STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: TOXICOLOGIST V
Class Code: 9448-32 Date Established: 08-06-03
Occupational Code: 7-6-4 Date of Last Revision: 04-18-11
BASIC PURPOSE: To administer scientific services in
chemistry and toxicology including planning and policy development and
technical consultation to public health and medical partners.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Formulate and
influence the development of public health policies and procedures to support
public health efforts.
·
Collaborates
with others to develop a Public Health Laboratory strategic plan, including
developing short and long term organizational goals.
·
Educates other
emergency responders by consulting with them when emergency public health
threats or incidents occur.
·
Identifies
problems and solutions with the help of subordinate staff regarding
Toxicological issues and implements resolutions.
·
Assures that
appropriate diagnostic methods employing stringent quality control and process
improvement methods are maintained.
·
Prepares and
presents lectures, seminars and reports regarding Toxicology issues.
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Searches for
sources of funding and writes grant applications to assure adequate monies and
maintains compliance with grant parameters.
·
Provides
technical and administrative direction to subordinate and administrative
direction to subordinate scientific staff in varied scientific specialties.
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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 major study in toxicology, chemistry, biochemistry, the
biological sciences, forensic science, the health sciences, the health
professions, medical technology, the physical sciences, or a related scientific
field dependent on the needs of the position.
Doctorate degree
preferred. Additional years of approved
formal education may be substituted for up to three (3) years of required work
experience on a one-to-one basis.
Professional certification in chemistry or toxicology by an approved
accrediting agency may be substituted for one of the required years of
experience.
Experience: Eight years’ experience performing
and/or supervising toxicological or related analyses specific to the needs of
the position in a chemical, biological, forensic, clinical or public health
laboratory, three years of which shall have been 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 as a Technical Supervisor in Chemistry or
Toxicology per the Health Care Financing
Administration for Clinical Laboratory Personnel according to the Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Must be eligible for certification by the
American Board of Forensic Toxicology, the National Registry of Certified
Chemists in Toxicological Chemistry, or as a Specialist in Chemistry by the
American Society of Clinical Pathology.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Must be eligible to work in the U.S. and able
to pass a security background clearance check.
2. Excellent oral and written communication
skills are required. Strong skills in
working with people are required.
Ability to interact effectively with
individuals representing a variety of scientific specialties must be
demonstrated.
3. Must be able to operate, maintain, and
troubleshoot lab instrumentation such as gas chromatograph, high
performance liquid chromatograph, and mass
spectrometer.
4. Must be willing to undergo tests or
immunization for communicable diseases periodically as necessary, to
include
the Hepatitis B vaccine.
5. Troubleshooting and process improvement
skills required. Extensive up-to-date
knowledge of clinical and
analytical chemistry required. Knowledge of fiscal management required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the principles and practices of
toxicology and cellular biochemistry.
Knowledge of the application of chemical, biological and physical
sciences as they relate to public health and environmental protection. Knowledge of risk assessment models
associated with exposure to toxic and hazardous substances. Knowledge of environmental routes of exposure
for toxic and hazardous substances. Knowledge of the theories, principles and
practices used in environmental health.
Knowledge of local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations as
well as procedures used in the control of toxic and hazardous substances. Skill in evaluating and analyzing scientific
toxicological data. Ability to interpret
data from computer sources and familiarity with computer systems. Ability to plan, develop and direct program
surveys. Ability to communicate
effectively both orally and in writing.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates,
government, professional and nonprofessional groups as well as the general
public. Must be wiling 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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