Job Description
Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.
As a world-renowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge, and responding to urgent public health crises from New York City’s yellow fever outbreak in 1822, to the COVID-19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation, expertise, and programs, and services. We serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York, while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.
Our Agency’s five strategic priorities, building off a recently-completed strategic planning process emerging from the COVID-19 emergency, are:
1) To re-envision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies, with a focus on building a “response-ready” organization, with faster decision-making, transparent public communications, and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and diet-related disease, including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes, and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths, strengthening our youth mental health systems, and supporting people with serious mental illness
4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for women’s health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
Our 7,000-plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work, and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City, the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racism’s impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021, the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance anti-racist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power, opportunity and access, the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.
PROGRAM AND JOB DESCRIPTION:
Our dedicated staff works vigorously to protect and promote the health of all New Yorkers.
An exciting career opportunity for a motivated professional is now available within the Division of Administration, Offices of Clinical Quality Management and Improvement/Employees’ Health Program.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Nurse Practitioner Medical Director will deliver care to employees consistent with the Agency’s Policies and Procedure, NYSDOH Regulatory Requirements, and OSHA. With a focus on health improvement, this position also will identify wellness strategies focused on prevention, the early detection of illness, management of health risks, chronic conditions, and serve as an employee resource in supporting a culture of wellness.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
Review/conduct pre-employment physical examinations, immunization and blood testing, return to duty exams, handles employee referrals for medical/psychological conditions, training and management.
Assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and document job related healthcare as indicated for persons working at the agency.
Work in collaboration with Human Resources, Infection Prevention Committee and Occupational Health and Safety to identify, evaluate, treat and initiate work restrictions for those exposed to chemical, biological, or other hazards of workplace environment.
Conduct Quality Assurance/Control Medical Chart Reviews to ensure regulatory compliance with NYSDOH Personnel requirements.
Develop and administer policies, procedures and protocols.
Qualifications
1. A valid New York State License and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse; and
2. Completion of a Nurse Practitioner or equivalent program registered or approved by the New York State Education Department, or current certification as a Nurse Practitioner by a national certifying body recognized by the New York State Education Department.
3. To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements, a certificate to prescribe medication issued by the New York State Education Department and one year of satisfactory experience as a nurse practitioner.
4. To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level III, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements, a certificate to prescribe medication issued by the New York State Education Department and two years of satisfactory experience as a nurse practitioner.
