Public Health Nurse Manager

Definition

To direct, manage, supervise, and coordinate program development, fiscal management of programs and grants, and activities of the District’s health care programs; to collaborate, contact and contract for assigned activities with other health care professionals and outside agencies; to recommend new services and programs and their implementation; and to provide highly responsible and complex staff assistance to the Director of Clinics and Nursing Services.

Supervision Received and Exercised

• Receives administrative direction from the Director of Clinics and Nursing Services.
• Exercises direct supervision over supervisory, professional, technical, and clerical staff.

Examples of Essential Responsibilities and Duties – This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.

• Management responsibility for all services and activities of the health care programs and clinics throughout the District.
• Manage and participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, budgets, priorities for clinics and health care programs.
• Develop and monitor protocols and standards; identify and recommend new services, staffing and resource needs.
• Continuously monitor and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures; assess and monitor work load, administrative and support systems, and internal reporting relationships; identify opportunities for improvement and review with the Director of Clinics and Nursing Services; implement improvements.
• Select, train, motivate and evaluate personnel; provide or coordinate staff training; work with employees to correct deficiencies; implement discipline and termination procedures.
• Manage and participate in the development and administration of the assigned program annual budgets; forecast funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; may direct the monitoring of and approve expenditures; implement budget adjustments as necessary.
• Perform a variety of public relations duties; perform radio and television interviews regarding District health care services and other public health issues; collaborate with the Public Information Office to prepare press releases.
• Conduct a variety of organizational and operational studies, investigations and required statistical reports; recommend modifications to programs, policies, protocols and procedures as appropriate.
• Provide responsible staff assistance to the Director of Clinics and Nursing Services; prepare and present staff reports and other necessary correspondence.
• Participate on a variety of boards and commissions; attend and participate in professional group meetings; stay abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of health care.
• Respond to and resolve difficult and sensitive client inquiries and complaints.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

Qualifications

Knowledge of:

• Operational characteristics, services, and activities of health care programs and clinics within the District.
• Organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis and evaluation of programs, policies and operational needs.
• Modern and complex principles and practices of program development and administration.
• Modern and complex principles, procedures, methods, and techniques of nursing and health care.
• Universal precautions and infection control practices.
• Advanced principles of budget preparation and control.
• Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation.
• Pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations.

Ability to:

• Manage and coordinate the work of supervisory, professional, and technical personnel.
• Select, supervise, train, organize and evaluate staff.
• Interpret and explain District policies and procedures.
• Provide administrative and professional leadership and direction for the various public health programs within the District.
• Recommend and implement goals, objectives, and practices for providing effective and efficient public health care services.
• Prepare and administer large and complex budgets.
• Prepare clear and concise administrative and financial reports.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Research, analyze, and evaluate new service delivery methods, procedures and techniques.
• Assess community growth and development in order to plan and implement appropriate health care programs.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, including a variety of medical professionals, community groups, and the general public.

Training and Experience Guidelines

Training:

• Equivalent to a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in nursing.

Experience:

• Six years of registered nursing experience, of which three years was in Public Health Nursing, including three years of supervisory or administrative responsibility, preferably within the last five years. A Masters degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for one year of supervisory experience.

Working Conditions

• May come in contact with a variety of diseases including communicable diseases.
• May travel from site to site for extended periods of time in a variety of weather conditions.

License or Certificate:

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid State Registered Nursing License.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid C.P.R. Certificate.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid Nevada driver’s license.

Conditions:

• All required licenses must be maintained in an active status without suspension or revocation throughout employment.
• Any employee may be required to stay at or return to work during public health incidents and/or emergencies to perform duties specific to this classification or to perform other duties as requested in an assigned response position. This may require working a non-traditional work schedule or working outside normal assigned duties during the incident and/or emergency.

FLSA Exempt
Bargaining Unit Ineligible
Schedule 29
Approved by the Board of Health on 8/27/92
Revisions submitted to Board of Health 5/23/02

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