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Camden County Health Services

Board of Health · Camden County

Camden County Health Services, a board of health in Camden County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.

Within Camden County, 30 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.

About boards of health in New Jersey

A local board of health handles public health functions such as inspections, environmental health, and communicable disease response for its municipality or county. Where a board of health is listed as its own civil service jurisdiction, its personnel decisions are made separately from the rest of the local government.

See all 30 civil service jurisdictions in Camden County, or browse the full employer directory.

Pension and salary data for Camden County Health Services

No separate pension figures are published for Camden County Health Services. Single-purpose public bodies are often reported through a parent municipality or county rather than as their own pension employer.

See every civil service jurisdiction in Camden County for the ones that do report, or how we compile this.

What civil service status means for jobs at Camden County Health Services

A local board of health handles inspections, environmental health, vital records and communicable disease work. Where it is listed as a jurisdiction in its own right, its personnel decisions are made separately from the rest of the local government, even when it shares a building with it.

Public health titles are unusually credential-driven. The health officer title requires a state health officer licence. Environmental health work runs through the Registered Environmental Health Specialist title and its state licence. Public health nursing requires New Jersey registered nurse licensure. In each case the credential comes first and the examination second, which also makes these titles portable from one board of health to another.

Passing an examination puts you on an eligible list, not into a job. Lists are promulgated for a fixed life, commonly three years, and the Commission certifies names from the live list whenever an employer reports a vacancy. If no list exists for a title when a vacancy opens, the employer has to ask for an examination to be held.

When there is no eligible list for a title, an employer can fill the job provisionally. Provisional service is real work at real pay, but it builds no permanent rights, and the employer is supposed to request an examination so the position can be filled permanently. Anyone appointed provisionally who wants to keep the job needs to take that examination when it comes.

Countywide civil service employers in Camden County

Camden County Health Services operates countywide rather than inside one municipality, so it is not tied to a single town's civil service status the way a municipal library or a fire district is.

Five other countywide bodies in Camden County are in the listing as well. They are separate employers with separate hiring, and a candidate list certified to one is not certified to another.

Civil service titles used by New Jersey boards of health

Real classifications that New Jersey boards of health draw on, each linked to its official specification: the definition of the work, the requirements, and any licence the title depends on. A sample of the system rather than a roster or a list of openings.

Browse every local jurisdiction title.

Civil service coverage across Camden County

Camden County holds 30 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 15 municipalities, 4 public libraries, 3 fire districts, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 housing authority, 1 mosquito extermination commission, and 1 redevelopment agency.

15 of the county's 36 municipalities are among them.

Camden County is a jurisdiction too, though a county's decision does not bind the towns, authorities, libraries or districts inside it.

Also in the directory: Camden County Library, Camden County Mosquito Extermination, Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, Clementon Borough, Gloucester City, Gloucester City Library, Gloucester Township, Gloucester Township Fire Districts (6). See all 30 in Camden County.

Common questions about Camden County Health Services

Is Camden County Health Services a civil service employer?

Yes. Camden County Health Services appears in the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's listing of local civil service system jurisdictions as of July 2024, which makes it an appointing authority under Title 11A. Permanent appointments to competitive titles there come from eligible lists the Commission certifies, rather than from purely local hiring.

Does the state salary schedule apply to local jobs?

No. The salary schedules in the Compensation Compendium cover state employees. A local employer sets its own pay through ordinance and its own collective bargaining, so two towns using the identical civil service title can pay very differently. The title specification is statewide; the money attached to it is local.

Does the Civil Service Commission decide who gets hired?

No. The Commission runs the examination, ranks the candidates and certifies the list. The employer is the appointing authority: it decides whether to fill the position at all and which of the reachable candidates to appoint. That division is why a high score improves your odds without guaranteeing anything.