City of Cincinnati Job Opportunity
Exceptional Appointment Announcement #08-155A
(Open to the Public and to City Employees)
Salary: $43,652 - $45,831) annually
PRIORITY DEADLINE: Friday, October 17, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, December 26, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS REGARDING DEADLINE DATES
It is in your best interest to apply early. You are advised that we may select a qualified applicant or applicants at any time after the Priority Deadline. This means a candidate may be appointed prior to the Final Deadline date. For the greatest chance of consideration, it is in your best interest to apply as early as possible.
The City of Cincinnati Health Department is accepting applications for positions in the Central and Clinic Laboratories. The positions are full-time, day-shift and include the City’s benefit package. Testing duties include point of care assays, urinalysis, wet prep and phlebotomy. Also skills in Chemistry, Toxicology, Immunology or Environmental Microbiology (Water Testing including home sewage, rivers, streams, swimming pool waters, and biological oxygen demand (BOD) and Food Testing including wholesomeness (spoilage), contamination and foreign material) are desired.
APPLICATION, TRANSCRIPT AND DETAILED RESUME can be filed in person at the Human Resources Department, Two Centennial Plaza, 805 Central Avenue, Suite 200, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, OR mailed through the United States Mail system (postmarked no later than the closing date). No faxed applications or applications returned through the interdepartmental mail system will be accepted. If you are filing by mail, please enclose a copy of your driver’s license with your application form.
Application Packets (Open Position Application, Applicant Flow Sheet, Work Experience Form) can be downloaded from the internet at http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cityhr/pages/-4284-/.
TRANSCRIPTS showing your qualifications for this position must be submitted by the deadline date. The City does not maintain a transcript file; you must submit transcripts with each application you submit. You may submit a readable photocopy of your official transcripts in lieu of requesting a new copy from the school for each application. Please note: copies of unofficial versions or internet printouts of transcripts are NOT acceptable.
QUALIFICATIONS: Each applicant must have an Associates’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) is preferred. Seventy-two (72) college quarter hours in biology, microbiology, or chemistry OR forty-eight (48) quarter hours in biological sciences, chemistry and medical laboratory technology as part of an MLT program or military equivalent are required. The military equivalent should include 50 week medical laboratory procedures course and to have held the enlist rank of Medical Laboratory Specialist for a minimum of six months. All required experience must have occurred within the last (5) five years. You are required to show your valid driver's license to the Human Resources Department staff NO LATER THAN THE DEADLINE DATE FOR FILING APPLICATIONS. Must be a Hamilton County resident at the time of appointment.
CONTACT PERSON: Diane Martin (513) 352-7227
TDD: 513-352-2419
City of Cincinnati, Human Resources Department
Two Centennial Plaza
805 Central Ave, Suite 200
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Date Released: October 6, 2008
