STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: LABORATORY SCIENTIST V
Class Code: 5595-27
Date Established: 01-05-76
Occupational Code: 7-6-4
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To manage professional and technical
personnel in a state laboratory and to develop and revise laboratory related
policies or procedures.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Plans, assigns, and
supervises the work of professional and technical personnel performing a wide
variety of laboratory analyses and/or examinations.
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Analyzes staffing and
training needs, equipment, supplies and reagent requirements of several working
units to develop budget recommendations.
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Monitors activities
of unit supervisors within a section of the laboratory with responsibility for
disciplining employees, interviewing applicants, recommending hiring and
firing, approving leave, solving work problems, evaluating employee
performance, and supervising in-service orientation of new employees.
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Supervises the
performance of special tests and projects, and interprets the findings and
results to other professionals to allow them to make decisions affecting the
public.
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Advises and consults
with department personnel, professional persons and lay organizations
concerning laboratory services.
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Oversees maintenance,
troubleshooting, and repair of analytical equipment and training of other
employees to ensure accurate data output.
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Supervises and
evaluates the development of new methods of sample analysis and edits existing
laboratory methods to ensure these procedures are in compliance with standard
guidelines, agency policy and federal and state law.
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Supervises the
preparation of reports summarizing laboratory activities, including recommendations
for the formulation of policies, plans and procedures.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in analyzing and
interpreting data, policy and procedures OR in using equipment in order to
arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
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
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
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
terminating 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 reviewing summaries and
reports and making management level decisions to solve problems or to achieve
work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those solutions and
goals. This level also requires
formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the general public
to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of its client
system.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of
wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to solve problems, and
to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific thinking. This level also requires planning
policies and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based on available
criteria, and evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master's degree from a recognized
college or university with major study in the biological sciences, health
sciences, or physical sciences.
Experience: Six years' experience in a laboratory
performing duties similar to the assignments of the laboratory in which the
position is located, including two years in a supervisory or administrative
capacity.
License/Certification: For positions in the Public Health
Laboratories, applicants must meet the requirements of the Clinical
Laboratories Improvement Amendments of 1988 (42 CFR Part 493) as specified on
the Supplemental Job Description.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
For appointment
consideration, Laboratory Scientist V applicants must successfully participate
in a structured interview measuring possession of knowledge, skills and
abilities identified as necessary for satisfactory job performance by this
class specification. The
structured interview is developed and administered, according to Division of
Personnel guidelines, by representatives of the state agency in which the
vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Thorough knowledge of the scientific
discipline (e.g., bacteriology, analytical and physical chemistry) pertinent to
the laboratory's function.
Thorough knowledge of the operation and care of specialized laboratory
equipment. Ability to relate
laboratory findings to the actual conditions. Ability to supervise and instruct employees. Ability to prepare comprehensive
analytical reports, papers and speeches.
Ability to evaluate laboratory practices and to make constructive
recommendations relating to improvement of procedures, methods, facilities and
equipment. Ability to establish
effective contacts with civil and technical groups and to secure their cooperation
in formulating programs. 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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