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Full Job Description
Permanent Transfer Candidates: Current NYS employee with one year of permanent or contingent-permanent competitive service in a qualified title G-16 or higher and eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 or 70.4 of the Civil Service Law.
Public Candidates for Provisional Opportunity (Open Competitive Minimum Qualifications): A bachelor’s degree in any area AND two years of professional administrative or professional clinical experience in one or more of the following areas:
Either 1. professional administrative experience related to regulatory activities which include medical or programmatic review, audit, and/or regulatory activities observing and evaluating patient or resident care in a health care facility regulated by a governmental agency. Provision of direct care services are not qualifying;
Or 2. oversight or coordination of regulatory compliance and/or quality assurance activities in a health care delivery system;
Or 3. participating in the development or implementation of state or federal regulations that govern the provision of health care;
Or 4. supervision of clinical staff who provide health related services in a health care facility regulated by a governmental agency;
Or 5. evaluating the quality of health care provided to individuals to ensure that professional standards of practice are met and health related services comply with governmental regulations.
A master’s degree in public health, health policy and management, health care administration, hospital administration, health care finance, social work, nutrition, or physical therapy may substitute for one year of experience. You must clearly indicate how you meet the remaining one year of required experience.
**General administrative experience in personnel, budgeting, purchasing, security, or maintenance is NOT qualifying. Experience in a physician’s office, correctional facility, or school setting is NOT qualifying.
***Qualifying health care or medical settings include: facility or entity licensed or regulated by a state government entity; facility for the mentally disabled as defined by New York State Mental Hygiene Law; heath care facility under the jurisdiction of the federal government (e.g., VA/military hospitals); or agency involved in the regulation or accreditation of health care facilities or agencies (e.g., state departments of health, HCFA, JCAHO.)
****A health care delivery system for the purposes of this examination includes general or governmental hospitals and hospital clinics; nursing homes; diagnostic and treatment centers; licensed ambulatory surgery centers; assisted living facilities; adult care residential facilities; rehabilitation facilities, including intermediate care facilities for developmentally disabled; hospice agencies and units; home health care agencies; end stage renal disease clinics; health maintenance organizations; community based home care programs; and psychiatric hospitals.
Preferred Qualifications: Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, knowledge of Microsoft Office Products; strong writing and verbal skills are required. Must have a strong knowledge of databases and be computer literate. Experience providing customer service, including technical assistance, training and support over the phone and by email preferred, but not required.
Duties Description
The Health System Specialist 1 (HSS1) is assigned to the Workforce Initiative and Program Policy Unit in the Division of Home and Community Based Services. The HSS1 is a member of the team responsible for the on-going management of the Home Care Registry (HCR), a publicly accessible web-based registry of paraprofessional workers trained and certified to provide certain home care services in New York. This position will be responsible for a range of activities that will include, but are not limited to, entering information into the HCR; collecting data as requested and provide ad hoc reports on the registry as requested; researching answers to registry related questions; assuring that the information entered into the registry is correct and accurate; assisting with HCR email inquiries and phone inquiries; providing customer service support for HCR users and the general public; other duties as assigned. The incumbent in this position will also assist with review and oversight of Personal Care Aide (PCA) and Home Health Aide (HHA) training programs, including reviews of applications for new training programs and re-approval applications, reviews of training program personnel documentation, guidance and regulation assistance, as well as adding and removing personnel from the Home Care Registry.
Additional Comments
transfer candidates may be asked for SSN to verify title history and eligibility. Competitive, Permanent or Provisional, Full-time. This position involves travel which may include locations not served by public transportation. Candidates appointed provisionally will be required to take and pass the next scheduled Civil Service examination for this title, when it is given, and be immediately appointable from the resulting eligible list to maintain employment. Some positions may require proof of Covid-19 vaccination before employment can begin.
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