STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: MICROBIOLOGIST V
Class Code: 6239-32 Date Established: 02-27-02
Occupational Code: 7-6-4 Date of Last Revision: 05-12-09
BASIC PURPOSE: To manage microbiological scientific services
including planning and policy development and technical consultation to public
health and medical partners.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Provides
technical and administrative direction to subordinate scientific staff in
varied scientific specialties.
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Formulates and
advocates the improvement in public health policies and health protection
directives.
·
Collaborates
with varied state and public leaders in developing a strategic plan for the
Public Health Laboratories including developing long and short-range goals.
·
Identifies
problems and implements resolutions including training others in appropriate
operational methods.
·
Investigates
and evaluates scientific methodologies to ensure improvement in existing
procedures.
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Prepares
reports, informs the public and represents the agency while developing new
business opportunities.
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Searches for
funding sources and writes grant applications to assure adequate monies for
microbiology needs.
·
Manages
microbiology section budget to assure fiscal stability.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in evaluating, planning, or integrating
analysis of data to formulate current and long-range solutions, strategies, or
policies of a specialized or technical nature.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific expertise to
resolve problems of a specialized or professional nature in a wide range of
applications.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving major
aspects of long-range agency objectives by planning short- and long-term
organizational goals, reviewing recommendations for procedural changes, and
developing or revising program policies.
Errors at this level result in incorrect decisions at an administrative
level, and are detected subsequent to implementation in an overall evaluation
process.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of programs or of
employees doing work which differs from the supervisor, including disciplining
employees, solving personnel problems, recommending hiring and firing
employees, and developing work methods.
The supervisor in this position manages a working unit or section with
responsibility for employee performance appraisal.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions in
an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical elements or a
number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure to minor injuries
or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including continuous
walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time as well as
occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires acting as the official
representative of the agency, including explaining and defending current and
long-range goals or objectives which directly affect public policy decisions
regarding major state programs and services.
Complexity: Requires formulating the combination of
overall job functions in order to address highly diverse or novel situations
requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches to a wide range of
intellectual and practical problems.
Independent Action: Requires administrative decision-making in
authorizing and monitoring the implementation of major departmental policies
and procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master’s degree from a recognized
college or university with a minimum of thirty-six (36) credits in the field of
microbiology, medical technology, the biological sciences, the health sciences,
or the health professions. Doctorate
degree preferred. Each additional year
of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work
experience. Professional certification
in the specialty of microbiology may be substituted for one year of required
work experience.
Experience: Eight years’ experience in a
microbiological, clinical or public health laboratory, with three years in a
supervisory or administrative level position.
License/Certification: Must be eligible to hold a New Hampshire
driver’s license and have access to transportation for use in statewide
travel. Applicants must meet
certification requirements of the Health Care Financing Administration for
Clinical Laboratory Personnel (CLIA ’88) as a Technical Supervisor in
Microbiology.
SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Must be willing to
undergo tests or immunizations for communicable diseases periodically as
necessary.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the principles and practices of
clinical microbiology, public health and medical laboratory services. Knowledge of the principles and practices of
administration and supervision.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of fiscal management. Skill in troubleshooting and process
improvement. Ability to oversee multiple
programs and projects and to supervise and direct scientific staff in a variety
of specialties. Ability to secure
funding sources and to apply for grants.
Ability to investigate and recommend changes to established procedures
and to develop new procedural guidelines.
Ability to collaborate with authorities in order to develop and
implement long-range strategic plans.
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Ability to prepare comprehensive reports for
dissemination to the public and to act as agency representative in order to
explain and defend agency goals. Ability
to establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental
employees, physicians and other health care providers, local police, legal
personnel and the general public. Must
be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and
responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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