Administrative, fiscal, planning and consultative duties at a professional level for the Department of Health involving development and administration of public health laboratory services. Duties include budgetary, program, grant and contract administration as well as policy and program development.
Supervision is exercised over a large professional and technical staff.
Work is performed under the general direction of the Health Surveillance Division Director. Extensive interaction occurs with other Health Department officials, with health care facility administrators, and with physicians. Confers with Health Department managers and with outside officials who utilize laboratory services on matters of mutual concern. Coordinates laboratory functions and facilities with user needs and programs. Develops scope of protocols and determines functions to be assumed, curtailed, discontinued or delegated.