Job Specification
SENIOR INVESTIGATOR, LAW DEPARTMENT
DEFINITION
Under direction of a Principal Investigator or other supervisors
in the Law Department, performs a variety of financial and other
investigations with regard to matters referred to the Law
Department for possible litigation and or takes the lead over one
or more investigators; does other related duties as required.
NOTE: The examples of work for this title are for illustrative
purposes only. A particular position using this title may not
perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely,
all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
EXAMPLES OF WORK:
May supervise the work of other investigators as directed.
Investigates the cause of accidents and gathers all physical
evidence; takes photographs if necessary.
Conducts interviews with witnesses to the accident.
Prepares written reports on findings.
Obtains required information for members of the legal staff.
Prepares liens and serves summonses.
Keeps accurate records of all cases.
Develops further information on cases as the result of receiving
conflicting evidence or statements from witnesses through further
fact finding until he/she has enough evidence to support a legal
or administrative course of action within criteria established by
applicable laws, rules, or regulations.
Develops a case more extensively than previously through further
questioning of witnesses and others who have knowledge or
information relevant to the case and through the search for
additional documents and records.
Establishes the interrelationship of facts or evidence or
evidence or the resolution of facts despite denials and conflicts
in statements given and inconsistencies in evidence obtained.
Receives delinquent hospital patient accounts referred to the Law
Department by various institutions for collection and possible
litigation.
Investigates property holdings, insurance policies, bank accounts,
and other personal resources to determine ability to pay and
available assets.
Speaks with patients or their responsible relatives to obtain
voluntary compliance.
Prepares and sends form letters.
Arranges part payment plans.
Negotiates offers in compromise with the approval of the legal
staff and prepares resolutions for the reduction or abatement
of costs.
Recommends litigation on those cases in which voluntary
compliance is not possible.
Prepares liens, and serves summonses.
Investigates circumstances surrounding accident suits, which
have been brought against the jurisdiction.
Investigates the cause of the accident.
Gathers physical evidence.
Takes photographs if necessary.
Interviews witnesses.
Prepares written reports on findings.
Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic
and/or manual recording and information systems used by
the agency, office, or related units.
REQUIREMENTS:
EXPERIENCE:
Three (3) years of experience in conducting field
investigations of a type that involved (a) investigations in
connection with prosecution or defense of civil or criminal
cases, or (b) investigations concerning compliance with statutory
laws, rules, and regulations, or (c) criminal investigations
requiring use of a variety of investigatory methods and
techniques, or (d) investigations conducted for practicing
attorneys requiring use of recognized investigative methods and
techniques, or (e) investigations of complex casualty or
insurance claims which included a substantial number of cases
involving suspected crimes or alleged fraud.
LICENSE:
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license
valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather
than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties
of the position.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of supervision of employees.
Knowledge of procedures used in investigating financial
circumstances and legal settlements of patients in institutions.
Knowledge of methods used in preparing reports.
Knowledge of procedures involved in maintaining records and
files.
Knowledge of the rules of evidence.
Knowledge of investigatory techniques.
Ability resolve difficult conflicts in facts or evidence.
Ability to resolve the difficulty and complexity imposed by the
subjects of the investigations.
Ability to separate numerous investigative matters that grow from
original assignments.
Ability to initiate resourcefulness to reconstruct information
from other resources when there is a lack of cooperation from
individuals and organizations.
Ability to establish the interrelationship of facts and evidence
Ability to comprehend established rules and regulations.
Ability to interview persons of varying backgrounds.
Ability to use tact and courtesy in making investigations.
Ability to observe significant conditions.
Ability to prepare reports.
Ability to maintain records and files.
Ability to collect and assemble facts, determine applicability
and relevance of laws, rules, and regulations, and to explain
legal requirements.
Ability to detect discrepancies in information collected.
Ability to distribute and balance work-load among employees in
accordance with established workflow or job specification,
assuring timely accomplishment of the assigned workload and that
each employee has enough work to be kept busy.
Ability to observe the status and progress of the work and making
the necessary adjustments in accordance with established
priorities, notifying the supervisor as to the works in progress
and status of the work.
Ability to request advice or needed information as to problems
that arise, passing on to the other employees the instructions
received from the supervisor, and demonstrating proper work
methods.
Ability to answer questions of other employees as to procedures,
policies, regulations, and instructions, and instructing them in
specific tasks and job techniques, checking on work in progress
and work that is completed to see whether the supervisor's
instructions have been carried out properly.
Ability to answer questions of the supervisor on overall work
operations and problems.
Ability to give on-the-job training to new employees in
accordance with established procedures and practices and
informing them of available services and agency regulations.
Ability to resolve simple informal complaints of employees and
referring all others to the supervisor, informing supervisor as
to the progress and training needs of employees and making
suggestions as to disciplining matters, promotions,
reassignments, dismissals, and other personnel problems.
Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual
recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or
related units.
Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in
English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.
American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as
acceptable forms of communication.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long
as they can perform essential functions of the job after
reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations.
If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause
the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
This job specification is applicable to the following title code: | | Job
Spec
Code | Variant | State,
Local or
Common | Class of
Service | Work
Week | State
Class
Code | Local
Class
Code | Salary
Range | Note | | 05683 | | L | C | | N/A | 15 | | - |
This job specification is for local government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.
8/01/2000 |
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