Laboratory Improvement Consultant pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000604
- Class code
- 32000604
- Pay group
- MH15
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Laboratory Improvement Consultant is $61,177 to $91,767 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000604.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is consultative and technical work in a program designed to evaluate and improve medical and public health-related environmental laboratory services offered by facilities throughout the state. Positions provide consultation services to technical and managerial personnel in program evaluation, training, quality improvement and continuing education in essential areas of medical and health-related environmental laboratory practice and management. Positions serve as technical consultants in contracted health department laboratories and advise and assist in the laboratory with meeting CLIA certification requirements. Positions administer proficiency test programs and employee competency evaluations, review quality control results, write technical procedures, conduct workshops and training courses, and research newly developed laboratory procedures.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Basic knowledge of statistical methods and laboratory data interpretation. Basic knowledge of the principles of training, consultation, and program evaluation techniques. Considerable knowledge of current medical and health-related environmental laboratory procedures, materials, and equipment. Considerable knowledge of chemistry and the biological sciences as pertinent to health-related environmental technology and clinical medical technology. Considerable knowledge of quality improvement activities such as LEAN and Six Sigma. Considerable knowledge of the principles of quality control and quality assurance in laboratory practice.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science, medical technology, biology or chemistry from an appropriately accredited institution and three years of experience in a medical or health-related laboratory, environmental laboratory, or other scientific laboratory depending upon area of assignment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
ust be capable of meeting the Federal CLIA'88 personnel requirements for a technical supervisor in a laboratory performing moderate complexity testing. <h2
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.