Residence Requirements:

THERE ARE NO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EXAMINATION. There is one anticipated vacancy at the Erie County Medical Center Corporation. 

A promotion examination will be held at the same time as this examination. The list resulting from the promotion examination will be used first but appointments from this open competitive examination are anticipated. Use of the list may be suspended after it is one year old for any position which it is practical to fill through a new promotion examination.

Examples of Duties:

An Employee Health Assistant coordinates the care and associated compliance of regulatory requirements and contractual obligations for services rendered to employees and affiliated staff at the Erie County Medical Center Corporation;

Plans, coordinates and monitors the activities of employee health and occupational/environmental medicine in conjunction with professional, paraprofessional and administrative staff;

Maintains and updates various databases, spreadsheets, medical files, and Worker Compensation files;

Assists in gathering reporting data as required, such as statistics related to quality assurance/performance improvement;

Monitors inventory for maintaining adequate equipment and supply stock;

Reviews clinical care documentation administered both internally and externally for completeness and accuracy;

Develops and populates a database with appropriate information including, but not limited to: return-to-work physicals, annual health assessments, vaccination records and pre-employment screenings;

Monitors and confirms employees are returned to work in a timely and efficient manner;

Coordinates reporting and documentation follow-up for blood and bodily fluid exposures;

Maintains database for respiratory fit testing in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations including, but not limited to the following entities: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau (PESH) and New York State Department of Labor;

Reviews Quantros and other applicable occurrence reports for completeness; performs follow-up work on matters related to employee health and occupational/environmental medicine;

Schedules medical appointments for return to work physicals, annual health assessments, pre-employment screenings, and blood and bodily fluid exposure follow-up;

Compiles and presents data for the percutaneous committee including percutaneous injuries sustained by ECMCC employees, contracted staff and resident physicians;

Collaborates with the Integrated Leaves on return-to-work requestsfor modified duty and reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA);

Updates Employee Health files electronic files, electronic medical records, etc.;

Performs various clerical duties as required

Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Candidates must meet one of the following requirements on or before the date of the written test:

A.) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree and two (2) years of professional*, paraprofessional** or clerical*** experience, of which one (1) year was in an employee health setting, occupational health/medicine setting or environmental health/medicine setting; or:

B.) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Associate’s Degree and four (4) years of professional*, paraprofessional** or clerical*** experience, of which one (1) year was in an employee health setting, occupational health/medicine setting or environmental health/medicine setting; or:

C.) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and six (6) years of professional*, paraprofessional** or clerical*** experience, of which one (1) year was in an employee health setting, occupational health/medicine setting or environmental health/medicine setting; or:

D.) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B) and (C.)

Notes:

1. *Professional experience, as defined by New York State Civil Service, is experience which requires specialized and theoretical knowledge usually acquired through college education or through that experience and other training which provides comparable knowledge. Professional experience in general involves independence of action and personal responsibility for actions.

2. **Paraprofessional experience, as defined by New York State Civil Service, means work activities involved in the performance of routine duties in a supportive role to a professional, usually requiring less training and/or experience than normally required for professional status. Experience at this level does not have the breadth and depth of final job responsibility found in professional positions (such as in social work, planning, engineering, accounting, etc.) nor does it require the intensity or broad scope of job-related knowledge. Since there are significant differences in the nature of paraprofessional and professional experience, qualifications should clearly identify the level required for experience to be qualifying.

3. ***Clerical experience, as defined by New York State Civil Service, means activities involved in the performance of routine office tasks, such as keeping of records and accounts, correspondence, recording/entering (keying) and retrieving data and/or information, in accordance with prescribed procedures.

4.  Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.

5. Your degree and/or col1ege credit must have been awarded by a regionally accredited college or university or one recognized by the New York State Education Department as following acceptable educational practices. A grade of "D" or better is necessary for a course to be credited as successfully completed. If your degree and/or college credit was awarded by an educational institution outside of the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can write to this Department for a list of acceptable companies providing this service; you must pay the required evaluation fee.

Notice to Candidates: Transcripts will now be accepted by the Department of Personnel ONLY at time of application.
All subsequent transcripts must be submitted at time of interview.

The New York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this examination. However, candidates may find information in the publication 'General Guide to Written Tests' helpful in preparing for this test. This publication is available on line at:https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.

Subjects of Examination:

Scopes / Subjects of examination: A test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas.

Name and number checking

These questions test for the ability to distinguish between sets of words, letters, and/or numbers that are almost exactly alike. Material is usually presented in two or three columns, and you will have to determine how the entry in the first column compares with the entry in the second column and possibly the third. You will be instructed to mark your answers according to a designated code provided in the directions.

Operations with Letters and Numbers

These questions test for skills and abilities in operations involving alphabetizing, comparing, checking and counting. The questions require you to follow the specific directions given for each question which may involve alphabetizing, comparing, checking and counting given groups of letters and/or numbers.

Understanding and interpreting written material

These questions test for the ability to understand and interpret written material. You will be presented with brief reading passages and will be asked questions about the passages. You should base your answers to the questions only on what is presented in the passages and not on what you may happen to know about the topic.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES:  It is recommended that candidates use a quiet, hand held, solar or battery powered calculator.  Devices with typewriter keyboards, "Spell Checkers", “Personal Digital Assistants", "Address Books", "Language Translators", "Dictionaries", or any similar devices are prohibited.  You may not bring books or other reference materials.

**IMPORTANT APPLICATION FEE - READ CAREFULLY**

A $20.00 filing fee is required for this exam. The required fee must accompany your application. Send or bring check or money order made payable to Erie County Personnel Department and write the examination number(s) on your check or money order. Do not send or bring cash, as the County cannot be responsible for cash payment. As no refund will be made, you are urged to compare your qualifications carefully with the requirements for admission and file only for those examinations for which you are clearly qualified.