General

• Ability to cope with the stress of a correctional facility work environment.
• Ability to function in a high-pressure environment and to meet stringent deadlines for completing tasks.
• Ability to work in excess of a 40-hour week if necessary.
• Ability to walk, stand, and sit for periods of time.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to speak concisely and effectively communicate needs.
• Skill in conveying information and asking questions of juveniles with limited educational and cognitive skills.
• Ability to operate a personal computer.
• Ability to interact with a diversity of people and diverse levels of personnel.
• Ability to formulate and communicate treatment needs and action plans to a variety of professional staff, as well as to youth and their parents.
• Ability to lift and carry approximately 20lbs.
• Normal motor skills and eye-hand coordination.
• Ability to perform duties that require a high level of flexibility and interpersonal skills, in addition to sound clinical judgment.
• Ability to sit for extended periods and work in a smoke-free environment.
• Long periods of viewing data on a computer screen and/or on paper are a necessity.
• Must have manual dexterity to operate computer keyboard and standard office equipment. 
• Must be able to lift/move objects up to ten pounds. 
• The ability to communicate clearly to all levels of staff is also required. 
• Incumbent must have the ability to work at various locations.
• Incumbent must be self-motivated, have the ability to prioritize work, and meet deadlines in an environment, which is often stressful and fast-paced. 
• Must use sound judgment on ambiguous issues. 
• Must have good interpersonal and communication skills and be sensitive, adaptable, professional, and articulate when dealing with others.
• Giving and taking directions in a pleasant and cooperative manner are also required.
• Visual acuity correctable to 20/20.
• Possess normal to correctable hearing.
• Ability to travel.
• Ability to remain seated for long periods of time while working on computer or editing.
• Ability to work under highly stressful deadlines.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to prioritize appropriately.
• Ability to sit and review information on a computer screen for long periods of time (up to 8 hours a day with lunch and breaks).
• Ability to read, write, and speak English at the level equal to or greater than the national standards for a college graduate.
• Must have strong verbal communication skills and be able to communicate in a professional manner with a variety of business, research, and health care professionals.
• Must be able to use standard business mathematics to determine pricing, margins, etc. and use a standard 10 key calculator.
• Must be able to lift and carry cartons weighing up to 40 pounds.

Computer Related – IT positions

• Will occasionally be required to work nights and/or weekends as needed to perform system maintenance which would disrupt the users if performed during normal working hours.

• Must be able to respond to emergency calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in case of critical problems with the system.  The incumbent must carry a pager and must arrange for a backup when outside the paging radius.

• Must be able to comprehend the installation and operations manuals from all the hardware and software components of the client/server system.

• Must be able to work independently as related to maintenance and operation of the client/server system as well as in conjunction with computer services as related to mainframe connectivity and other system servers.

• Must be able to interact with non-computer personnel as a trainer.

• Must be able to analyze problems, which arise in the system environment and to correct these problems.

• Must be able to interact professionally with the hardware and software vendors as it relates to existing system components, future system upgrades, and the evaluation of new software and hardware.

• Must be able to design and implement an expanded environment as the system evolves.

Research Associates – Laboratory Work

• Must be able to accurately measure reagents at the micro liter and macrogram level.

• Must be able to calculate the account of reagents needed based on molarity.

• Must be able to carry flasks of media and 4L bottles of reagents.

• Must be able to operate both confocal and light microscopes.

• Must be able to handle mice and rats retrieve from animal care facility and transport to laboratory for use.

• Must be able to deposit and retrieve samples from liquid nitrogen storage drawer.

• Must be able to perform all tissue culture procedures under sterile hood.

• Must be able to work in darkroom to develop film.

• Must be able to analyze data and with principal investigator write manuscripts for publication.

• Must be able to present data orally at lab meetings and seminars. 

• Must be able to handle infectious agents.

• Must have the mental capacity to analyze data and perform statistical analyses (computer assisted).

 Sample of descriptive physical and mental demands

Degree of Physical Demands:

Heavy Work: Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.  Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for medium work.

 Physical Demands:

Requires an adequate range of body motion and mobility, with or without accommodation to enable the individual to perform the essential functions stated herein.

Requires Talking:  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.  Talking is important for those activities in which the incumbent must impart oral information to employees, clients, patients, and the public, and in those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Requires Hearing:  Perceiving the nature of sounds.  Hearing is important for those activities that require ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound.

Requires Near Acuity:  Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.  This factor is important when special and minute accuracy is demanded and defective near acuity would adversely affect job performance and/or safety of self and others.

Requires the ability to read and record data quickly and accurately; to prepare records and reports and post data; to avoid perceptual errors in performing computations.

Physical Activity

Mental/Emotional Demands:

Requires the ability to work and cooperate with faculty, students, managers, the public and employees at all levels in order to exchange ideas, information and opinions to facilitate the task at hand.

Working Conditions/Environmental Conditions

Contact with patients, patient’s family, LSUHSC Staff/Faculty.