New York City, NY-posted 3 months ago
Remote • Manhattan, NY
5,001-10,000 employees
Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is a public health leader serving over 8.4 million New York City residents from diverse ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. The NYC Public Health Laboratory (PHL) is one of the largest local public health laboratories in the United States offering a dynamic and innovative work environment where employees contribute to the health and safety of NYC residents by providing clinical and environmental laboratory testing services. With more than 100 years of leadership in public health, a team of over 200 scientific and support staff are committed to its mission to safeguard the health of all NYC residents by providing quality laboratory testing services that support the priorities of the NYC DOHMH and its community partners to prevent and respond to clinical and environmental public health concerns. The DOHMH PHL seeks to hire a qualified candidate to serve as an Associate Laboratory Microbiologist. This position will play an integral role in laboratory testing and responding to public health threats, including but not limited to COVID-19, vaccine preventable diseases, HIV, Legionella as well as respiratory, foodborne, and waterborne disease outbreaks. This is an excellent opportunity to join our multidisciplinary team, and collaborate with local, state, federal, and academic partners.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Experience in a clinical or environmental diagnostic testing laboratory.
  • Possess or be eligible for a New York State clinical Laboratory Technologist License as described in Article 165 of the New York State Education Law effective September 23, 2008.
  • Dynamic benefits - NYC Health.
  • Robust Worksite Wellness program with a wide range of offerings.
  • Eligibility for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.
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