Molecular Immunoserolgy Microbiologist (V) | PUBLIC HEALTH MICROBIOLOGIST II (VIROLOGY)

The Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory Program (VRDL) is one of the oldest and largest state public health virology laboratories.  As a CLIA-certified state public health laboratory performing high complexity testing, it serves as the reference laboratory for local public health laboratories and other clients and provides some primary testing for local public health departments that do not have laboratories.  The VRDL is an advanced reference laboratory for the federal Laboratory Response Network and is regulated under the federal Select Agents Program.  VRDL provides laboratory testing, technical consultation and support, training and assistance, and research required for the diagnosis, investigation and control of viral and Rickettsial diseases, and for the development and maintenance of high-quality state and local public health laboratory services in California.

The candidate will perform routine testing according to standard operating procedures such as neutralization testing for arboviruses and rabies virus among other antibody and molecular test methods, assist in the development of complex molecular and immunodiagnostic assays for the detection of nucleic acids and antibodies for infectious agents including West Nile virus, dengue virus, Zika virus Chikungunya virus, rabies virus and other viral and rickettsial pathogens, perform validation studies to qualify these novel assays for use in the diagnosis of human infection, perform proficiency testing and quality assurance procedures to assure the accuracy and reproducibility of the tests and assist in writing standard operating procedures, validations and risk assessments.

Minimum Requirements

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

• PUBLIC HEALTH MICROBIOLOGIST II (VIROLOGY)

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

1. Cell and virus culture experience
2. Antibody assay experience
   1. Neutralization testing
   2. Enzyme immunoassay
   3. Western blot
3. Molecular experience
   1. Nucleic acid testing
   2. Protein isolation and purification

 Possession Public Health Microbiologist Certification.

How To Apply

Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.

https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=471193

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