PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT I

 1. APPLYING: Inquiries should be directed to the Executive Director, Nassau County Civil Service Commission. The Commission does not acknowledge receipt of applications, and does not accept responsibility for non-delivery or postal delay. The Commission reserves the right to reject for lateness or to accept applications filed after the advertised filing period.

 

2. TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: The burden of establishing qualifications to the satisfaction of the Commission shall be upon the applicant. For the purpose of meeting the training and experience requirement of any examination, no credits shall be given for any work experience which is determined by the Commission to have been gained or acquired in violation of the provisions of the Civil Service Law.

 

Where required, certificates, licenses, and military separation papers (DD214) must be submitted with your application. Proof of claimed education, (copy of your high school diploma, Military, GED, New York State or comparable Equivalency Diploma) may be required to be submitted with the application. If education beyond high school is required, official transcripts must be submitted directly to us by the school. If appropriate transcripts/documents were filed previously with the Commission, indicate this on the application.

 

College education is considered at the rate of 30 credits completed per year.

 

For open competitive qualifications only, paid experience, if other than on a full time basis will be prorated.

Volunteer experience may be accepted if verifiable, and the experience claimed must have been in a structured program. Documentation signed by an official of the agency indicating hours per week, level of work, etc. must be provided.

Where additional experience may be substituted for an academic degree/diploma, the interpretation of the note, generally, is that for a full substitution, the underlying educational requirement for a Master's degree must be a Bachelor's degree; for a Bachelor's degree, it must be a High School Diploma/High School Equivalency Diploma; for a High School Diploma, it must be satisfactory completion of tenth or eighth grade education, as appropriate.

 

3. THE EXAMINATION: You must bring the official notice for admittance to the examination. Approved candidates will be notified when and where to appear for examination. If an application is rejected, the candidate will be notified.

CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR EXAMINATIONS ADMINISTERED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS WITHIN, AND INCLUDING, NEW YORK STATE SHOULD CONTACT THIS OFFICE NO LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE WRITTEN TEST AS IT OTHERWISE MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM ONE OR MORE EXAMINATIONS IN THE SERIES.

Candidates may be fingerprinted at the time of the examination and subsequent thereto, as required.

Total time allowed for examinations held on a particular date may not exceed eight hours.

 

Alternate examination date requests must be made to this Commission as soon as the conflict/problem arises; documentation is required, and will be reviewed against established criteria. In the event of illness, written verification from a professional health care provider is required. Generally, the alternate date that examinations can be administered is no later than the Friday following the original test date. If you plan to request special exam accommodations due a conflict with a religious observance or practice* (and therefore cannot take the test on the announced date), and/or an ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER, and/or DISABLED** and in need of reasonable accommodations IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to write to the Civil Service Commission (Attention Recruitment) or call them at (516) 572-2702, no later than three days after the last day to file applications, to make the necessary arrangements.

* Request the appropriate form.

               ** You must, on a separate sheet, describe the accommodation you need and include documentation/justification for your request.

Failure to follow these instructions may preclude us from providing to you the requested assistance.

 

The Commission reserves the right, after this announcement is issued, to subdivide the examination and/or require a specific passing mark in one or more of such subdivisions in order that a candidate be considered further for eligibility. Notice of such arrangement will be given in the examination instructions.

A record of disrespect for the requirements and processes of law, including repeated traffic offenses or disregard of summonses for traffic offenses, is grounds for disqualification for examination, or after examination, for certification and appointment.

Examinations prepared and rated by the New York State Department of Civil Service will be in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law.

Examinations prepared and rated by the Nassau County Civil Service Commission will be in accordance with the rules and regulations of this Commission.

 

4. ELIGIBLE LISTS, PLACEMENT, AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT TO CERTAIN POSITIONS:

Vacancies: Eligible lists resulting from examinations may be limited to a sufficient number of passing candidates to fill vacancies. Additional candidates may be processed for certification from the lists as the need arises.

Eligible lists remain in force for one year, and may be extended by the Commission not to exceed four years.

Candidates must be psychologically and physically fit to perform the duties required for the position. Medical or psychological examination may be required.

When there is a need for employees to fill vacancies on a part time basis the eligible list may be canvassed for that purpose.

Changing conditions occasionally result in certification and offers of employment at higher or lower salaries than those announced.

Special Requirement for Appointment to CERTAIN positions in School Districts and Boces:Per Chapter 180 of the Laws of 2000, and by Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, to be employed in a position designated by a school district or BOCES as involving direct contact with students, a clearance for employment from the State Education Department is required. If you are considered for such a position, you will be instructed at the appropriate time as to your responsibilities in this clearance process (if fingerprinting is required, there may be an additional fee which you may be responsible for).

FINGERPRINTING REQUIREMENT FOR APPOINTMENT TO CERTAIN POSITIONS: In compliance with various laws, appointment to certain positions may require candidates to undergo a fingerprint check for the purpose of a criminal history record check. If you are considered for such a position, you will be instructed at the appropriate time as to where/when such fingerprinting will take place (you may be responsible for paying applicable fingerprinting fees).

 

5. RESIDENCY: To fulfill the standard residency requirements, each candidate for open competitive examination must have been a bona fide resident and dweller of Nassau County for at least one year immediately preceding the advertised date of examination and maintain that residency until appointed from the eligible list established as a result of the examination. Preference in appointment may be given to successful candidates who are legal residents and dwellers of the appointing municipality. Appointing municipalities may, by virtue of local law, establish special residency requirements.

 

6. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: VETERAN'S CREDITS: A veteran may be granted additional credits to be added to a passing score of an examination, as follows:

The veteran must have: served on full-time active duty for purposes other than training; served during "wartime"; been honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances. In addition, beginning January 1, 1998, the NYS Constitution allows members of the US Armed Forces who are on active duty the right to request extra War Time Veterans credits on civil service examinations. Refer to the official application for specific dates and other requirements.

Credits may be used (the veteran was permanently appointed or promoted as a result of receiving the additional credits) once. Veteran's credit may be requested for each examination until actually used, for appointment from a list.

                                                    SECTIONS 85-A & 85-B: In conformance with sections 85-a and 85-b of the Civil Service Law, (85-a) children of firefighters and police officers killed in the line of duty and (85-b) siblings of firefighters and police officers having died in the performance of duty as a natural and proximate result of either the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001 or in the subsequent rescue effort, shall be entitled to receive an additional ten points in a competitive examination for original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent/sibling has served. If you are qualified to participate in this examination and meet one of the above criteria, please inform this office of this matter when you submit your application for examination. A candidate claiming such credit has a minimum of two months from the application deadline to provide the necessary documentation to verify additional credit eligibility. However, no credit may be added after the eligible list has been established. The text of these sections of law is available at our public counter at 40 Main Street, Hempstead, NY, as well as on our web site at www.nassaucivilservice.com (click on the General Information link, which appears at the bottom of every examination announcement on the web site).