8-2405
SUFFOLK COUNTY
MEDICAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
CIVIL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: JULY 7, 2021
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $102,938
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GRADE 38
SPECIFICATION # 2405
All
statements made on the application may be verified and the backgrounds of
successful candidates are subject to investigation by the appointing authority.
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. A separate application and processing fee are
required for each examination (identified by examination number) for which you
are applying. The application processing
fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.
The application processing fee may be
waived for Suffolk County residents who are veterans, auxiliary police,
volunteer firefighters, members in good standing of a local fire district or ambulance company, volunteer CERT members and members of the
Suffolk County Police Explorers program.
The fee may also be waived if you are unemployed and primarily responsible
for the support of a household and for recipients of Medicaid, SSI, Public
Assistance or those in a training program under the Job Training Partnership
Act/Workforce Investment Act administered by a state or local social service
agency. Applicants should complete the
“Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form online. All claims
for application fee waiver are subject to verification.
VACANCIES
The eligible list for this title will be
used to fill one current vacancy and future vacancies in the Suffolk County
Department of Health Services.
DUTIES
The employee in this class plans, directs,
and coordinates the medical aspects of a specialized health-related program,
which provides professional medical services for departments and agencies
within Suffolk County. The work involves responsibility for the technical
direction and management of programs, the assessment and supervision of the
quality and productivity of health facilities and services, and the
organization, scheduling and staffing of clinics and/or programs, which serve
the health needs of the County. Supervision is exercised over a professional
and paraprofessional staff. Performance is subject to review by an
administrative director through conferences and written reports. Performs
related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Possession of a license* to practice
medicine in the State of New York and two (2) years of experience as a licensed
physician in the field of assignment.
Note:
Board Eligibility** in a recognized specialty such as Pediatrics,
Preventive Medicine, or Internal Medicine may be substituted for one (1) year
of the experience in the field of assignment; Board Certification** in a
recognized specialty such as Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, or Internal
Medicine may be substituted for two (2) years of the experience in the field of
assignment.
*Please attach to the application a copy
of your currently valid medical license and registration issued by the State of
New York. **Please submit documentation
including a copy of the letter of admission to the Board examination and/or
proof of Board Certification.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
There will be no written or oral test for
this examination. Candidates who meet
the minimum qualifications will receive a rating based on an evaluation of
their training and experience against the background of the duties of the
position. Please prepare a complete
summary of your relevant education and experience for this position.
In your summary of training please include a
copy of your license to practice medicine in the State of New York and any
Board Certification.
In your summary of experience describe fully
each relevant position you have held during the past ten (10) years. State the type of organization and your place
within it. Give a clear and precise
description of your principal duties and responsibilities including
administrative experience in the planning, directing and coordinating the
medical aspects of a specialized health-related program, number of staff
supervised, their titles, and the extent of supervision. Include the percent of
work time you normally devote to each.
If you have held more than one title with the same employers, describe
each title separately.
Applications may be supplemented by a
resume, but submission of a resume does not relieve a candidate of the
responsibility for completing all sections of the official application. To receive credit for experience on a job,
basic information such as your title, name and address of employer, title of
supervisor, hours in the work week, dates of employment (including month and
year), etc., must be shown.
Be as concrete and specific as possible in
your summary of training and experience; ambiguity and vagueness will not be
resolved in favor of the candidate.
Additional information concerning a candidate’s training and experience
will not be accepted after the application has been rated.
NOTES
1.
Should
it become necessary to amend any part of this announcement, the Department of
Human Resources, Personnel and 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.
Candidates
who filed for this examination more than six months ago are advised to amend
their applications to include current information.
LOCAL
DATE
PREPARED: June 2, 2021
GENERAL CONDITIONS OPEN-COMPETITIVE
ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Application
may be made using the Suffolk County Application for Employment (Forms CS-205A
and CS-205B).
2.
Applicants
may complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form and
submit it with Forms CS-205A and CS-205B.
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 training and experience examination may
appeal to the Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service for
reconsideration prior to the last filing date appearing on this
announcement. Appeals received on or
after the announced 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 score received on the written test, plus 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-checker, personal digital assistant, address books, language translators,
dictionaries and any similar devices are prohibited.
8.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County Department of Human
Resources, Personnel and Civil Service, the provisions of the Suffolk County
Civil Service Rules dealing with the rating of examination will apply.
9.
When
the written 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.
10.
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 Human Resources,
Personnel and 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.
11.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans’ credits appears on the open-competitive
application form.
12.
Pursuant
to Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police
officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional
ten points added to a passing score attained in a competitive examination for
original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent
served. If you are qualified to
participate in this examination, and you are the child of a firefighter or
police officer killed in the line of duty, please so notify us in writing when
you submit your application for examination.
A candidate claiming such credit must submit appropriate documentation
to verify eligibility to receive these additional credits before the eligible
list is established. No additional
credits will be granted after the eligible list is established.
13.
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.
14.
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.
15.
Residency
is not required for taking any examinations.
However, some jurisdictions, such as schools, libraries, etc., give
hiring preference to residents. Some
towns also require employees to establish residency within the township. For employment in a Suffolk County
Department, with only limited exceptions set forth in Suffolk County Law,
residency within Suffolk County is required within five years of employment
with the county. In any case in which
residency preference is given, the appointee(s) must meet a specific residency
standard as defined in the Civil Service Rules.
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 Suffolk County Department of Human
Resources, Personnel and Civil Service before the last filing date appearing on
this announcement for alternate test date information.
19.
Multiple
Examinations Scheduled for the Same Day:
If you have applied to take a written test announced by either one or
several local jurisdictions (county, town, 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 tests 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 Human Resources, Personnel and 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/Civil-Service
click on the “Weather Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil Service Announcements are shown at the
bottom of that page. The following
stations will broadcast notice of cancellation:
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PATCHOGUE 97.5 FM
WBAB
BABYLON 102.3 FM
WBLI BABYLON 106.1 FM
WLNG
SAG HARBOR 92.1 FM
WBZO FARMINGDALE 103.1 FM
WRCN
MEDFORD 103.9 FM
NEWS
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