CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

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CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Scientist - Physical/Biologcal
Benchmark Title: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 
Summary Job Description Tasks
Conduct research dealing with the understanding of human diseases and the improvement of human health. Engage in clinical investigation, research and development, or other related activities. Includes physicians, dentists, public health specialists, pharmacologists, and medical pathologists who primarily conduct research. Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings.
 
Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
 
Follow strict safety procedures when handling toxic materials to avoid contamination.
 
Evaluate effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, parasites, and microorganisms at various levels.
 
Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.
 
Prepare and analyze organ, tissue, and cell samples to identify toxicity, bacteria, or microorganisms or to study cell structure.
 
Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
 
Investigate cause, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission of diseases or parasites.
 
Confer with health departments, industry personnel, physicians, and others to develop health safety standards and public health improvement programs.
 
Study animal and human health and physiological processes.
 
Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, and others regarding medical applications of physics, biology, and chemistry.
 
Use equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, electron microscopes, flow cytometers, and chromatography systems.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Scientist - Physical/Biologcal
Benchmark Title: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 
Important Knowledge Competencies Competency Description
Biology Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
 
English Language Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 
Mathematics Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
 
Medicine and Dentistry Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
 
Chemistry Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
 
Administration and Management Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
 
Communications and Media Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
 
Education and Training Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
 
Personnel and Human Resources Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
 
Clerical Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
 
Computers and Electronics Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
 
Public Safety and Security Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
 
Physics Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Scientist - Physical/Biologcal
Benchmark Title: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 
Important Skill Competencies Competency Description
Science Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
 
Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
 
Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
 
Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.
 
Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
 
Active Listening Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
 
Writing Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
 
Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
 
Monitoring Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
 
Judgment and Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
 
Systems Analysis Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
 
Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
 
Systems Evaluation Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
 
Time Management Managing one's own time and the time of others.
 
Mathematics Using mathematics to solve problems.
 
Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
 
Persuasion Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
 
Instructing Teaching others how to do something.
 
Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.
 
Operations Analysis Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
 
Management of Personnel Resources Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
 
Learning Strategies Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Scientist - Physical/Biologcal
Benchmark Title: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 
Important Ability Competencies Competency Description
Oral Comprehension The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
 
Written Comprehension The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
 
Inductive Reasoning The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
 
Oral Expression The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
 
Deductive Reasoning The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
 
Written Expression The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
 
Problem Sensitivity The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
 
Near Vision The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
 
Speech Clarity The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
 
Information Ordering The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
 
Speech Recognition The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
 
Category Flexibility The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
 
Mathematical Reasoning The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
 
Flexibility of Closure The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
 
Selective Attention The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
 
Originality The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
 
Number Facility The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
 
Perceptual Speed The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
 
Fluency of Ideas The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
 
Finger Dexterity The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Scientist - Physical/Biologcal
Benchmark Title: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 
Tools/Technology Example Product Category
Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software Graphics or photo imaging software
 
BioArray Software Environment BASE software Analytical or scientific software
 
Database software Data base user interface and query software
 
Medical Scientists HybridAI Analytical or scientific software
 
Medical Scientists MediSave Analytical or scientific software
 
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software
 
Microsoft Visual Basic Development environment software
 
Microsoft Word Word processing software
 
PerkinElmer TurboMass Analytical or scientific software
 
Presentation software Presentation software
 
Spreadsheet software Spreadsheet software
 
Statistical software Analytical or scientific software
 
The MathWorks MATLAB Analytical or scientific software
 
Thermo ToxLab Analytical or scientific software
 
Triple G ULTRA Laboratory Information System Analytical or scientific software
 
Waters Empower 2 Data base user interface and query software
 
Waters MassLynx Analytical or scientific software
 
Waters Millennium32 Analytical or scientific software
 
Waters Q-DIS/QM LIMS Analytical or scientific software
 
Waters eLab Notebook Data base user interface and query software
 
Word processing software Word processing software
 
Absorption tubes Chromatography tubing
 
Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers Spectrophotometers
 
Autoclaves Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
 
Automated centrifuges Benchtop centrifuges
 
Automated deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers Deoxyribonucleic sequence analyzers
 
Balances Laboratory balances
 
Beta counters Beta counters
 
Binocular light compound microscopes Binocular light compound microscopes
 
Blenders Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers
 
Blood gas machines Blood gas analyzers
 
Bomb calorimeters Calorimeters
 
Bone ultrasound densitometers Medical ultrasound bone densitometers
 
Capillary electrophoresis equipment Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis
 
Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators Dry wall single chamber carbon dioxide incubators
 
Cell disruptors Ultrasonic disintegrators
 
Centrifuges Benchtop centrifuges
 
Chemistry analyzers Chemistry analyzers
 
Chromatographic tubes Chromatography tubing
 
Coagulation machines Coagulation analyzers
 
Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometers Spectrophotometers
 
Colorimeters Colorimeters
 
Computerized axial tomography CAT scanners Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
 
Confocal microscopes Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes
 
Coulter counters Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters
 
Crossflow filtration systems Laboratory filtration hardware or accessories
 
Cuvettes Cuvettes
 
Cyclotrons Mobile or transportable medical linear accelerators
 
Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid cDNA synthesis kits
 
Desktop computers Desktop computers
 
Developing tanks Thin layer chromatography tanks
 
Differential cell counters Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters
 
Electrical conductivity meters Conductivity meters
 
Electrocardiography EKG machines Electrocardiography EKG units
 
Electron microscopes Electron microscopes
 
Electrophoresis power systems Electrophoresis system power supplies
 
Erlenmeyer flasks Laboratory flasks
 
Fermenters Standard fermentation units
 
Filter funnels Laboratory funnels
 
Fixed-angle microfuges Microcentrifuges
 
Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometers Spectrophotometers
 
Flame photometers Photometers
 
Flasks Laboratory flasks
 
Flow cytometers Microbiology analyzers
 
Fourier Transform IR spectrophotometers Spectrophotometers
 
Fume hoods Fume hoods or cupboards
 
Gamma counters Gamma counters
 
Gas chromatographs GC Gas chromatographs
 
Gel documentation systems Gel documentation systems
 
Gel dryers Gel dryers
 
Gel electrophoresis boxes Gel boxes
 
Glassware washers Laboratory washing machines
 
Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometers Spectrophotometers
 
Heat lamps Laboratory heaters
 
Heating blocks Dry baths or heating blocks
 
Hematology analyzers Hematology analyzers
 
High-pressure liquid chromatographs High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
 
High-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
 
High-speed centrifuges Benchtop centrifuges
 
Homogenizers Homogenizers
 
Hot air ovens Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
 
Hot plates Laboratory hotplates
 
Incubators Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
 
Ion chromatographs Ion chromatographs
 
Laboratory evaporators Laboratory evaporators
 
Laminar flow hoods Laminar flow cabinets or stations
 
Laptop computers Notebook computers
 
Laser printers Laser printers
 
Liquid handling robots Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
 
Magnetic stirrers Magnetic stirrers
 
Mainframe computers Mainframe computers
 
Mass spectrometers Mass spectrometers
 
Measuring cylinders Laboratory graduated cylinders
 
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
 
Mercury analyzers Chemistry analyzers
 
Microarrayer scanners Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
 
Microdiffusion dishes Petri plates or dishes
 
Microplate readers Microplate readers
 
Microscope/video camera stations Videoscopes
 
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
 
Pasteur pipettes Pasteur or transfer pipettes
 
Peptide synthesizers Hematology or chemistry mixers
 
Personal computers Personal computers
 
Petri dishes Petri plates or dishes
 
Pipettes Dropping pipettes
 
Plate washers Microplate washers
 
Positron emission tomography PET scanners Medical positron emission tomography PET units
 
Powder funnels Laboratory funnels
 
Recording spectrophotometers Spectrophotometers
 
Refrigerated centrifuges Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
 
Refrigerated swinging bucket centrifuges Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
 
Rotary evaporators Vacuum or rotary evaporators
 
Scintillation counters Liquid scintillation counters
 
Selective ion meters Ion selective electrode ISE meters
 
Shaking incubators Shaking incubators
 
Speed vacs Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators
 
Spray atomizers Laboratory sprayers
 
Steam distillation apparatus Extracting equipment for laboratories
 
Tabletop centrifuges Benchtop centrifuges
 
Thermal cyclers Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
 
Thin layer chromatography equipment Thinlayer chromatographs
 
Thin layer chromatography plates Microplates
 
Ultracentrifuges Ultracentrifuges
 
Ultralow freezers Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers
 
Ultrasound imaging scanners Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use
 
Ultraviolet UV crosslinkers Ultraviolet crosslinkers
 
Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers Spectrophotometers
 
Volumetric flasks Laboratory flasks
 
Vortex mixers Vortex mixers
 
pH meters pH meters
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Scientist - Physical/Biologcal
Benchmark Title: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 
Prerequisite Qualification Category Education and Experience Level
Required Level of Education Doctoral Degree
 
Related Work Experience Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
 
On-Site or In-Plant Training Up to and including 1 month
 
On-the-Job Training Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Scientist - Physical/Biologcal
Benchmark Title: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 
Alternate Job Title(s)
Anatomist
Cancer Researcher
Chemotherapist
Clinical Analyst
Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Clinical Pharmacologist
Clinical Research Associate
Clinical Research Director
Clinical Research Scientist
Clinical Researcher
Cytologist
Endocrinologist
Gerontologist
Good Laboratory Practice In Vitro Study Director (GLP In Vitro Study Director)
Histologist
Histopathologist
Immunochemist
Industrial Pharmacist
Investigator
Laboratory Director
Medical Affairs Director
Medical Health Researcher
Medical Physicist
Medical Research Scientist
Medical Scientist
Mental Health Researcher
Nanotechnologist
Neurophysiologist
Neuroscientist
Neurosurgery Research Director
Parasitologist
Pesticide Use Medical Coordinator
Pharmaceutical Botanist
Pharmacognosist
Pharmacologist
Physical Scientist
Physician
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Professor
Research Assistant
Research Associate
Research Grant Specialist
Research Scientist
Researcher
Scientist
Serologist
Toxicologist
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Scientist - Physical/Biologcal
Benchmark Title: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
 
 
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