Assistant Director Of Nursing Services Family
Career series with 2 positions across 1 levels
Assistant Director of Nursing Services groups 2 related titles into a 1-level career ladder.
The family is anchored by Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Psychiatric. Pay across the family spans $87,507 to $128,719, around the 54th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 76 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Health and Senior Services.
Assistant Director of Nursing Services commonly advances into Supervisor of Nursing Services, and Legal Services Assistant.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICES 1 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (03855F) $87,507 - $128,719/year
- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICES 1 PSYCHIATRIC (03855G) $87,507 - $128,719/year
What the Assistant Director of Nursing Services family covers
Assistant Director of Nursing Services is a rank rather than a single job. New Jersey applies it across 2 specializations, which together account for 2 title codes. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Clinical titles staff the state psychiatric hospitals, the developmental centers, the veterans homes and the county health departments. Licensure usually does the gatekeeping that an exam does elsewhere, so the qualification text points at a board registration rather than a test score, and the competitive exam is often an evaluation of credentials. This is also the corner of the compendium where the state pays to fill vacancies faster: several health care titles can be hired above the bottom step under the special incentive program.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Assistant Director of Nursing Services rungs look like this. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Psychiatric — $87,507 to $128,719 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Developmental Disabilities — $87,507 to $128,719 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Developmental Disabilities to the top of Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Psychiatric is $41,212, an increase of about 47% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Each title in the family carries its own published definition. These are the opening lines of each one, which is usually where the difference between two neighboring rungs is actually stated.
- Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Developmental Disabilities: Under direction, in an institution for the developmentally disabled, having a large hospital unit, within the…
- Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Psychiatric: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICES 1 PSYCHIATRIC JOB CATEGORY SUMMARY A position in this job category typically functions as a manager of an organizational unit; plans in-service training…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 2 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 2 of them. Experience requirements sit at 3 years wherever they are stated.
1 of the 2 titles carry a license or certification requirement. On how the jobs are filled: 2 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 76 people working under 2 of this family's titles, spread across 2 agencies. Health and Senior Services alone accounts for about 89% of them.
- Health and Senior Services — 68 employees
- Human Services — 8 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $120,384 for Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Developmental Disabilities up to $120,384 for Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Psychiatric. Those are medians of what people are really paid, not schedule minimums and maximums.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Assistant Director of Nursing Services, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Director of Nursing Services Corrections — in the Director family
- Director of Nursing Services 1 Psychiatric ($65,195 to $91,272, state jurisdiction) — in the Director of Nursing Services family
- Assistant Director of Nursing Services Nursing Homes ($56,315 to $78,850, state jurisdiction)
- Assistant Director of Nursing Services Nursing Homes ($87,507 to $128,719, state jurisdiction)
- Assistant Director of Nursing (local jurisdiction)
- Administrative Director of Nursing (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Assistant Director of Nursing Services jobs
How many Assistant Director of Nursing Services titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Assistant Director of Nursing Services family holds 2 title codes. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Assistant Director of Nursing Services earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $87,507 at the bottom of Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Developmental Disabilities to $128,719 at the top of Assistant Director of Nursing Services 1 Psychiatric. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become an Assistant Director of Nursing Services?
Yes for most of the family. 2 of the 2 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does an Assistant Director of Nursing Services need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 2 of the 2 titles. Stated experience ranges from 3 years depending on the rung. 1 of the titles also require a license or certification. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Assistant Director of Nursing Services staff?
State payroll records show 76 people in this family across 2 agencies, with Health and Senior Services the largest at 68. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.