Supervising Registered Nurse

The Position

This is a continuous filing exam. Next filing cut-offs are at 5:00 pm on: 6/17/2026, 7/15/2026 (final)

Supervising Registered Nurse is the first level supervisory class in this series.

Incumbents work under general administrative supervision of a higher level health program manager or facility manager, and receive medical direction as needed from a physician or higher level professional nurse such as a nurse practitioner.

The focus of duties is on supervising, planning, organizing and reviewing the operations, program, and personnel of a medical care unit staffed by registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, and other support staff.

Positions are typically limited to facilities where the organizational structure, work shifts, and large number of staff necessitate a first-line nursing supervisor.

About the Role

Examples Of Knowledge And Abilities

• Knowledge of Basic principles and practices of supervision and personnel management
• Professional registered nursing principles, procedures and techniques
• State of California laws and regulations on nursing practices
• Normal course of illnesses and disabilities, and their treatment
• Family planning methods
• Pre-natal, pregnancy and post-natal medical care, infant and child care, growth, and development, including common illnesses
• Symptoms, prevention, reporting requirements and treatment of child and adult abuse and neglect
• Treatment of common communicable diseases, environmentally based illnesses, sexually transmitted diseases, and food and water-borne illnesses
• Standard medical record-keeping
• Common drugs and medications used for birth control, communicable diseases, immunizations, allergies, cardio-vascular conditions, and substance overdoses, including their contra-indications and normal and abnormal results

Responsibilities

Ability to

• Supervise and train employees
• Effectively recommend employee selections, promotions, status changes and other personnel actions
• Plan, organize and control work of staff
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for work unit in accordance with department goals, policies and procedures
• Learn, comply with, and ensure staff compliance with laws, rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures, including security requirements, applicable to the work unit
• Effectively communicate with and gain the cooperation of patients of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds
• Work cooperatively with other health and social service providers, and staff of other work units and departments
• Effectively plan, conduct, and participate in in-service education and training programs
• Maintain patient confidentiality

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Possession of a current valid Registered Nurse license issued by the State of California.
• (NOTE: Failure to maintain such license may be cause for disciplinary action in accordance with Civil Service Commission Rules.)
• Either:
• One year of experience in Sacramento County service as a Registered Nurse or any class requiring registered nurse licensure.
• Two years of experience as a registered nurse.

Note: If the word “experience” is referenced in the minimum qualifications, it means full-time paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Part-time paid experience may be accumulated and pro-rated to meet the total experience requirements.

Note: If the minimum qualifications include an educational or certificate/license requirement, applicants must submit proof of requirements with the application. Failure to submit proof of requirements may result in disqualification from the examination.

Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. For guidelines on submitting acceptable proof of educational requirements, please click here or speak to someone in our office before the cut-off date listed in this notice.

Notes: Experience requirements are stated as full-time work; to convert part-time to full-time equivalency: 173.6 hours = 21.7 days = 1 work month.

Required experience may be paid or unpaid.

Special Requirements

Persons appointed to these classes may be required to regularly or periodically work evenings, nights, and weekends and holidays.

Persons appointed to these classes may be subject to a confidential criminal history check and fingerprinting.

Persons appointed to these classes will be required to have, or obtain, and maintain a valid CPR certificate.

Persons appointed to these classes may be required to have or obtain a valid hearing testing certificate, emergency first aid certificate, and/or other specialty training appropriate to Registered Nurses and necessary in their job assignment.

Probationary Period

The probationary period for this classification is six (6) months.