The job bulletin says the appointee must pass a post-offer medical evaluation. What does that involve?
Job offers are made contingent upon an appointee’s passing a post-offer physical evaluation or examination. If you accept the hiring department’s job offer, you will be scheduled for a medical evaluation/examination before your first day on the job. The nature of the job will determine the nature of the medical evaluation or exam, e.g. for office jobs that are largely sedentary and not physically demanding, you will need to complete a medical history questionnaire, which will be reviewed by a physician familiar with County jobs. For more physically demanding jobs, you may need to be seen by the examining physician in person. The purpose of the post-offer medical evaluation/examination is to determine whether appointees are medically capable of performing the essential functions of the job they have accepted. If the examining physician determines an appointee has a physical or mental condition that limits his or her ability to perform the essential functions of the job, the appointee wi
