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Microbiologist Supervisor
Job Group: Health and Wellness Services
Job Subgroup: Public Health Laboratory Sciences
Salary Range (Annual):
21: $49,700-101,530 Employee Category: Academic Staff
Job Code: HS053
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Job Summary:
Secures organizational logistics and resources, develops unit policy and laboratory methods, maintains equipment, and reviews staff research activities to ensure high microbiology research standards. Supervises staff.
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Job Responsibilities:
- Develops, performs, and interprets microbiological tests or assays for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of illnesses or to determine sources of contamination in the environment
- Monitors scientific reporting to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures
- Oversees schedules of operational work plans for a specialized technical laboratory area
- Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
- Schedules logistics and secures resources for microbiology research activities
- Develops operating policies and laboratory procedures to comply with regulations, institutional policies, and unit objectives to ensure quality control
- Inspects, maintains, calibrates, and repairs equipment to ensure optimal and safe operation
- Directs, develops, and evaluates research methodology, study preparation, and results interpretation
- Plans and conducts experiments and documents results according to research protocol
- Recruits employees and conducts employee performance evaluations
- Identifies, develops, and facilitates unit staff training opportunities
- Contributes to the development of microbiology science through professional association conference attendance, presentations, and participation
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Education:
Bachelor's Degree Required
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FLSA Status:
Exempt
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Institution Job:
No
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Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
Yes
- Employee Category:
Academic Staff
- Scaled Job:
No
- Salary Range (Annual):
21: $49,700-101,530
- Job Code:
HS053: Microbiologist Supervisor
- Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=HS053