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Health Systems Specialist 4

Grade 25

New York State has approximately 15 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in Health, Department of. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series. The salary schedule for this career ladder is also available.

  1. Health Systems Specialist Trainee 1

    Similar to Grade 13

  2. Health Systems Specialist Trainee 2

    Similar to Grade 14

  3. Health Systems Specialist 1

    Grade 18

  4. Health Systems Specialist 3

    Grade 23

  5. Health Systems Specialist 4

    Grade 25

Summary of Job Description

As a Health Systems Specialist 4, you would supervise multiple teams in the performance of statewide surveillance, medical or programmatic review, audit, and regulatory activities; oversee surveys involving the largest, most involved health facilities, or sensitive investigations; make decisions and/or issue recommendations in areas where regulation, policy, and surveillance guidelines are not clear; direct and approve enforcement actions resulting from medical reviews, surveys, audits, and/or investigations; and develop, coordinate, and implement plans to respond to health emergency events. You would directly supervise lower-level Health Systems Specialists and other health program staff involved with the above functions.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, you must be a qualified employee of the New York State Department of Health or the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General and have had 45 days of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as:

Community Nursing Services Consultant (Home Health Services), Consultant Nurse (Hospital Nursing Services Administration), Consultant Nurse (Community Nursing and Home Health Services), Health Systems Specialist 3, Health Systems Specialist 3 (Emergency Medical Care), Hospital Nursing Services Consultant, Principal Sanitarian, Regional Medical Care Administrator, or Senior Nutrition Services Consultant.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

38-515

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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