Health Systems Specialist 2 (Social Work) (NY HELPS) - 51187
for sections present: About the role? The description includes duties, qualifications, additional comments, benefits. We need to parse content.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove mission statement? That's maybe not boilerplate but could be considered generic; but it's substantive? It's about mission of DOH; maybe keep? It's not specific to role; but it's part of description. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The mission statement is not those; could keep but maybe it's generic. However we should preserve all substantive information. The mission statement is substantive about organization but not role-specific. Might keep as a paragraph under maybe "About the role" or separate? There's no explicit "About the role" heading in source, but we can create one if we have content. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text.
We have content for:
- Duties/Responsibilities: The first paragraph about working with interdisciplinary team, ensuring research, policy, training includes integrated approach, targeting providers and patients/families, discover deficiencies, improve communication, increase education, subject matter expertise on advance care planning, bereavement support, care coordination community resources. Also later: develop quality assurance and process improvement workplans, assist with updates to DOH public website, coordinate education and outreach campaigns annually, participate/present at industry conferences. Also travel throughout NYS including overnights.
- Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications (detailed), Preferred Qualifications (time-management, critical-thinking, problem-solving, communication, MS Office, experience in Hospice, Palliative Care, Grief Counselling, Advance Care Planning preferred). Also Additional Comments (some of which overlap with duties). We can combine.
- Skills: maybe from preferred qualifications: strong time-management, critical-thinking, problem-solving, communication, MS Office.
- Benefits: list of benefits: Holiday & Paid Time Off, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Pension from NYS Employees’ Retirement System, Shift & Geographic pay differentials, Affordable Health Care options, Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost, NYS Deferred Compensation plan, Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, and U.S. Savings Bonds, And many more...
- Pay: Not specified; they mention salary range? They mention "For new State employees appointed to graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate of the position (beginning of the salary range)." No specific number. So we should NOT create Pay section because no specific content.
- Schedule: Not specified; maybe travel required but not schedule. No explicit schedule. So omit.
- About the role: Could be a summary of role purpose. We have description of role; could put under About the role.
We must not create sections with filler. So we will include headings for: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits. Possibly also "Additional Information" for travel etc. But we can incorporate travel under Responsibilities.
We must use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the exact details? We can rephrase but must preserve info. Safer to copy sentences.
We need to avoid duplication. There's duplicated lines: "Description Duties Description" at start; we ignore.
Let's extract substantive paragraphs:
First paragraph: "The Health Systems Specialist 2 (HSS 2) will work with the interdisciplinary team in the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care to ensure that research, policy, and training includes an integrated approach to patient-centered care. Targeting both health care providers as well as patients and families, the HSS 2 will be a crucial staff member and will work to discover deficiencies, improve communication, and increase education around hospice and palliative care issues, with subject matter expertise on advance care planning conversations and tools, bereavement support, and care coordination community resources."
Second paragraph under Additional Comments: "The incumbent will develop quality assurance and process improvement workplans to ensure that objectives of the center are clear, measurable, and evaluated on a regular basis. The Health Systems Specialist 2 (SW) will also assist with updates to the DOH public website and coordinate education and outreach campaigns annually for the public and participate/present at industry conferences."
Also travel: "This position may require travel throughout New York State including overnights to areas not served by public transportation."
Now qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: Two pathways:
- Permanent Transfer Candidates: Current NYS Department of Health employee with one year of permanent or contingent-permanent, competitive, status as a Health Systems Specialist 2 (Social Work), G20 OR current NYS employee with one year of permanent or contingent-permanent, competitive, status in a title G18 or higher and eligible to transfer under Section 70.1 of the NYS Civil Service Law. This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).
- Non-Competitive Candidates Via NY HELPS: Possession of New York State license and current registration as a Licensed Master Social Worker AND one year of post-licensure experience providing clinical services in a licensed healthcare facility or program or utilizing clinical knowledge in the review and oversight of clinical services for quality assurance or reimbursement purposes; or registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Preferred Qualifications: The preferred candidate will have strong time-management, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. The candidate will be able to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders and have strong MS Office skills. Candidates with experience in Hospice, Palliative Care, Grief Counselling, Advance Care Planning preferred, due to nature of program.
Additional Comments: Already captured some duties; also "When reviewing qualifications, omissions and vagueness cannot be interpreted in the candidate’s favor. Candidates are responsible for providing accurate and clear descriptions of their experience demonstrating how they meet the minimum qualifications. This position is part of the NYS HELPS program. No examination is required."
Also benefits list.
Also mission statement: "The NYS Department of Health is committed to making New York a safer, healthier, and more equitable place to live. Understanding health equity, social determinants of health and health disparities is critical to accomplish our goal of eliminating health disparities. For more information on the NYS Department of Health’s Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan, please visit: https://health.ny.gov/commissioner/index.htm"
Also accommodation contact: "If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact by phone 518-486-1812 or email doh.sm.Reasonable.Accommodation@health.ny.gov to make a request."
Also E-Verify statement: "The NYS Department of Health does not participate in E-Verify and does not sponsor visa applications."
Also salary info: "For new State employees appointed to graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate of the position (beginning of the salary range). Promotion salaries are calculated by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller in accordance with NYS Civil Service Law, OSC Payroll rules and regulations, and negotiated union contracts."
We need to decide what to keep. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The accommodation contact and E-Verify statement might be considered legal/EEO? Possibly they are boilerplate. The mission statement maybe not boilerplate but could be considered generic; but it's substantive about organization. Might keep as a paragraph under maybe "About the role" or separate "About the organization". However we only have headings list; we could add "About the role" and include mission statement there? But mission statement is about DOH, not role. Might be better to include under "About the role" as context. However we must not invent sections; we can include a paragraph under About the role that includes mission statement. That's okay.
Accommodation contact and E-Verify might be considered legal boilerplate; better to remove.
Salary info: no specific numbers, so we should not create Pay section. But we could include salary info under a paragraph maybe under "Additional Information"? However instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state salary info but not specific numbers; it's still about pay. The instruction says "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state them (salary is hiring rate). So we could include a Pay section with that info. However they also said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." The pay info is thin but still substantive. Might be okay to include.
But we must not include placeholder like "commensurate with experience". This is not placeholder; it's specific about hiring rate. So we could include a Pay section with that sentence.
Similarly Schedule: not stated; we have travel requirement but not schedule. So omit Schedule.
Benefits: we have list; include Benefits section.
Now we need to format.
We'll produce:
About the role
... (mission statement maybe plus role description)
But we already have role description in Responsibilities. Maybe better to have About the role short summary, and Responsibilities detailed.
Let's craft:
About the role: The Health Systems Specialist 2 (HSS 2) works with interdisciplinary team in Center for Hospice and Palliative Care to ensure research, policy, training includes integrated approach to patient-centered care, targeting providers and patients/families, discovering deficiencies, improving communication, increasing education, with expertise in advance care planning, bereavement support, care coordination community resources. Also develops QA/workplans, assists DOH website updates, coordinates education/outreach campaigns, presents at conferences, may require travel throughout NYS including overnights.
That's basically duties. Could be About the role.
Then Responsibilities: maybe we can combine; but to avoid duplication, we could have only About the role and Responsibilities not needed. However we need to use headings only when content exists. We could have About the role and Responsibilities separate but risk duplication. Better to have About the role (summary) and Responsibilities (detailed list). But we can split duties into two parts: summary and detailed list.
Let's extract detailed list as bullet points:
- Work with interdisciplinary team in Center for Hospice and Palliative Care to ensure research, policy, and training includes integrated approach to patient-centered care.
- Target health care providers and patients/families.
- Discover deficiencies, improve communication, increase education around hospice and palliative care issues.
- Provide subject matter expertise on advance care planning conversations and tools, bereavement support, and care coordination community resources.
- Develop quality assurance and process improvement workplans to ensure center objectives are clear, measurable, and evaluated regularly.
- Assist with updates to the DOH public website.
- Coordinate education and outreach campaigns annually for the public.
- Participate/present at industry conferences.
- May require travel throughout New York State including overnights to areas not served by public transportation.
That's good.
Now Qualifications: we need to list Minimum Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. Could be under Requirements heading? The instruction list includes Requirements as possible heading. We'll use Qualifications
and inside we can have for prose and
- for lists.
We need to preserve all details. We'll split into Minimum and Preferred maybe as subheadings? But we only allowed headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills,
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the exact details? We can rephrase but must preserve info. Safer to copy sentences. We need to avoid duplication. There's duplicated lines: "Description Duties Description" at start; we ignore. Let's extract substantive paragraphs: First paragraph: "The Health Systems Specialist 2 (HSS 2) will work with the interdisciplinary team in the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care to ensure that research, policy, and training includes an integrated approach to patient-centered care. Targeting both health care providers as well as patients and families, the HSS 2 will be a crucial staff member and will work to discover deficiencies, improve communication, and increase education around hospice and palliative care issues, with subject matter expertise on advance care planning conversations and tools, bereavement support, and care coordination community resources." Second paragraph under Additional Comments: "The incumbent will develop quality assurance and process improvement workplans to ensure that objectives of the center are clear, measurable, and evaluated on a regular basis. The Health Systems Specialist 2 (SW) will also assist with updates to the DOH public website and coordinate education and outreach campaigns annually for the public and participate/present at industry conferences." Also travel: "This position may require travel throughout New York State including overnights to areas not served by public transportation." Now qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: Two pathways: - Permanent Transfer Candidates: Current NYS Department of Health employee with one year of permanent or contingent-permanent, competitive, status as a Health Systems Specialist 2 (Social Work), G20 OR current NYS employee with one year of permanent or contingent-permanent, competitive, status in a title G18 or higher and eligible to transfer under Section 70.1 of the NYS Civil Service Law. This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). - Non-Competitive Candidates Via NY HELPS: Possession of New York State license and current registration as a Licensed Master Social Worker AND one year of post-licensure experience providing clinical services in a licensed healthcare facility or program or utilizing clinical knowledge in the review and oversight of clinical services for quality assurance or reimbursement purposes; or registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Preferred Qualifications: The preferred candidate will have strong time-management, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. The candidate will be able to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders and have strong MS Office skills. Candidates with experience in Hospice, Palliative Care, Grief Counselling, Advance Care Planning preferred, due to nature of program. Additional Comments: Already captured some duties; also "When reviewing qualifications, omissions and vagueness cannot be interpreted in the candidate’s favor. Candidates are responsible for providing accurate and clear descriptions of their experience demonstrating how they meet the minimum qualifications. This position is part of the NYS HELPS program. No examination is required." Also benefits list. Also mission statement: "The NYS Department of Health is committed to making New York a safer, healthier, and more equitable place to live. Understanding health equity, social determinants of health and health disparities is critical to accomplish our goal of eliminating health disparities. For more information on the NYS Department of Health’s Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan, please visit: https://health.ny.gov/commissioner/index.htm" Also accommodation contact: "If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact by phone 518-486-1812 or email doh.sm.Reasonable.Accommodation@health.ny.gov to make a request." Also E-Verify statement: "The NYS Department of Health does not participate in E-Verify and does not sponsor visa applications." Also salary info: "For new State employees appointed to graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate of the position (beginning of the salary range). Promotion salaries are calculated by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller in accordance with NYS Civil Service Law, OSC Payroll rules and regulations, and negotiated union contracts." We need to decide what to keep. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The accommodation contact and E-Verify statement might be considered legal/EEO? Possibly they are boilerplate. The mission statement maybe not boilerplate but could be considered generic; but it's substantive about organization. Might keep as a paragraph under maybe "About the role" or separate "About the organization". However we only have headings list; we could add "About the role" and include mission statement there? But mission statement is about DOH, not role. Might be better to include under "About the role" as context. However we must not invent sections; we can include a paragraph under About the role that includes mission statement. That's okay. Accommodation contact and E-Verify might be considered legal boilerplate; better to remove. Salary info: no specific numbers, so we should not create Pay section. But we could include salary info under a paragraph maybe under "Additional Information"? However instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state salary info but not specific numbers; it's still about pay. The instruction says "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state them (salary is hiring rate). So we could include a Pay section with that info. However they also said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." The pay info is thin but still substantive. Might be okay to include. But we must not include placeholder like "commensurate with experience". This is not placeholder; it's specific about hiring rate. So we could include a Pay section with that sentence. Similarly Schedule: not stated; we have travel requirement but not schedule. So omit Schedule. Benefits: we have list; include Benefits section. Now we need to format. We'll produce:
About the role
... (mission statement maybe plus role description)
But we already have role description in Responsibilities. Maybe better to have About the role short summary, and Responsibilities detailed. Let's craft: About the role: The Health Systems Specialist 2 (HSS 2) works with interdisciplinary team in Center for Hospice and Palliative Care to ensure research, policy, training includes integrated approach to patient-centered care, targeting providers and patients/families, discovering deficiencies, improving communication, increasing education, with expertise in advance care planning, bereavement support, care coordination community resources. Also develops QA/workplans, assists DOH website updates, coordinates education/outreach campaigns, presents at conferences, may require travel throughout NYS including overnights. That's basically duties. Could be About the role. Then Responsibilities: maybe we can combine; but to avoid duplication, we could have only About the role and Responsibilities not needed. However we need to use headings only when content exists. We could have About the role and Responsibilities separate but risk duplication. Better to have About the role (summary) and Responsibilities (detailed list). But we can split duties into two parts: summary and detailed list. Let's extract detailed list as bullet points: - Work with interdisciplinary team in Center for Hospice and Palliative Care to ensure research, policy, and training includes integrated approach to patient-centered care. - Target health care providers and patients/families. - Discover deficiencies, improve communication, increase education around hospice and palliative care issues. - Provide subject matter expertise on advance care planning conversations and tools, bereavement support, and care coordination community resources. - Develop quality assurance and process improvement workplans to ensure center objectives are clear, measurable, and evaluated regularly. - Assist with updates to the DOH public website. - Coordinate education and outreach campaigns annually for the public. - Participate/present at industry conferences. - May require travel throughout New York State including overnights to areas not served by public transportation. That's good. Now Qualifications: we need to list Minimum Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. Could be under Requirements heading? The instruction list includes Requirements as possible heading. We'll useQualifications
and inside we can havefor prose and
- for lists. We need to preserve all details. We'll split into Minimum and Preferred maybe as subheadings? But we only allowed headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills,