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COORDINATOR, COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES

Code: 05632 Local Competitive

New Jersey treats Coordinator, Community Health Services as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.

The minimum is a master's degree and 5 years of relevant experience.

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Coordinator, Community Health Services is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.

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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, develops, organizes, coordinates, directs, supervises, plans, administers, and monitors several community oriented health programs and services provided to participating municipalities by a county health agency on a contractual basis; does related work as required.

Examples of work

  • Meets with local officials, community groups, and health officials to assess community health needs and provides technical assistance.
  • Plans, develops, and administers various community health programs and the delivery systems to be utilized.
  • Supervises subordinate staff.
  • Maintains active liaison with state and local government agencies and organizations to discuss health and health related programs and qualifying conditions for participation in sponsored/subsidized activities.
  • Is responsible for the administration and supervision of several community oriented health programs and services such as health education, communicable disease prevention and control, immunization, and so forth.
  • Develops program policies and procedures.
  • Coordinates program activities internally within the agency and/or with state, county, and municipal government agencies, community groups, and so forth.
  • Monitors program activities to ensure that implementation and prescribed activities are carried out in accord with the specified objectives and/or contracted agreements.
  • Interprets funding guidelines and ensures compliance.
  • Participates in the selection, training, and evaluation of staff.
  • Prepares correspondence.
  • Takes affirmative action on complaints, requests, or internal directives received.
  • Effectuates quality control activities entailing the monitoring and evaluation of the programs for efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Supervises the establishment and maintenance of essential records and files.
  • Directs and supervises the providing of certain community health services to participating municipalities to ensure conformance with the regulations for minimum standards of performance for local municipalities promulgated by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
  • Delegates and assigns specific duties and functions to staff prioritizing such functions as required by community needs, available manpower, equipment, and resources.
  • Schedules and allocates human resources and equipment resources to various community health activities.
  • Supervises assigned employees in the performance of their duties and responsibilities.
  • Prepares the unit's annual budget.
  • Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in Health Care Administration, Health Services Administration, Public Health or Hospital Administration, Health Sciences, Public Administration, Business Administration, Human Services Administration, or Environmental Sciences.

Experience

Five (5) years of experience in public health administration involving the planning, organizing, and coordinating of health care services to individuals or the community, two (2) 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 federal, state, and local public health laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, policies, standards, procedures, and their application to specific situations.
  • Knowledge of the provisions of the local and state sanitary code and their proper application.
  • Knowledge of techniques used in public health administration.
  • Knowledge of records required in a public health program.
  • Ability to organize assigned public health work, analyze public health programs, and develop effective work methods.
  • Ability to analyze and interpret basic public health laws, regulations, rules, and procedures, and apply them to specific situations.
  • Ability to make epidemiological investigations of contagious diseases and to take the proper control action.
  • Ability to make effective use of modern preventive disease measures.
  • Ability to work harmoniously with citizens, physicians, and others on community health matters.
  • Ability to give appropriate assignments and instructions to technical health and other staff and supervise the performance of their work.
  • Ability to make effective use of available funds, personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, and space.
  • Ability to conduct presentations before health professional and nonhealth professionals, community groups, and the general public concerning problems and programs in public health.
  • Ability to draft correspondence.
  • Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative statistical and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
  • Ability to work harmoniously with associates and the general public.
  • Ability to supervise the establishment and maintenance of essential records and files.
  • Ability to analyze, comprehend, interpret, and apply the theory, principles, practices, and techniques of community health.
  • 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.

Note

The definition and 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.