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City of New York

Associate Laboratory Microbiologist I, Bureau of the Public Health Laboratory

City of New York, Suffolk, Virginia, United States, 23437


The NYC DOHMH Public Health Laboratory is seeking to hire a qualified Associate Laboratory Microbiologist I.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Assist lab supervisors with routine laboratory operations and administrative tasks. Perform high and moderate complexity laboratory testing and procedures on clinical and environmental specimens submitted to the PHL. Use manual and automated methods and specialized instrumentation within the BSL-2 laboratory and high containment laboratory (BSL-3). Generate reports, keep records, and perform tasks related to laboratory testing. Cross-train in various methods and techniques across PHL to assist with routine and surge events as needed. Perform and/or provide oversight of administrative functions in the laboratory. Use the Laboratory Information System to perform data entry, queries, and verify testing results. Maintain laboratory supplies and equipment using the PHL inventory tracking system or alternative system when implemented. Assist lab supervisors in maintaining a program of quality control, participating in a program of quality assurance, and taking corrective action when needed. Maintain and monitor general and unit specific program of biosafety and infection control.

Minimum Qualifications

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in medical technology or in one of the chemical, physical, or biological sciences, and one year of laboratory experience at the technologist level in the appropriate laboratory specialty or specialties; or Ninety college credits from an accredited college or university

including or supplemented by either (a) or (b) below, and one year of laboratory experience at the technologist level in the appropriate laboratory specialty or specialties.

Preferred Skills

Experience in a clinical or environmental diagnostic testing laboratory.

Possess or be eligible for a New York State Clinical Technologist license as described in Article 16 of the New York State Education Law effective September 23, 2008.

***Employees must maintain a New York State (NYS) Laboratory Technologist license for the duration of employment.

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