Director of Clinical Services

Full-time, exempt position reporting to the TCHD Administrator.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation of all programs within the Clinic Division.
• Monitor compliance with rules, regulations, and timeframes for programs administered by the Clinical Division according to Illinois Department of Public Health, CDC, and other local, state, and federal standards.
• Directly supervise, assign, direct, and evaluate the work of Clinical Services staff.
• Lead the preparation, writing, and annual submittal of multiple grant requests for the Clinic Division.
• Oversee division grant budgets.
• Establish and/or approve program priorities, procedures, and practices within the division; serve as a leadership team member with other directors.
• Attend professional meetings within and outside the county, representing the Department at other agencies' meetings, boards, and advisory councils.
• Provide direction and consultation in specialty nursing fields and interpret implications for public health nursing practice, including:
  • Control of communicable disease
  • Immunization of adults and children
  • Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Preventive care services
• Implement nursing practice standards to assure clinical competency in service delivery; assume responsibility for clinical competence.
• Assure appropriate standing orders are up to date and signed by the Medical Director; develop and monitor Medical Director's standing orders to ensure staff performance aligns with guidelines.
• Manage and develop appropriate clinical protocols.
• Responsible for HIPAA compliance for the Department.
• Plan and coordinate educational programs for clinical staff nurses, related professional workers, and community groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required.
• Two years of program management experience, including planning, budgeting, and staffing.
• Experience in public health, determinants of health, health equity, disparities, disproportionalities, and racial equity preferred.
• Board Certification in Public Health Nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center must be obtained within 2 years of hire.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing or Public Health preferred.

Pay

$36.49 - $37.95 per hour.