Health Systems Specialist Family
Career series with 3 positions across 3 levels
Health Systems Specialist groups 3 related titles into a 3-level career ladder.
Entry is typically through Health Systems Specialist 3, advancing through the ladder toward Health Systems Specialist 1. Pay across the family spans $79,844 to $141,386, around the 70th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 7 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Health and Senior Services.
Health Systems Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Occupational Health Consultant.
Positions in This Family
- HEALTH SYSTEMS SPECIALIST 3 (00281) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- HEALTH SYSTEMS SPECIALIST 2 (00282) $87,507 - $128,719/year
- HEALTH SYSTEMS SPECIALIST 1 (00286) $95,955 - $141,386/year
What the Health Systems Specialist family covers
New Jersey classifies Health Systems Specialist as a 3-level series holding 3 separate 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
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Health Systems Specialist family stacks up as follows. Note that the numbers in these titles do not run in pay order. In this family a lower number sits higher on the ladder, which is a New Jersey convention that catches people out when they read a title list top to bottom.
- Health Systems Specialist 1 — $95,955 to $141,386 (a doctoral degree and 3 years of experience)
- Health Systems Specialist 2 — $87,507 to $128,719 (a doctoral degree and 2 years of experience)
- Health Systems Specialist 3 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a doctoral degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Health Systems Specialist 3 to the top of Health Systems Specialist 1 is $61,543, an increase of about 77% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
The specifications themselves are the clearest guide to what separates these titles. Here is how each one opens.
- Health Systems Specialist 3: Under supervision of a Health Systems Specialist of a higher grade, Health Systems Review Program, Department of Health and Senior Services, conducts…
- Health Systems Specialist 2: Under direction of a Health Systems Specialist 1 or other supervisory official, Health Systems Review Program, Department of Health and Senior Services…
- Health Systems Specialist 1: Under direction of the Chief, Health Systems Review Program, Department of Health and Senior Services, is responsible for supervision of a team of Health…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a doctoral degree on 3 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 3 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 7 people working under 2 of this family's titles, spread across 1 agency. Health and Senior Services alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Health and Senior Services — 7 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $106,448 for Health Systems Specialist 2 up to $130,021 for Health Systems Specialist 1. 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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Management Information Systems Specialist (local jurisdiction)
- Geographic Information Systems Specialist 2 ($79,844 to $117,228, both state and local jurisdiction) — in the Geographic Information Systems Specialist family
- Management Information Systems Specialist 2 ($105,267 to $155,359, state jurisdiction) — in the Management Information Systems Specialist family
- Geographic Information Systems Specialist Trainee ($60,876 to $63,663, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Geographic Information Systems Specialist Trainee (state jurisdiction)
- Health Data Specialist 1 ($69,668 to $101,951, state jurisdiction) — in the Health Data Specialist family
Common questions about Health Systems Specialist jobs
How many Health Systems Specialist titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Health Systems Specialist family holds 3 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Health Systems Specialist earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $79,844 at the bottom of Health Systems Specialist 3 to $141,386 at the top of Health Systems Specialist 1. 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 a Health Systems Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 3 of the 3 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 a Health Systems Specialist need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a doctoral degree, named on 3 of the 3 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 3 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Health Systems Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 7 people in this family across 1 agency, with Health and Senior Services the largest at 7. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Health Systems Specialist 1 higher or lower than Health Systems Specialist 3?
In this family the lower number is the more senior title. New Jersey's level numbering does not run in pay order, and reading the titles by number alone will give you the ladder upside down. The list above is sorted by what each title actually pays.