PUBLIC HEALTH CONSULTANT 2 NURSING
Career Family: PUBLIC HEALTH CONSULTANT
Public Health Consultant 2 Nursing is a competitive state title, the kind you test for: the exam result, not a hiring manager's pick, decides where you land in line.
It is the lowest-paid of the 2 Public Health Consultant grades, a step below Public Health Consultant 1 Nursing, whose band tops out about $11,660 higher. It expects a master's degree, 3 years of relevant experience, and a professional license. Pay on the FY2026 schedule runs $80,756 to $118,678, and state payroll currently lists about 18 people in the title, most of them at Health and Senior Services.
How to apply
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Exam
This is an application to sit an exam and be placed on an eligible list for this title, not an application for a specific job. A $35 application fee applies to Non-Public-Safety announcements issued on or after 2026-02-01. There may be no current vacancy behind it, and the list it produces may not be certified for months or years.
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Exam
Open to permanent employees in the competitive division who hold a qualifying lower title in the same unit. A $35 application fee applies to Non-Public-Safety announcements issued on or after 2026-02-01. Like the open competitive exam, this places you on a list; it is not itself a job offer.
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Agency posting
Department of Health posts its own vacancies directly, often before (or instead of) any civil service exam announcement. Provisional appointment against a posted vacancy is how most people are actually hired into this kind of title.
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Agency posting
Department of Human Services's employment page may require a click-through to see specific openings. Provisional appointment against a posted vacancy is how most people are actually hired into this kind of title.
Pay ladder: Public Health Consultant series
- Public Health Consultant 2 Nursing — $80,756 – $118,678 (this title)
- Public Health Consultant 1 Nursing — $88,530 – $130,339
Promoting to Public Health Consultant 1 Nursing raises the top of the band by about $11,660. Its top salary lands around the 61st percentile of all NJ civil service titles that publish a range.
Rungs are ordered by FY2026 pay. NJ level numbers are not always sequential, so ordering follows salary rather than the title number.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 18 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $90,890. The agencies employing the most are:
- Health and Senior Services (17)
- Human Services (1)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
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.
Definition
Under direction of a supervisory official, defines, promotes, and otherwise provides nursing consultation services to state/local agencies and institutions; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- Provides information concerning technical advances and skills in nursing service.
- Provides consultation regarding problems of nursing organization, administration, education, and supervision to local community nursing services, both official and voluntary, to hospitals, to facilities providing long-term care, and to other agencies using nursing services.
- Participates with program coordinators and other staff members in program planning, and in the development/maintenance of department standards/procedures in nursing.
- Acts as consultant to communities, agencies, and institutions in determining effective use of nursing personnel, and makes recommendations relative to employment standards, personnel policies, program activities, and procedures.
- Participates in planning/conducting inservice training programs and other forms of education for nursing personnel, and works with schools of nursing in curriculum revisions and provision of learning experience.
- Surveys, studies, and evaluates nursing services in various settings/programs; promotes, helps design and carry out special studies/investigations/projects; participates in and consults on research activities with implications for nursing.
- Participates in preparing/revising education materials including guides/manuals for use by nurses.
- Interprets and defines the role of the nurse to other professional disciplines, and works with allied health professionals in implementing health programs.
- Represents the department/agency as assigned.
- Drafts correspondence.
- Gives talks and prepares articles for publication.
- Prepares clear, sound, accurate, and informative statistical and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Maintains records and files.
- 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
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing supplemented by a Master's degree in a nursing speciality or other related field.
Experience
Three (3) years of nursing experience in public health and/or hospital nursing, one (1) year of which shall have included teaching, administration, supervision, and/or consultation.
License
Appointee must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey or be eligible for and obtain such license within six (6) months from date of appointment. Appointee 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 essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of principles, procedures, and techniques of nursing, and of a variety of settings utilizing nursing services.
- Knowledge of various administrative patterns for providing effective nursing services and ability to interpret such knowledge to local groups.
- Knowledge of principles/practices of public administration methods in relation to nursing.
- Knowledge of administrative, education, and consultative processes.
- Knowledge of current trends in nursing and in nursing education.
- Knowledge of nursing education techniques/tools/materials for use in education programs.
- Knowledge of existing nursing agencies/services/organizations throughout the state.
- Ability to interpret and apply policies/standards/practices of the agency to the work of other branches of state government and of community agencies.
- Ability to plan, coordinate, promote, and evaluate the nursing component of health services.
- Ability to identify problem areas in nursing administration and develop recommendations to solve these problems based on current standards/assessments of the needs of the health care facility or organization.
- Ability to research solutions to questions concerning nursing from health care facilities, or local/county health and welfare organizations.
- Ability to organize assigned work, analyze problems/needs, and develop appropriate work methods.
- Ability to assist in marshaling local resources for program implementation.
- Ability to participate in conducting nursing education programs. Ability to plan, develop, participate in, and/or conduct nursing surveys and other studies, analyze data, prepare conclusions, and make recommendations.
- Ability to compile and provide information concerning technical advancements and new skills needed in expanding programs.
- Ability to participate effectively in planning/conducting education programs for nurses, and to assist in preparing/revising education materials.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationship with associates within nursing and allied professions and with community groups.
- Ability to speak before various groups.
- Ability to prepare correspondence.
- Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Ability to maintain records and files.
- Ability 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, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform 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 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.
- CODES: 24/P26 - RKR/cah 7/22/98
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.