SUPERVISING PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE

About the role

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 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.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes, evaluates, and draws logical conclusions from data; evaluates problems, policies, procedures and formulate an effective course of action.
• Speaks effectively before groups for the purpose of soliciting and providing information and/or persuading others to pursue a specific course of action.
• Writes effectively to produce a variety of reports, correspondence and advertisement materials.
• Establish and maintain cooperative work relationships with those contacted through the course of work; interfaces with community and agency representatives regarding issues of a sensitive or political nature.
• Works independently with little or no direct supervision.
• Understand, interpret and apply rules, laws, policies and regulations relative to specific public health programs.
• Follow oral and written instructions.

Requirements

• Thorough Knowledge Of Principles, methods and procedures of public health nursing.
• Working knowledge of: The principles and practices used in public health program coordination and implementation.
• The principles and practices used in basic budget and grant administration.
• The laws, codes and standards applicable to specific public health programs.
• Community aspects, needs and resources relative to specific public health programs.
• Principles and practices of staff supervision and development.

Qualifications

• Completion of coursework leading to a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with a certificate in Public Health Nursing which included courses in the principles of supervision and administration and public health.
• Experience: Two years of progressively responsible professional public health program experience which include lead-worker level responsibilities, and which provide a broad knowledge of public health programs.

Skills and Abilities

• Analyzes, evaluates, and draws logical conclusions from data; evaluates problems, policies, procedures and formulate an effective course of action.
• Think creatively; develop new methods, procedures, or approaches to achieve program goals; exercise initiative ingenuity and sound judgment in identifying and solving difficult administrative and technical problems.
• Plan, coordinate and implement overall work plans to achieve a designated objective; coordinate multi-faceted projects and studies, including coordination and planning for resources, manpower and timing.
• Plan, directs and evaluate the work of others.
• Speak effectively before groups for the purpose of soliciting and providing information and/or persuading others to pursue a specific course of action.
• Write effectively to produce a variety of reports, correspondence and advertisement materials.
• Establish and maintain cooperative work relationships with those contacted through the course of work; interface with community and agency representatives regarding issues of a sensitive or political nature.
• Work independently with little or no direct supervision.
• Understand, interpret and apply rules, laws, policies and regulations relative to specific public health programs.
• Follow oral and written instructions.