Public Health Nurse Clinic Manager - Health and Human Services

Marion County Public Health—the first PHAB-accredited health department in Oregon—is seeking a dedicated Clinic Nurse Manager to lead essential clinical prevention services that protect and strengthen community health. The Clinical Prevention Program includes immunizations, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, and the Tuberculosis (TB) Program. In this role, you’ll provide leadership to a talented team of nurses, public health workers, and health educators, fostering a workplace culture rooted in respect, trust, and inclusion.

Working closely with the Health Officer, you will oversee day-to-day operations, support quality improvement efforts, and ensure high-quality services for diverse populations across Marion County. As Clinic Manager, you will guide the TB Program in collaboration with Oregon Health Authority experts and experienced staff, support the immunization and STI teams, build strong internal partnerships across the department, and serve a leadership role during public health emergencies through Incident Command.

If you’re a compassionate, experienced nurse leader ready to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply.

Professional position requiring the application of nursing practices, public health, quality improvement processes, management, and organizational principles. Specialized knowledge and licensing in nursing is required. Responsibilities include managing several program/service area budgets, contracts, and compliance laws, rules and regulations. Responsibilities also include supervision of licensed nursing and other licensed or non-licensed program staff; and planning and development of programs.

Works under the general supervision of a Public Health Division Director, or designee, who assigns and oversees work, establishes goals and reviews results obtained for overall effectiveness and for meeting department and county objectives.

Exercises full supervision for supervisory, professional, technical and support staff. May also supervise interns and volunteers.

• Provision of clinical preventive services such as immunizations, sexually transmitted infections, and some clinical testing services happen in the field.
• Promotes community health system improvements following the Oregon public health modernization framework to assure that effective and timely services are accessible in the community and that the public is aware of the resources.
• Right-sizes MCHHS clinical services based on utilization review and other data
• Responsible for all aspects of public health clinical services program management including planning, evaluation, implementation, standards of care, compliance with contractual requirements, compliance with professional licensing board standards; development and implementation of policies and procedures; and budget management
• Personnel management: including recruitment, hiring, NEO, performance evaluations, regular observation of staff at work, leave time approval, workforce development; workplace safety; risk management; employee safety; monitor nursing practice; etc.
• Promotes a culture of continuous quality improvement by engaging staff to identify and lead or participate in CQI initiatives. Supports and promotes skill development in QI techniques. Utilizes quality assurance as a tool to help identify needed improvements.
• Responsible for emergency planning, exercise and response related to medication dispensing, medical supply distribution, and has a significant role in coordination with health system partners.

• Participates and encourages staff participation in inter-division and inter-department committees, striving to give the opportunities to a variety of staff when possible.
• Actively supports the department strategic plan by incorporating it into decision making at the program level and helping staff to make the connection between the plan and the services they provide.

Other duties as assigned by your supervisor.

Shares responsibility for 24/7 on-call public health duty officer on rotating basis.

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