Closing Date: 17th May, 2024

Description:

Job Description and Duties:
Work Location (County): Sacramento; Enhanced telework and flexibility is available for this position in accordance with the Department of General Services' and A Government Entity's telework policies.

The Attorney will represent the Department in administrative hearings involving personnel actions, appeals of actions to revoke or deny licensure of health facilities and clinics, hospital immediate jeopardy administrative penalty appeals, long term care facility citations, medical breach penalty appeals, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act (STAKE) penalty appeals, the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program action appeals, the Radiologic Health Program enforcement actions, failure to timely report adverse events in health facility penalty appeals, and other enforcement actions of the Department.

The attached duty statement indicates whether this position is eligible for telework. All employees who telework are required to be California residents in accordance with Government Code 14200, and may be required to report to a CDPH office, when needed. Candidates who reside outside of the state of California may be interviewed; however, the selected candidate must have a primary residency in the state of California prior to appointment (and continue to maintain California residency) as a condition of employment. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the job offer being rescinded.

Please let us know how you heard about our position by taking this brief survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CDPHRecruitment

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. (https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/FileDownload.aspx?aid=23354585&name=OPAL.140.Attorney.008.April2024.pdf)

Special Requirements:
This position is pending HR approval

For experience/education to qualify during the application screening process, and to ensure that minimum qualifications can be determined, applicants should include all employment history on the Employment Application (STD 678) and/or Resume, including detailed job descriptions, hours worked per week, and start/end dates (MM/DD/YYYY). Application packages without this information will experience delayed processing times and your eligibility for this position may be impacted.

A completed State application (STD. 678) and any other relevant documents (e.g. unofficial transcript, copy of degree, resume, etc.) should be submitted electronically via your CalCareers Account. Please reference Job Control # 430637 and indicate the basis of your eligibility in the Examination(s) or Job Title(s) section. SROA and surplus candidates should submit a copy of their letter with their application. Please remove any confidential information (i.e. social security number, date of birth) from your documents prior to submission.

Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareers Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. Submitting an electronic application through your CalCareers account is strongly recommended since electronic applications will be received/processed faster than other methods of filing. Please submit only one application.

If you are unable to submit your application electronically through your CalCareers account, please email apply@cdph.ca.gov for assistance and a CDPH Human Resources Division staff member will contact you to assist with the online application process or, a hard copy application package may be submitted through an alternative method as explained in the How to Apply section below. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.

Desirable Qualifications:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

The ideal candidate possesses strong litigation experience and skills, knowledge of California state administrative law, particularly the Administrative Procedure Act, and/ or an understanding of public health principals and practice. The ideal candidates should also have excellent analytical, research and communication skills (both written and oral) as well as a demonstrated ability to prioritize workload and manage multiple projects with short-term deadlines.