Supervisory Toxicologist (Forensic) or Supervisory Chemist (Forensic), (Deputy Assistant Director)

To qualify for this position, you must meet the selective factor, basic professional requirements, and specialized experience requirement below.

Selective Factor:

Candidate must currently be Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified by a board approved by Health and Human Services (HHS). The current approved boards are the following: Provide a copy of your Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certification.

ABB - American Board of Bioanalysis
ABB public health microbiology certification
ABCC - American Board of Clinical Chemistry
ABFT - American Board of Forensic Toxicology
ABMGG - American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (formerly known as American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG))
ABMLI - American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology
ABMM - American Board of Medical Microbiology
ACHI -American College of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (formerly known as American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ABHI))
NRCC - National Registry of Certified Chemists
DMLI - Diplomate in Medical Laboratory Immunology (ASCP Board of Certification)

Provide a copy of your Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certification.

Basic Professional Requirement and specialized experience:

For Chemistry Series 1320: I have a degree in 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;
OR
Combination of education and experience, course work equivalent to a major as shown above, including at least 30 semester hours of chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education;
AND
One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level that equipped you with the skills needed to perform the job duties. Specialized experience is defined as managing and directing all phases of a forensic toxicology laboratory that performs the full range of forensic screening and confirmation analyses to detect drug use; providing interpretation of data, drug pharmacokinetics and drug pharmacodynamics to the court, law enforcement or criminal justice agency leadership and staff; and providing expert testimony on all phases of forensic drug testing operations.

For Toxicology Series 415: I have a degree in toxicology; or an appropriate discipline of the biological, medical, or veterinary sciences that included at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, biochemistry, or physiology, and 12 semester hours in toxicology;
AND
One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level that equipped you with the skills needed to perform the job duties. Specialized experience is defined as managing and directing all phases of a forensic toxicology laboratory that performs the full range of forensic screening and confirmation analyses to detect drug use; providing interpretation of data, drug pharmacokinetics and drug pharmacodynamics to the court, law enforcement or criminal justice agency leadership and staff; and providing expert testimony on all phases of forensic drug testing operations.

NOTE: Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience related to this position. Failure to demonstrate how you possess the experience requirements will result in an "Ineligible" rating.