ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES

Code: 05477 Local Competitive

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction, assists the Director, Personal Health Services in developing, planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, and supervising all programs and activities designed to provide preventive and personal health services for a community in accordance with the regulations for minimum standards of performance for local boards of health promulgated by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; does other related work.

Examples of work

• Develops local health policies and programs relating to personal health services.
• Implements and evaluates personal health services programs through the enforcement of state guidelines for certified health services.
• Evaluates program performance and effectiveness, staff productivity and progress toward achievement of program goals and objectives.
• Participates with the Director, Personal Health Services in the preparation of the budget pertaining to personal health services.
• Monitors expenditures of monies in contracts for personal health services, and assists in negotiating new and continuing contracts for personal health services.
• Prepares federal or state grant applications and provides consultation and supervision in the preparation of continuation grant applications.
• Develops, implements, and coordinates personal health services program for community according to standards of performance for local boards of health in New Jersey.
• Plans programs and participates in identification of personal health needs; assists in formulating programs to address these needs.
• Develops grant applications to address identified health needs, and serves as contact person in the grant application process; participates in negotiations for grant awards.
• Develops resources to fund planned programs to meet identified health needs.
• Administers federal and state grants for personal health services.
• Monitors expenditures for grants and prepares expenditure reports for grants.
• Oversees contacts for personal health with hospitals, nursing agencies and individual medical providers, as well as non-health care professionals.
• Integrates existing health programs into comprehensive health programs through implementation of collaborative arrangements with other health care providers.
• Negotiates the process for multi-institutional collaboration; manages those multi-institutional collaborative arrangements with other health care providers to maximize limited resources for health care.
• Directs the licensure process for personal health activities for facilities and service compliance.
• Directs certificate of need process and review process with health systems agency.
• Develops goals and objectives and work plans for individual personal health service programs associated with grants; monitors and evaluates progress toward program objectives.
• Serves as a liaison with other governmental agencies concerning provisions of health services.
• Provides work assignments and supervises the work performance of staff.
• Conducts job interviews and provides recommendations for employment for personal health services; evaluates staff and provides recommendation for reassignment, promotion, and termination.
• Oversees the supervision of Health Centers and assures compliance with state standards and assures adequate level of utilization.
• Establishes and maintains medical public health records and files associated with personal health services.
• Compiles, stores, retrieves, and analyzes public health statistics and provides recommendations for expanded or new health services.
• Represents the department at public functions, conferences, meetings, and serves as resource person in the area of preventive and personal health services.
• Speaks for the department on health related and community advisory boards as the health department representative.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

Master's degree from an accredited college or university in health care administration, health services administration, public health, hospital administration, health sciences, public administration, business administration or human service administration.

Experience

Four (4) years of experience in public health administration involving the planning, organizing, and coordinating of health care services to individuals or the community, two (2) years of which shall have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of the methods and techniques of personal health services.
• Knowledge of the problems involved in field and office work related to personal health services.
• Knowledge of the regulations, policies, procedures, and operational standards of the local health unit as it relates to public health activities.
• Knowledge of the racial, social, and cultural characteristics of community groups, the customs and preferences of minorities and other special groups, and the most effective and socially useful methods of dealing with them.
• Knowledge of compiling, organizing, and interpreting data.
• Knowledge of the relationship of personal health services to the activities of public and private agencies and organizations.
• Knowledge of handling correspondence and delegation to subordinates.
• Knowledge of the preparation of reports and establishing and maintaining records and files.
• Ability to read and interpret laws, rules and regulations and apply them to specific situations.
• Ability to provide assignments and instruction to staff and supervise their work performance.
• Ability to develop and maintain a professional attitude toward individual differences in social, cultural, and moral standards.
• Ability to prepare studies and surveys relative to personal health.
• Ability to conduct presentations concerning problems and programs in public health.
• Ability to understand the dynamics of multi-institutional collaboration to assure success of cooperative collaborative arrangements.
• Ability to prepare correspondence.
• Ability to establish and maintain files and records.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
• cal government use only.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.