SCHENECTADY — The former head of Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital is taking the helm of the financially troubled health center for Schenectady County’s poor and insured patients.

Hometown Health Centers announced today that Robert Bylancik will serve as interim CEO of the federally-qualified health center on State Street. Bylancik will head the clinic until a permanent replacement can be found for John Silva, who abruptly announced his resignation last month after six years.

Hometown Health is pulling Bylancik out of retirement to head the facility, which treats more than 22,000 federally-registered patients annually. Bylancik retired as Sunnyview’s president and CEO in 2007 after arranging a merger between what used to be upstate’s only freestanding rehabilitation hospital and Northeast Health, the Troy health facilities network that includes Albany Memorial and Samaritan hospitals.

Bylancik already has deep ties with the county’s community and health officials. He started working at Sunnyview in 1969 as a staff social worker and became its CEO in 2000. He also sits on the Schenectady Museum’s board of directors.

Silva left Hometown Health in mid-July, though his resignation does not take effect until October.