PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

What will I do as a Public Health Laboratories Assistant Director?

Assists in planning, organizing, and directing laboratory operations and in the administration and implementation of laboratory objectives, policies, and procedures to ensure effective and efficient services and compliance with established standards, rules, and regulations.

Assists the Public Health Laboratory Director in the development, implementation, and assessment of long-range and short-term goals; conducts studies and analyzes reports and makes recommendations concerning laboratory staffing, organization, budget, and work flow.

Coordinates Public Health Laboratory operations and services with the operations of other local, state, Public Health and personal health programs.

Plans, organizes, directs and evaluates the work of supervisory staffs of major laboratory sections including Bacteriology/Parasitology, Mycobacteriology, Virology, and Immunology and determines operational priorities.

Directs the development and preparation of grant/contract applications and progress reports and monitors and controls related expenditures.

Plans and implements policies and procedures to ensure compliance with local, State and Federal regulations; ensures that laboratory testing meets the State and Federal mandated protocols.

Conducts validation and verification studies of new methodologies and instrumentations, analyzes results and prepares reports and recommendations.

Manage special projects or assignments as directed by the Public Health Laboratory Director, as needed.

• Applicants must ensure the License and Certification Section of the application is completed. Provide the title(s) of your required license and certificate, the number(s), date(s) of issue, date(s) of expiration and the name(s) of the issuing agency for the required license as specified in the Selection Requirements.
• The required license and/or certificate must be active and unrestricted or your application will not be accepted.
• Prior to appointment, applicants must be certified as a California Public Health Microbiologist or have been issued a temporary certificate by the California State Department of Public Health for those applicants who meet the requirements for admission to the next scheduled examination. Certification must be obtained within twelve (12) months from appointment. 

• Accredited institutions are those listed in the publications of regional, national, or international accrediting agencies, which are accepted by the Department of Human Resources (DHR). Publications such as American Universities and Colleges and International Handbook of Universities are acceptable references. Also acceptable, if appropriate, are degrees that have been evaluated and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from United States accredited institutions by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE). (see Employment Information under Accreditation Information).
• Official Transcript is defined as a transcript that bears the college seal and states "official and/or copy" issued by the school's registrar office. A printout of the transcript from the school's website is NOT considered official and will not be accepted and may result in your application being incomplete and rejected.
• We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.

**An approved Medical School is a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). For a full list of accredited programs, click here.

***Relevant laboratory experience is defined as clinical diagnostic or public health surveillance work or closely related experience. 

****Accredited by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) or the College of American Pathologists (CAP).