Pharmacist -Full Time Hospital IN

Pharmacist Position
Nassau Health Care Corporation
Performs professional pharmacist duties at a hospital, infirmary, or similar institution; Must be met by the day the application is submitted: Continuing possession of a license and current registration by the New York State Education Department as a Pharmacist. Note: To qualify, you must submit a copy of the current registration of your license or certificate. Online applications are available at The advantages of filing electronically include the storage of submitted applications in your personal user account and application processing fee payment by credit/debit card. Computers are available to file electronic applications in our office at 40 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Hempstead, NY from 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM, Monday thru Friday. In accordance with our goal of making the Nassau County Civil Service Commission a paperless agency, no hard copy application is available. Note: Candidates must be legal residents of New York State for at least twelve months immediately preceding the date the application is filed. Preference in appointment may be given to successful candidates who are legal residents of the appointing jurisdiction. Applications submitted without proper payment will be rejected without review. Application Fee Waiver: A waiver of application fee will be allowed if you are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a household. In addition, a waiver of application fee will be allowed if you are determined eligible for Medicaid, or receiving Supplemental Security Income payments, or Public Assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/Family Assistance or Safety Net Assistance) or are certified Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act eligible through a State or local social service agency. Active-duty military service members and military veterans shall be exempt from the payment of application fees. All claims for application fee waiver are subject to verification. If you can verify eligibility for application fee waiver, when prompted to submit the application processing fee, choose the Fee Waiver option. 6 of General Information regarding additional credits for veterans, and for children/siblings of firefighters/police officers who qualify under sections 85A/85B of Civil Service Law. If you believe you qualify for such credits, answer "yes" to the applicable question(s) in the application. Training and Experience Evaluation. The only subject of examination will be an evaluation of your training and experience. You will receive a grade on this exam based upon your previous education and licensed work experience as a Pharmacist - and how you document the required information. Licensed work experience will be credited as either (1) "in-patient institutional" or (2) "Other." Additional information will not be accepted after submission of your application. In order to receive credit for your Doctorate and/or Master's in Pharmacy, you must complete the "Supplemental Questions" part of the application in its entirety.
In order to receive credit for continuing education, you must document 90 hours of continuing education (or 9 college credits) within the past 6 years. Use THIS LINK to access the chart and attach the chart to your application.
Therefore, you should gather your documentation now and be prepared to submit it immediately if requested. A delay in submitting documentation may affect your inclusion on the Eligible List.

~ In order to receive full credit for your work experience as a Pharmacist you must indicate when you were originally licensed by the State of New York. If you only provide the date of your current registration then you will not be given credit for any work experience that pre-dates your current registration.

You must also supply all of the information requested on the application for each position you list. If you do not, you may not receive credit for that work experience. Under "Title" and "Duties," clearly differentiate between licensed experience as an "in-patient institutional pharmacist" and other licensed pharmacist work experience.
Therefore, the submission of a resume – which is not required - is a supplement to a fully completed application, not a substitute for it. must be entered in the appropriate areas of the examination application. It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify this commission, in writing, of any change of name, mailing/legal/email address, or phone number: indicate examination number and title, and your social security number.
Disabled Veterans: Visit our homepage at to view information (including a downloadable credit request form) on a recent amendment to the New York Constitution regarding the award and use of additional credits for certain disabled veterans on civil service examinations.
The Commission does not accept responsibility for non-delivery or delivery delays of emails due to issues with your email account. The Commission reserves the right to reject for lateness or to accept applications filed after the advertised filing period. 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. 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. 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