CLINICAL LABORATORY EVALUATOR 3
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Clinical Laboratory Evaluator 3 is a state title in New Jersey's competitive civil service, which means the way in is an open exam rather than a direct appointment.
It is a middle Clinical Laboratory Evaluator grade, between Clinical Laboratory Evaluator 2 below and the better-paid Clinical Laboratory Evaluator 4 above. Candidates need a bachelor's degree and 4 years of relevant experience. Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $87,507 to $128,719.
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See where to apply for this title →Pay ladder: Clinical Laboratory Evaluator series
- Clinical Laboratory Evaluator 1 — $69,668 – $101,951
- Clinical Laboratory Evaluator 2 — $79,844 – $117,228
- Clinical Laboratory Evaluator 3 — $87,507 – $128,719 (this title)
- Clinical Laboratory Evaluator 4 — $95,955 – $141,386
Promoting to Clinical Laboratory Evaluator 4 raises the top of the band by about $12,667. Its top salary lands around the 75th percentile of all NJ civil service titles that publish a range.
Rungs are ordered by FY 2027 pay. NJ level numbers are not always sequential, so ordering follows salary rather than the title number.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction of a supervisory official in the Department of Health and Senior Services, has responsibility for the licensure, certification and inspection of blood banks and/or clinical laboratories; performs work of major importance within the various disciplines of medical technology to protect the health and safety of blood donors and recipients and ensure the accuracy and reliability of clinical laboratory test results; supervises staff and work activities; prepares and signs official performance evaluations for subordinate staff; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- Performs duties related to supervisory responsibility for subordinate level laboratory evaluators as directed.
- Assists in the collection of data for budget preparation, monthly reports and annual statistical summaries.
- Participates in the development and implementation of programmatic criteria for evaluating the quality assurance plans and activities of clinical laboratories and/or blood banks to determine that provisions are in place and are monitored at established frequencies in order to ensure the accuracy and reliability of test results and to protect the health and safety of blood donors and recipients.
- Serves as team leader for the inspection of clinical laboratories or blood banks performing a high volume and high complexity of testing or in response to a complaint which has high potential to result in enforcement action.
- Assists in the development and revision of program policies and procedures governing licensing inspections, complaint investigations and guidelines for regulated facilities.
- Conducts and performs special projects such as research into evolving technologies that may impact program operations and regulatory functions as assigned by supervisory officials.
- Evaluates credentials and work related experience of licensed laboratory directors/supervisors to ensure compliance with provisions of PL 1975, Chapter 166 and of PL 1963, Chapter 33.
- Reviews the internal quality control of licensed laboratories and/or blood banks to ensure that standards are met.
- Interprets current federal/state rules, regulations, and standards applicable to licensed laboratories and blood banks including personnel qualifications.
- Provides assistance, guidance, and consultation to laboratories and/or blood banks to improve performance and compliance with established standards.
- Establishes curriculum and has supervisory responsibility in conducting courses, workshops, and seminars designed to provide didactic/functional training to technical personnel from private/public health/hospital laboratories and/or blood banks throughout New Jersey.
- Maintains constant surveillance on all relevant literature, trends of thought, and new developments in the field of medical technology and its allied scientific areas.
- Organizes assigned technical/supervisory work, analyzes problem areas, and develops appropriate work schedules and procedures for staff as requested.
- Supervises the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining of employees.
- Participates in the planning, organization, and coordination of the operational functions of constituent units of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Program.
- Oversees and makes frequent analysis of quality control programs in use and makes recommendations concerning possible weaknesses within these programs.
- Provides authoritative technical advice concerning clinical laboratory and/or blood bank procedures to directors and staff of laboratories/blood banks in New Jersey.
- Prepares complex or technical correspondence in the course of official duties.
- Provides technical consultation to other state/federal agencies.
- May prepare materials when legal action is initiated against various laboratories.
- Prepares clear, technically sound, accurate, and informative progress and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Supervises the maintenance of records, reports, and files.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology or a biological or chemical science which shall have included as least sixteen (16) semester hour credits in chemistry, sixteen (16) semester hour credits in the biological sciences, and three (3) semester hour credits in mathematics.
Experience
Four (4) years of experience as a medical technologist in specialties including but not limited to chemistry, microbiology, hematology, immunology, and cytology in a private/public/hospital clinical laboratory which shall have included training responsibilities, and one (1) year of which must have been related to quality control standards.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification as a medical technologist may be required for federally funded positions.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the science and practice of medical technology and its related scientific areas.
- Knowledge of procedures/techniques employed in making/interpreting standard as well as special diagnostic tests in the clinical laboratory and/or blood bank.
- Knowledge of theory, function, maintenance, and use of clinical laboratory and/or blood bank equipment.
- Knowledge of statistical methods which are employed in the clinical laboratory and/or blood bank.
- Ability to interpret federal/state statutes relating to qualifications of laboratory personnel and/or blood bank personnel and quality control programs.
- Ability to plan and coordinate the work flow in any size clinical laboratory or blood bank and to ensure that the design is functional for that individual facility.
- Ability to give appropriate assignments/instructions to individuals and supervise the performance of their work.
- Ability to analyze and make recommendations for the correction of clinical laboratory or blood bank problems.
- Ability to assist in the organization and administration of the various functions of a laboratory and/or blood bank licensure and inspection program.
- Ability to write scientific/technical reports and articles and to take active part in local/state/national meetings and conferences.
- Ability to prepare and supervise preparation of clear, scientifically sound, and accurate reports of tests and to state findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Ability to prepare reports for administrative hearings.
- Ability to prepare and/or edit technical correspondence in the course of official duties.
- Ability to review and analyze existing work procedures, evaluate their appropriateness, and recommend changes to improve operating efficiency.
- Ability to supervise the maintenance of records, reports, and files.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
Possession of the qualifications of a Medical Technologist as required under Federal Medicare Regulations Subpart M Part 405:1315, Chapter 3, Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations for coverage of services of independent laboratories or under NJAC 8:44-2.6 may be substituted for the above education.
A Master's degree in Medical Technology or the biological or chemical sciences may be substituted for one (1) year of indicated experience.