What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chemist position at NCEH-DLS-INORGANIC AND RADIATION ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY BRANCH?
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Basic Qualifications:
To qualify at the GS-11 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level, which must include the following experience: performing quantitative measurements of biomarkers in biological samples using a variety of highly technical instrumentation within a quality-controlled laboratory environment. Applying relevant regulations and procedures in a laboratory setting and conducting chemical and clinical analyses of samples which includes operating advanced technical instrumentation such as mass spectrometers.
OR
Have completed 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree that is directly related to the duties of the position.
OR
Have a combination of education and specialized experience that together meets 100% of the qualification requirement for this position.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Qualifications:
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.Basic Qualifications:
You must have a bachelor's degree: physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics.
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Combination of education and experience -- course work equivalent to a major as shown above, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify at the GS-11 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level, which must include the following experience: performing quantitative measurements of biomarkers in biological samples using a variety of highly technical instrumentation within a quality-controlled laboratory environment. Applying relevant regulations and procedures in a laboratory setting and conducting chemical and clinical analyses of samples which includes operating advanced technical instrumentation such as mass spectrometers.
OR
Have completed 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree that is directly related to the duties of the position.
OR
Have a combination of education and specialized experience that together meets 100% of the qualification requirement for this position.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Responsibilities:
As a Chemist, you will:- Perform a variety of chemical and clinical analyses of biologic (human) samples for a variety of analytes.
- Carry out activities to determine public health laboratory research and/or service requirements.
- Identify and quantifying biomarkers of exposure or their metabolites, their stability and measuring requirements, sampling procedures, dose-response calibrators, equipment needs, quality control techniques.
- Conduct applied research toward development, characterization and validation of laboratory method(s) for the selected analytes.
- Routine monitoring the stability, precision and validity of laboratory methods by applying sound scientific techniques that adhere to Division guidelines and policies.
Salary : $78,972