SALARY: $32,323 - $67,131.
APPLICATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED IN PERSON OR FROM OUR WEB SITE AT www.nassaucivilservice.com. TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION BY MAIL, FORWARD TO US A STAMPED (61¢), SELF-ADDRESSED 4" x 9" ENVELOPE, WHICH WE MUST RECEIVE AT LEAST FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE FILING DEADLINE (WRITE EXAM NO. & TITLE ON BACK FLAP).
FEE: NON-REFUNDABLE Processing Fee must be submitted for each separately numbered examination for which you apply. A certified bank check or money order (include examination number(s) ) MADE PAYABLE TO NASSAU COUNTY must be submitted with your application, NO CASH OR PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
CAREFULLY REVIEW THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS ON THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO ENSURE THAT YOU MEET THEM, AS THIS IS A NON-REFUNDABLE PROCESSING FEE. Applications submitted without proper payment will be rejected without review.
APPLICATION FEE WAIVER: A waiver of application fee will be allowed if you are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a household. In addition, a waiver of application fee will be allowed if you are determined eligible for Medicaid, or receiving Supplemental Security Income payments, or Public Assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/Family Assistance or Safety Net Assistance) or are certified Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act eligible through a State or local social service agency. All claims for application fee waiver are subject to verification. If you can verify eligibility for application fee waiver, complete a "Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification" form (available in our office and on our web site at www.nassaucivilservice.com) and submit it with your application by the close of business on the Application Deadline as listed on the Examination Announcement.
PHYSICALLY DISABLED, ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER, AND APPLICANTS REQUESTING RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION: It is your responsibility to write to the Civil Service Commission (Attention Recruitment) or call them at (516) 572-2713, no later than three days after the last day to file applications, to make the necessary arrangements. Failure to follow these instructions may preclude us from providing to you the requested assistance (SEE ITEM NO. 3 OF GENERAL INFORMATION).
NOTE: SEE ITEM NO. 6 OF GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING ADDITIONAL CREDITS FOR VETERANS, AND FOR CHILDREN/SIBLINGS OF FIREFIGHTERS/POLICE OFFICERS WHO QUALIFY UNDER SECTIONS 85A/85B OF CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
VACANCIES: SEE ITEM NO. 4 OF GENERAL INFORMATION FOR INFORMATION REGARDING VACANCIES AND BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT TO CERTAIN POSITIONS.
NOTE: More than two no-responses to canvass letters will result in the removal of a candidate from the eligible list.
RESIDENCY: SEE ITEM NO. 5 OF GENERAL INFORMATION.
NOTE: CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN LEGAL RESIDENTS OF NASSAU COUNTY AND/OR QUEENS COUNTY FOR AT LEAST TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE WRITTEN TEST. PREFERENCE IN APPOINTMENT MAY BE GIVEN TO SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WHO ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE APPOINTING JURISDICTION (amended 01/26/10).
TOTAL TIME ALLOWED FOR EXAMINATIONS HELD ON THIS DATE MAY NOT EXCEED EIGHT HOURS.
DUTIES: Coordinates the administration and scheduling of physician residents and ensures that the activities of the physician residents meet the needs for training and accreditation; performs related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Must be met on or before the date of the written test:
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university
and
One year of satisfactory experience in a physician residency program at an office management or administrative level. |
| Experience as outlined above, in excess of the one-year requirement, may substitute for college education on a year-for-year basis. |
NOTE: SEE ITEMS NOS. 1 AND 2 OF GENERAL INFORMATION.
SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas:
1. Evaluating conclusions in light of known facts - These questions will consist of a set of facts and a conclusion. You must decide if the conclusion is proved by the facts, disproved by the facts or if the facts are not sufficient to prove or disprove the conclusion. The questions will not be specific to a particular field.
2. Interviewing - These questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices employed in obtaining information from individuals through structured conversations. These questions require you to apply the principles, practices, and techniques of effective interviewing to hypothetical interviewing situations. Included are questions that present a problem arising from an interviewing situation, and you must choose the most appropriate course of action to take.
3. Office record keeping - These questions test your ability to perform common office record keeping tasks. The test consists of two or more "sets" of questions, each set concerning a different problem. Typical record keeping problems might involve the organization or collation of data from several sources; scheduling; maintaining a record system using running balances; or completion of a table summarizing data using totals, subtotals, averages and percents.
4. Understanding and interpreting written material - These questions test how well you comprehend written material. You will be provided with brief reading selections and will be asked questions about the selections. All the information required to answer the questions will be presented in the selections; you will not be required to have any special knowledge relating to the subject areas of the selections.
NOTE: Unless otherwise notified, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand held, solar or battery powered calculators. Devices with typewriter keyboards such as computers, spell-checkers, personal digital assistants, address books, language translators, dictionaries, and any similar devices are prohibited.
NOTE: If you have not received notice within three days of the date of the examination, call the Commission (572-2713).
PLEASE NOTE: LAST DAY FOR FILING IS FEBRUARY 9, 2010
Date issued: January 20, 2010
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