The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City clean, safe, and healthy by collecting, recycling, and disposing of waste, cleaning streets, attacking the scourge of illegal dumping, and clearing snow and ice. The Department operates 59 district garages and manages a fleet of more than 2,000 rear-loading collection trucks, 450 mechanical brooms, 705 salt spreaders, and several dozen bike lane operations machines. Under the Adams Administration, the Department is aggressively cleaning more parts of the City than ever before, including over 1,000 long-ignored areas spread across every neighborhood. With the highest wintertime uniformed headcount in 20 years, DSNY is more equipped than ever to remove snow and ice from the approximately 19,000 lane-miles of City streets.
The Medical Division consists of an occupational health care facility (HCF) with a staff that monitors the medical condition of more than 8,000 employees, and five other units that coordinate closely with the HCF.
Under supervision, the City Medical Specialist performs professional medical specialty work of ordinary difficulty and responsibility, such as the following:
- Reviews medical fitness for duty of departmental employees requesting, or returning from, leaves of absence for medical reasons, or of employees reporting sick.
- Makes determinations as to employees' fitness for duty.
- Examines and evaluates the health status of employees who are injured on the job or recovering from an illness to determine their fitness for duty.
- Examines candidates for City positions, assesses whether they are medically fit to perform the duties of the relevant position.
- Documents medical evaluations appropriately in an electronic medical record.
- Refers patients to other resources (employee assistance program, human resources, EEO office, etc.) as appropriate.
- May conduct staff meetings, clinical conferences, and training programs for the staff.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings, clinical conferences, and training programs.
- Works closely with other physicians, nurses, administrative, and clerical staff.
- Provides medical information and explains medical concepts to non-clinical staff.
- Performs other medical specialty assignments equivalent to the typical tasks described above.
- Performs related tasks as directed
CITY MEDICAL SPECIALIST (PART- - 53040