Supervising Public Health Nurse

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SUPERVISING PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE

$9,504 – $12,981 per Month

Priority Screening Date:
September 3, 2024

Exam # 24/52E80/08PH

Summary of Position

The Health Department’s Public Health (PH) Bureau is seeking to fill one (1) full-time Supervising Public Health Nurse (SPHN) position in the Enhanced Care Management (ECM) program.

The Supervising Public Health Nurse (SPHN) coordinates and supervises the operation of health-related services and programs involving comprehensive case management, education, prevention, and collaboration with and coordination of community resources. These services are delivered by a team of professional, para-professional and support staff that collaborate to ensure comprehensive health services are provided throughout Monterey County. The supervisor uses principles of reflective practice and staff development to provide primary support and appropriate oversight to the nurse home visitors to build and model a strengths-based client-centered culture.

The ECM Program serves clients who are experiencing homelessness, have chronic medical conditions, are high utilizers of the emergency department and/or hospitalizations, and/or have severe mental health diagnosis. As part of the CalAIM initiative, the Bureau's ECM program is expanding to serve a larger proportion of individuals in Monterey County eligible for services. The SPHN will lead a multidisciplinary team of Community Service Aide IIs, Behavioral Health Aides, Licensed Vocational Nurses, and Public Health Nurse IIs.

In this position, the incumbent will hire and train new team members, assign and review the workload of the team, and coordinate with partners. This will include the evaluation of program effectiveness, and provide technical expertise and recommend and implement policies and procedures to ensure ECM’s daily operations comply with both long and short-term program goals and objectives and agency policies and Procedures.

Additionally, the incumbent will also assist the PH Program Manager track expenditures and draft reports.

The Eligible List established by this recruitment process may be used to fill current and future vacancies on a regular full-time, part-time, or temporary basis County-wide.

• Plans, assigns, and reviews the work of staff. Assists in hiring staff and recommends disciplinary action when appropriate; approves staff leave requests. Evaluates staff training needs and develops strategies for addressing training needs; promotes team building.
• Coordinates program operations with other county departments as well as other agencies.
• Coordinates, supervises, and directly participates in carrying out a variety of complex and varied health services programs.
• Assesses and anticipates program needs and recommends and implements policies and procedures designed to assure that daily operations comply with both long and short-term program goals and objects and agency policies and procedures.
• Provides technical expertise concerning the medical, nursing, technical, professional and or administrative elements of programs; evaluates and makes decisions on difficult programs or admirative problems.
• Prepares annual program planning documents; analyzes and provides cost and revenue input for budgets, grants, etc. Administers grant funds and budgets; evaluates financial aspects of programs relative to approved budgets and service plans. Participates in developing division objectives and priorities.
• Establishes methods for evaluating program effectiveness.
• Serves on relevant committees and task forces, as assigned; serves as liaison to state and other governmental agencies.
• Develops and submits a variety of management reports and program evaluation.

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Supervising Public Health Nurse

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