Responsibilities

Toxicologists are professional laboratory scientists responsible for conducting chemical and toxicological analysis as part of the investigation to determine the cause of death. Toxicologist classes are allocated only to the Medical Examiner's Department. This class differs from the Criminalist class series in that Criminalists perform a wide variety of forensic analyzes on physical evidence that is used in law enforcement investigations.

Toxicologist III is the lead level professional class in the Toxicologist series. The ideal candidate will oversee daily operations and serve as a lead worker providing technical guidance, training subordinate toxicologists and conducting the most complex examinations. This class differs from the next higher class, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory Manager, in that the latter is a first line supervisor responsible for the Toxicology Section of the Medical Examiner's department and the overall supervision and evaluation of all toxicologists.

Daily Operational Technical Lead: Duties include but are not limited to the following: lead routine daily operations in the laboratory to ensure workflow, maintain turnaround times, and work with QA/QC and Method Development and Validation Technical Leads.

Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Technical Lead: Duties include but are not limited to the following: independently review data packets for completeness, adhere to standard operating procedures and accreditation requirements, ensuring technical accuracy. Ensure that results and interpretations are objective, defensible, and unbiased. Manage quality control materials and reference materials, monitor trends and systematic errors, report quality control issues, and collaborate with the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory Manager on process improvements and updates.

Method Development and Validation Technical Lead: Duties include but are not limited to the following: perform independent method development and validation to ensure that analytical methods used to identify analytes in biological matrices via screening and confirmation are accurate, precise, reliable, and compliant with current scientific standards and accreditation requirements. Collaborate with the Daily Operations and QA/QC Technical Leads to provide seamless integration of newly validated methods.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience: Must be State of California of Public Health Title 17 proficient as a Forensic Alcohol Analyst within one year of hire, AND have, three (3) years of full-time experience as a Toxicologist II in the County of San Diego; OR, a bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university, or a certified foreign studies equivalency in chemistry, biochemistry, a physical or life science, or a closely related field, AND, five (5) years of professional, full-time experience performing toxicological examinations, two (2) years of which must be at the level of Toxicologist II as defined above.

Note: A master's degree in analytical chemistry, biochemistry, or related subject may substitute for one year of the required professional experience.

Certification/Registration: Certification as California Forensic Alcohol Analyst or California Forensic Alcohol Analyst within one year of hire.

Compensation

$101,878.40 - $125,257.60 Annually Benefits link: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/hr/benefit_summaries/Non-Management_Benefit_Summary_(NMG).pdf

How to apply

Apply via the following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sdcounty/jobs/4544925/toxicologist-iii-24430604?keywords=toxicologist&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

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