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Tumwater, Washington
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Posted: 09-Dec-25
Location: Shoreline, Washington
Type: Full Time
Salary: $89,233 - $119,977 yearly
Categories:
Public Health
Internal Number: DOH8767
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Join the team that safeguards the health of every newborn in Washington. As a Chemist 4, you’ll lead the daily work of the Newborn Screening Laboratory, ensuring that infants receive timely and accurate screening results for preventable heritable conditions. You will guide a skilled team, support program planning, improve laboratory processes, and help maintain a service that families across the state rely on from day one.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and supervise the Newborn Screening Laboratory’s day to day operations, including scheduling, training, support, and performance development for a team of approximately nine technical staff.
- Oversee testing workflows, review atypical results, maintain quality and competency records, and coordinate method development with quality assurance and program leadership.
- Manage essential administrative operations, including equipment monitoring, supply planning, vendor coordination, workload forecasting, and routine reporting.
- Provide technical back up for lead workers, including reviewing and releasing results, troubleshooting instruments or the laboratory information system, and guiding staff on testing questions.
- Contribute to program planning, policy development, standard operating procedures, and continuous improvement of laboratory practices.
- Support emergency response activities when the agency is activated.
- Option1: 7 years of experience in a medical, clinical, and/or biochemical laboratory including 5 years of laboratory bench experience in a medical, clinical, biochemical laboratory
- Option 2: A bachelor’s degree in microbiology, chemistry, pathobiology, genetics, biology, biochemistry, medical technology, or closely allied field including at least 20 semester or 30 quarter credit hours in microbiology and/or chemistry; AND three (3) years of experience in a medical, clinical, and/or biochemical laboratory.
- A Masters degree in the above fields may substitute for 1 year of experience in option 2.
- A PhD in the above fields may substitute for 2 years of experience in option 2.
Additional Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience:
- Experience supervising, leading, or coordinating laboratory staff including scheduling, assigning work, evaluating performance, and supporting training and competency.
- Experience working in a clinical, public health, or research laboratory performing complex analytical testing.
- Experience working in a CLIA-regulated or quality-managed laboratory environment with established QA/QC systems.
- Experience troubleshooting laboratory instruments, assays, or LIMS workflows.
- Proficiency using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and standard laboratory software.
- Experience maintaining and reviewing training records, competency assessments, and QC/QA documentation.
- Ability to interpret, evaluate, and release laboratory test results in accordance with protocols and quality standards.
About Washington State Department of Health
Our programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live and work, provide information to help people make good health decisions and ensure our state is prepared for emergencies. To accomplish all of these, we collaborate with many partners every day.
We help ensure a safer and healthier Washington by:
Working to improve health through disease and injury prevention, immunization, and newborn screening
Providing health and safety information, education and training so people can make healthy choices
Promoting a health and wellness system where we live, learn, work, play and worship
Addressing environmental health hazards associated with drinking water, food, air quality and pesticide exposure
Protecting you and your family by licensing healthcare professionals, investigating disease outbreaks and preparing for emergencies
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