Toxicologist 1

About This Role

This early-career forensic toxicologist position involves operating analytical instrumentation, critically assessing analytical data, reporting test findings, and providing expert opinions and testimony in court. The role primarily concerns tests performed by the laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Perform toxicological analyses including ELISA, CO-oximetry, chemistries, ethanol and volatile quantitation with headspace GC/FID, and drug testing with GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, LC/MS/MS and/or LC/TOF MS instrumentation
• Critically evaluate instrumental data
• Report results supported by analytical findings
• Perform technical review of batch and case data to ensure compliance with laboratory procedures and accreditation standards
• Perform sample preparation techniques
• Receive, inventory, and store evidence
• Prepare test reagents and maintain supplies
• Perform laboratory upkeep duties
• Evaluate toxicology test results within case context
• Testify to analytical procedures performed
• May testify to the effects of alcohol on human performance and behavior

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, biology, toxicology or a closely related field from an accredited university
• Meet the Toxicology Analyst (General, Non-interpretive or Interpretive) coursework requirements outlined in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 37, Part 15, Chapter 651, Subchapter C, Rule §651.207
• A minimum of 16 credit hours (or equivalent) of college-level chemistry coursework beyond general chemistry that includes organic chemistry
• Two three-semester credit hour (or equivalent) courses in college-level analytical chemistry (Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Informatics, Instrumental Analysis, Mass Spectrometry, Quantitative Analysis, Separation Science, Spectroscopic Analysis, or similarly named course) or interpretive science (Biochemistry, Drug Metabolism, Forensic Toxicology, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, Physiology, or Toxicology or similarly named course)
• Three-semester credit hours (or equivalent) college level statistics
• Licensure by the Texas Forensic Science Commission within one year of hire; maintained for the duration of employment
• Certification by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology (ABFT) within three years from date of hire or eligibility, whichever is later, to be maintained for the duration of employment
• Maintain a valid Driver's License and ability to safely operate a motor vehicle
• Knowledge of the theoretical principles and applications of instrumentation (immunoassay, UV-visible spectrophotometry, headspace GC/FID, GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, LC/MS/MS and/or LC/TOF MS) and methodologies used to analyze toxicological samples