STATE LABORATORIES ADMINISTRATOR (EM-07) - OAHU

Recruitment Number 218142 - Downtown, Oahu Employment Only

Note: Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors.

A continuous recruitment may be closed at any time. The notice of the last day to file applications will be posted on the Civil Service Hawaii State Government Jobs page of our website.

This position is responsible for administering a statewide laboratories program which conducts chemical and microbiological analysis in support of environmental health and communicable disease monitoring and control activities, investigations and research; sets standards and monitors for quality laboratory services statewide; provides technical supervision and administrative support to district public health laboratories on the neighbor islands; evaluates and approves or licenses clinical laboratory personnel; provides diagnostic and consultative laboratory services to physicians, institutions and various federal, State and local government agencies for the diagnosis and control of disease; and provides consultative, analytical and other related laboratory services to departmental program concerned with environmental and sanitation safeguard. 

Responsibility involves planning, organizing, directing and coordinating the activities of the division through the supervision of several branch chiefs; developing divisional policies, procedures, goals and objectives; and carrying out the personnel and budgetary functions necessary for program development and implementation.

The work also involves extensive contacts with representatives of other Department of Health divisions, State, federal, national organizations, county and private agencies and individuals to provide consultative advice and assistance on laboratory procedures, methods and related matters.

This position is responsible for providing supervision to all division staff which includes branch chiefs, program support staff and laboratory personnel located in the District Health Office.

To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements:

Basic Education/Experience Requirement:  All applicants must meet one of the requirements specified in 1, 2 or 3 below: 

1.  Is a physician licensed to practice medicine under HRS chapter 453 or osteopathy under HRS chapter 460 and is:

Certified in anatomical or clinical pathology or in one of the clinical laboratory specialties by the American Board of Pathology or the American Osteopathic Board of Pathology;

or

Certified by the American Board of Medical Microbiology, the American Board of Clinical Chemistry, the American Board of Bioanalysis, the American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology, or other certifying agency acceptable to the department, in one of the laboratory specialties.

2.  For the subspecialty of oral pathology only, is a physician licensed to practice medicine under HRS chapter 453 or osteopathy under HRS chapter 460 and is certified by the American Board of oral Pathology, the American Board of Pathology, or the American Osteopathic Board of Pathology.

3.  Holds a doctoral degree from an accredited college or university in a chemical, physical, biological, or clinical laboratory science, and:

Is certified by the American Board of Medical Microbiology, the American Board of Clinical Chemistry, the American Board of Bioanalysis, the American Board of medical laboratory Immunology, or other certifying agency acceptable to the department, in one of the laboratory specialties;

and

Has at least two (2) years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience in one or more of the clinical laboratory specialties, including at least one year of clinical laboratory supervisory experience in a laboratory acceptable to the department.

Supervisory Experience: 

Applicants must have had two (2) years of supervisory experience which involved supervising professional laboratory personnel.  The experience must have included:  1) planning and directing the work of others; 2) assigning and reviewing their work; 3) advising them on difficult and complex areas; 4) scheduling their work; 5) disciplining them when necessary.  This supervisory experience may have been gained concurrently with the pertinent experience required for the Clinical Laboratory Director License.

Managerial Experience: 

Applicants must also have had one (1) year of professional experience which involved responsibility for identifying program goals and objectives and evaluating their attainment; identifying resource needs (manpower, materials, equipment); planning, organizing and coordinating program activities to attain program objectives within time, resource and budgetary limitations; developing procedures; and actively participating in policy determination, budget formulation and execution.  This managerial experience may have been gained concurrently with the two (2) years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience required for the Clinical laboratory Director license.

Administrative Aptitude: 

Applicants must possess administrative aptitude.  Administrative aptitude will be considered to have been met when there is strong affirmative evidence of the necessary administrative aptitudes and abilities.  Such evidence may be in the form of success in regular or special assignments or projects which involved administrative problems (e.g., in planning, organizing, promoting, and directing a program, including policy and budgetary considerations; providing staff advice and assistance in such matters); interest in management demonstrated by the performance of work assignments in a manner which clearly indicates awareness of administrative problems and the ability to solve them; completion of educational or training courses in the area of administration accompanied by the application of the principles, which were learned, to work assignments; management's observation and evaluation of the applicant's leadership and administrative capabilities; and success in trial assignments to managerial and/or administrative tasks.

License Requirement:

A valid Clinical Laboratory Director license issued by the State of Hawaii, Department of Health, will be required at the time of appointment.

Special Requirement:

Applicants must be qualified to manage and direct the laboratory personnel and performance of high complexity tests in accordance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, Health and Quality Standards.


 

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TESTING INFORMATION
The examination for this recruitment will be conducted on an unassembled basis where the examination score is based on an evaluation and rating of your education and experience. It is therefore important that your employment application provide a clear and detailed description of the duties and responsibilities of each position you held.

In-person interviews and/or further testing in Hawaii may be required at the discretion of the hiring agency. If in-person interviews and/or further testing is a requirement, applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements and are referred to the vacancy must be available to participate in person and at their own expense in this required phase of the selection process.

Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. In addition to employment availability and score, the referral of qualified applicants may be based upon other factors including date of receipt of the application.

The State of Hawai'i complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.  If you require reasonable accommodations in completing an application, any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection process, please call 808-587-0936 for assistance.

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