smear preparation, slide fixation, cell block preparation, monolayer filtration processing, and staining. The may act as a technical resource in writing and establishing new processes or procedures, performs a full range of specialized tasks, including collecting, compiling, and analyzing data according to the laboratory quality management program.
Demonstrated KSAs. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
a) Ability to independently determine specimen adequacy using complex specialized testing methods or techniques during Endoscopic Ultrasound, Endobronchial Ultrasound, and other Fine Needle Aspiration procedures.
b) Knowledge of pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes to establish and monitor the overall laboratory quality management and quality control program, and initiate corrective action as needed.
c) Skill in collecting, compiling, and analyzing data for quality assurance, statistics, trends and reports, and implementing quality improvement initiatives.
d) Skill in researching, testing, validating, and implementing new procedures and equipment.
Do you possess this specialized experience?