Public Health Laboratory Scientist Supervisor

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Public Health Laboratory Scientist Supervisor

Salary

$5,119.00 - $9,211.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OPH/CG/204421

Department

LDH-Office of Public Health

Opening Date

01/13/2025

Closing Date

2/3/2025 11:59 PM Central

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Supplemental Information

The Louisiana Department of Health is dedicated to fulfilling its mission through direct provision of quality services, the development and stimulation of services of others, and the utilization of available resources in the most effective manner.

LDH serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities.

This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Laboratory – Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology / East Baton Rouge Parish

Announcement Number: OPH/CG/204421

Cost Center: 3262107411

Position Number(s): 50683776

This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Probationary or Promotional appointment.

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

A resume upload willNOTpopulate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Ciera Green

Ciera.Green@la.gov (ContactEmail@la.gov)

LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES

BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 225-342-6477

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A bachelor's degree in a biological, environmental, or chemical science plus three years of experience in a biological laboratory, chemical laboratory, or environmental laboratory; OR

A master's degree in a biological, environmental, or chemical science plus two years of experience in a biological laboratory, chemical laboratory, or environmental laboratory; OR

A doctorate in a biological, environmental, or chemical science one year of experience in a biological laboratory, chemical laboratory, or environmental laboratory.

SPECIAL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants must be able to pass a criminal background check and/or security clearance, including but not limited to those required for the Federal Select Agent Program and the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners license requirements.

CLINICAL TESTING POSITIONS:

For positions which involve processing and analysis of human specimens and/or the generation or interpretation of laboratory results that may be used in the diagnosis or treatment of a disease or condition in humans, the incumbent must have a current license to practice as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist Generalist (CLS-G) or a Clinical Laboratory Scientist Specialist (CLS-S) issued by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (LSBME).

A temporary license to practice as a CLS-G or a CLS-S issued by the LSBME shall fulfill this requirement only for the limited time granted by the LSBME. The incumbent is required to satisfy the requirements for a CLS-G or CLS-S permanent license prior to the expiration of the temporary license.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To supervise Public Health Laboratory Scientists in a centralized or regional Public Health Laboratory.

Level of Work:

Supervisor.

Supervision Received:

Broad review from a Public Health Laboratory Scientist Manager or other Public Health administrative personnel.

Supervision Exercised:

Line over Public Health Laboratory Scientists and other lower level public health laboratory staff.

Location of Work:

Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, Division of Laboratories.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from a Public Health Laboratory Scientist 3 by the responsibility for direct supervision of subordinate staff.

Differs from the Public Health Laboratory Scientist Manager by the absence of responsibility for serving as a manager of a major section of the Central Laboratory or of a Regional Laboratory.

Differs from the Public Health Laboratory Scientist Technical Master by the absence of responsibility for functions related to research, certification, quality assurance, education, emerging technologies ,or other specialties.

Examples of Work

The Louisiana Office of Public Health has a Public Health Laboratory Scientist Supervisor position available within the OPH Central Laboratory in Baton Rouge, LA. The selected individual will supervise the Environmental Wastewater Unit, which is responsible for analysis of municipal wastewater samples for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and other viruses as directed by the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in polymerase chain reaction (PCR), wastewater testing, and/or molecular biological methods. The incumbent will be responsible for supervising public health laboratory scientists and laboratory technicians. This position requires daily interaction with OPH Laboratory staff, regular interaction with OPH Program staff and regulatory agencies. Limited travel may be required.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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  Do you have polymerase chain reaction experience? If yes, how many years?

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  List any experience you have with laboratory analytical methods, the number of years’ experience with each and where you gained the experience; particularly EPA, molecular biological and/or wastewater methods. The response must be provided here.

  03

  List any laboratory quality/regulatory systems such as EPA, TNI (the NELAC Institute), CLIA, etc. in which you are familiar and where you gained the familiarity with each. The response must be provided here.

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  List the names of courses completed that would be pertinent to this position (e.g. general chemistry 1010, physical chemistry 3010). The response must be provided here.

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  Do you have any supervisory experience? If yes, how many years?

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Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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