PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION
73-217
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE III
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: MARCH 6, 2024
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WRITTEN TEST DATE: MARCH 23, 2024
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $72,323
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GRADE 29
SPECIFICATION # 2022
APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application-processing fee is $40.
Application may be made via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service. Payment must be made
by VISA or MasterCard credit card and there will be an additional convenience
fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of
receipt of application will be sent to all internet
applicants via e-mail. The application processing fee is non-refundable and
non-transferable.
The application
processing fee may be waived for Suffolk County residents who are
veterans, active duty military, members of the reserves or National Guard,
auxiliary police, firefighters, members in good standing of a local fire
district or ambulance company, members of a Volunteer Fire Department and
volunteer CERT members. Internet
applicants should complete the “Request for Application Fee Waiver and
Certification” form online. All claims
for application fee waiver are subject to verification.
DUTIES
An employee in this class performs public
health nursing services for individuals and their families in homes, schools,
clinics, or other assigned areas. The
employee oversees clinical aspects of a bureau or program and is responsible
for evaluating, monitoring, and working to improve the quality of public health
and home health programs. The incumbent
will be responsible for training and supervising Public Health Nurses I and II,
and depending on assignment, registered professional nurses, licensed practical
nurses, and other staff involved in the care of patients within an assigned
bureau or program. Work is performed with considerable independence in planning and
carrying out assignments, and is reviewed by a technical and administrative
supervisor through oral and written reports and administrative
conferences. Does related work as
required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To be eligible, a
candidate must now be serving and have served on a continuous basis with
permanent or contingent permanent competitive status as a Public Health
Nurse Coordinator for at least two (2) years or as a Clinical Nurse
Practitioner or Public Health Nurse II for at least one (1) year in
the jurisdiction in which the candidate seeks promotion immediately preceding
the written examination date.
Necessary Special Requirements
At the time of appointment and during
employment in this title, candidates must possess a Professional Registered
Nurse's License issued by the New York State Education Department.
Candidate must complete 15 hours of
continuing education in public health and management related topics approved by
the New York State Department of Health within the first year of employment.
At the time of appointment and during
employment in this title, candidates will be required to possess a valid
license to operate a motor vehicle in NYS.
Candidates must meet federal and NYS
employee health requirements, including but not limited to immunizations, for
programs to which they are assigned.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The written test will cover
knowledge, skills, and/or abilities in such areas as:
1.
Educating
and interacting with the public;
2.
Preparing
written material;
3.
Behavioral
science concepts related to public health education;
4.
Planning,
implementing and evaluating health education programs;
5.
Principles
of educating and training;
6.
Supervision.
Note:
The use of calculators is recommended for this
examination.
Note: The New
York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this
examination. However, candidates may find information in the publication
'General Guide to Written Tests' helpful in preparing for this test. This
publication is available on line at: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
NOTES
1.
Should
it become necessary to amend any part of this announcement, the Department of
Civil Service reserves the right to make such amendment on the Department’s web
page without notification to applicants.
The most current copy of this announcement is available during the filing
period at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
2. Expanded Description of the examination subtests.
3.
Candidates
who apply for this examination and who have not heard from the Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service by March 20, 2024 are advised to contact the
Department before the written test date at (631) 853-5500.
N.Y.S.
DATE
PREPARED: February 15, 2024
GENERAL CONDITIONS PROMOTIONAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Application
may be made using the Suffolk County Application for
Promotional Examination (Form CS-203).
2.
Applicants
may complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form and
submit it with Form CS-203.
3.
Unless
otherwise stated, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications by the date
of the written test, or last filing date in the case of training and experience
evaluations. Unless otherwise stated, part-time experience will be pro-rated.
4.
Candidates
found ineligible to compete in the written examination may appeal to the
Department of Civil Service for reconsideration prior to the last filing date
appearing on this announcement. Appeals
received on or after the last filing date will not be
considered.
5.
Candidates
who fail the examination, or who fail to appear for the examination as
scheduled, will be eliminated from further
consideration for purposes of this competition.
Unless otherwise specified, the final rank order of the eligible list
will be determined on the basis of the scores received
on the written test, plus seniority and veterans' credits where appropriate.
6.
Eligible
applicants will be notified when and where to appear for examination. If an
application is rejected, due notice will be sent.
7.
Unless
specifically prohibited by the examination instructions, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or
battery-powered calculators. Devices
with typewriter keyboards, spell-checkers, personal digital assistants, address
books, language translators, dictionaries and any similar devices are prohibited.
8.
Eligible
lists resulting from promotional examinations are only
certified to the jurisdiction in which a candidate is employed. In
accordance with Section 52 of the Civil Service Law, for county service, first
consideration in appointment will be given to employees in the department where
a vacancy occurs after which appointments will be made from the general
eligible list.
9.
When
an examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service, the provisions of the Suffolk County Civil
Service Rules dealing with the rating of examination will apply.
10.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the New York State Department of Civil
Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law, the
provisions of the New York State Civil Service Rules and Regulations
which deal with the rating of examination will apply.
11.
The
eligible list established as a result of this
examination will remain in force for at least one year and may be extended by
the Department of Civil Service for a maximum of four years. Changing conditions may make it necessary to
certify to future vacancies at higher or lower salaries than those announced.
12.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans' credits appears on the promotional
application form.
13.
For
each six months of continuous permanent competitive service within the jurisdiction,
to a maximum of 20 years, .10 credits for seniority will be
added to the scores of passing candidates only.
14.
Inquiries
may be made as to character and ability and all
statements made by candidates are subject to verification. Some employers may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a background investigation.
15.
Candidates
must be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the
duties of the job. Candidates who are appointed to positions in the Suffolk County service may
be required to pass qualifying medical and/or physical and/or psychological
evaluations.
16.
Saturday
Sabbath Observers and handicapped persons:
If special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
17.
No
smoking is permitted in the building or on the grounds
of the examination site.
18.
If
you will be on active military duty with the armed forces of the United States
on the date of this test, please contact the Department of Civil Service before
the last filing date appearing on this announcement for alternate test date
information.
19.
Multiple Examinations Scheduled for the
Same Date: If you have applied to take a
written test announced by either one or several local jurisdictions (county,
towns, city) scheduled to be held on the same test date as this written test,
you must notify each of the local jurisdictions no later than two weeks before
the test date, so they can make arrangements for taking all test at one test
site. All examinations for positions in State
government will be held at a State examination
center. If you have any questions please
call the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service at (631) 853-5500.
20.
For
information regarding a weather-related cancellation of this examination,
please refer to our website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/CivilService
and click on the “Weather Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil Service Announcements are shown at the bottom of that page. Also check News 12
Long Island for notice of cancellation of this examination: NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND, TV CHANNEL 12 or at their
website: www.news12.com.
Suffolk County
Department of Civil Service
725 Veterans
Memorial Highway
William J. Lindsay
County Complex, Bldg. # 158
P. O. Box 6100
Hauppauge, NY
11788-0099
Phone (631)
853-5500