Laboratory Improvement Coordinator pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000605
- Class code
- 32000605
- Pay group
- MH16
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Laboratory Improvement Coordinator is $62,044 to $102,371 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000605.
- 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 administrative work in planning and coordinating the activities of the Laboratory Improvement services for medical, health, agricultural or related environmental services laboratories in the state. Work is characterized in the development and implementation of training, work force development, quality assurance and continuing education programs to improve the relevance, reliability, proficiency and safety of laboratory services. Positions may supervise staff, laboratory improvement units or perform quality control evaluation for program improvements or accreditation standards. Supervisory work incorporates the review of safety and emergency response plans, writing policies and procedures, developing recommendations and corrective actions, following up on corrective actions, and coordinating administrative and quality assurance activities.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of laboratory techniques, methodologies and recent developments in the work performed by clinical, environmental, or agricultural laboratories. Considerable knowledge of the principles of training, consultation, and program evaluation. Considerable knowledge of the principles of quality control, quality assurance, continuous quality improvement, LEAN/Six Sigma methodologies and laboratory information systems. Thorough knowledge of terminology, techniques and equipment associated with clinical and environmental laboratories. Thorough knowledge of chemistry or the biological sciences as pertinent to environmental technology and clinical laboratory science. Thorough knowl ...
Minimum qualifications
Public Health Labs: Bachelor's degree in medical technology, chemistry, or a biological science from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of experience in a clinical or public health laboratory or assigned area, two of which is in a supervisory capacity when job related; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Other Labs: Bachelor's degree in medical technology, chemistry, or a biological science from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of experience in a clinical or public health laboratory or assigned area; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
Public Health Labs Must be capable of meeting the Federal CLIA'88 personnel requirements for a general supervisor in a laboratory performing high 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.