Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 9/16/2024
• 12/16/2024

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• EXAMINER II LABORATORY FIELD SERVICES - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

2770

For EXAMINER II LABORATORY FIELD SERVICES, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02770

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Examination Services Unit
  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  P.O. Box 997378 MS 1700 – 1702
  Sacramento, CA 95899-7378
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  Examination Services Unit
  1615 Capitol Avenue
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

The following items must be submitted with your Examination/Employment Application form. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application.

• Transcript (Official or Unofficial)
• Other - STD. 678 State Application
• License - Valid clinical laboratory bio-analyst or scientist
• Certificate - Or PHM Certification

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

Possession of a valid license as a clinical laboratory bio-analyst or scientist, or certification as a public health microbiologist issued by the California State Department of Public Health. (Applicants who do not possess the required license or certification will be admitted to the examination, but they must secure a license or certificate before they will be considered for appointment.) AND

Either Pattern One:

Two years of experience performing the duties of an Examiner I, Laboratory Field Services, in California state service, OR

Pattern Two:

Experience: Five years of increasingly responsible experience in a clinical or public health laboratory, three years of which must have involved one or a combination of the following:

1.Field consultation experience in the clinical or public health laboratory field; or

2.Supervisory experience involving supervision of professional laboratory personnel or as a laboratory director; or

3.Performance as a staff specialist in one or more of the technical areas of clinical or public health laboratory science. (Post-baccalaureate graduate work in clinical chemistry, medicalmicrobiology, clinical laboratory technology or public health may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for not more than two years of the required general experience.)

AND

Education: Possession of a master’s degree in clinical laboratory science clinical chemistry, medical microbiology, or public health.

The required degree must have been obtained from a recognized U.S. university or from a foreign university approved by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education under the provision of California Education Code Chapter 3, Part 59, Division 10.

It is your responsibility to make sure you meet the education and/or experience requirements stated on this announcement on the date you submit your application. Your signature on your application indicates that you have read, understood, and possess the basic qualifications required. NOTE: Applications must include “to” and “from” dates (month/day/year), time base, job titles and/or civil service class title(s), and range (if applicable) for all work experience. College course Information must include title, number of semester or quarter units, name of institution, completion dates, and degree. Applications received without this information will be rejected. Applicants must submit a copy of either official or unofficial transcripts along with the application when usingeducation to meet the entrance requirements for this examination.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

The examination will consist of a Qualifications Assessment and is the sole component of the Examiner II (Laboratory Field Services) examination. To obtain a position on the eligible list, a minimum score of 70% must be received. The Qualifications Assessment is designed to elicit specific information regarding each candidate’s education, training, and experience relative to the testing classification. Responses to the questionnaire will be assessed based on pre-determined rating criteria. The Qualifications Assessment package will be emailed to the applicant in the form of a survey. Please monitor your email account’s SPAM, Junk, Bulk, etc. Folder (s) as the examination email may be filtered depending on your specific account settings.

The participating department reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service if the circumstances under which this examination has changed. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service law and rules and all competitors will be notified.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

 Knowledge of:

1.Technical areas of clinical or public health Laboratory sciences, such as clinical chemistry,toxicology, bacteriology, immunology, mycology, hematology, parasitology, cytology, orvirology, including principles, techniques, equipment and terminology used in the laboratoryinvestigation of diseases.

2.The causes and methods of transmission and control of communicable diseases.

3.Current developments in clinical and public health laboratory sciences.

4.State and Federal laws and regulations relating to clinical and public health laboratories,biologics production, and proficiency testing services.

5.Use of available scientific information technology and available scientific resource materials.

6.Specific application of laws and regulations relating to clinical and public health laboratories,including principles and procedures involved in the investigation of violations and current developments in legislative action affecting clinical and public health laboratories and personnel.

7.General principles of effective leadership.

8.Principles and practices of organization and management as applied to a laboratory program or activity.

Ability to:

1.Perform clinical laboratory tests, microbiological analysis, or other specialized technical procedures.

2.Conduct surveys and investigations of clinical and public health laboratories, blood banks, and other specialized facilities with accuracy, thoroughness, and tact.

3.Interpret and apply laws and regulations to specific cases.

4.Communicate and consult with laboratory personnel and administrators.

5.Collect and organize data for hearings.

6.Organize specialized activities or programs.

7.Prepare complex reports, guidelines, and proposed regulations.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the EXAMINER II LABORATORY FIELD SERVICES Classification will be established for:

• Department of Public Health

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 24 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• Department of Public Health

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Department of Public Health reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.