STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES


CLASSIFICATION:  RESIDENT INTERN

 

Class Code:  7670-12                                        Date Established:  01-01-80           

 

Occupational Code:  3-2-3                                Date of Last Revision:  12-28-01

 

BASIC PURPOSE:  To perform preliminary examinations, diagnosis and treatment of residents assigned to a state institution.

 

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

·        Provides preliminary psychological or dental examinations of residents to determine mental and physical health status.

 

·        Prepares reports relating to diagnosis and treatment of residents.

 

·        Discusses resident progress and treatment programs with medical and professional staff to advise on resident status.

 

·        Performs direct resident care, including psychological counseling and dental treatment to improve resident health.

 

·        Reads technical literature and participates in a variety of research activities associated with resident care problems and treatment.

 

·        Assists in administering and scoring educational, intelligence and psychological tests as necessary.

 

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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:

 

Skill:  Requires skill in applying instructions to accomplish different job functions OR in operating machines for a variety of different purposes.

 

Knowledge:  Requires knowledge of business practices and procedures or technical training in a craft or trade, including working from detailed instructions, to apply knowledge in a variety of practical situations.

 

Impact:  Requires responsibility for contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy of support activities within one or more organizational units.  Errors at this level affect the work of others or have measurable monetary consequences, and require verification and correction in order to complete succeeding work operations.

 

Supervision:  Requires partial supervision of other employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking work.

 

Working Conditions:  Requires performing regular job functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure to minor injuries or health hazards.

 

Physical Demands:  Requires light work, including continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.

 

 

 

Communication:  Requires explaining facts, interpreting situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of action.  This level also requires interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the general public.

 

Complexity:  Requires a combination of job functions to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve practical problems.  This level also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization exists.

 

Independent Action:  Requires a range of choice in applying a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures for approval by supervisor.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Education:  Completion of the third year in an accredited medical or dental school.

 

Experience:  No experience required.

 

License/Certification:  None required.

 

RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS:  Knowledge of the principles and practices of preventive health care.  Ability to work under direction with partial responsibility for a health care program in a state institution.  Ability to create and maintain harmonious relationships with residents, employees and residents' relatives.  Ability to work with residents who are emotionally unstable or developmentally disabled.  Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.

 

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT:  This class specification is descriptive of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this class title.

 


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Last Updated 01/04/02
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