Supervising Public Health Nurse

The Position

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There is an additional 3.35% Management Differential which is added to the posted salary for this class.
This is a continuous filing exam. The next filing cut-offs are at 5:00 pm on:
2/15/24, 5/16/24, 8/15/24, 11/21/24 Supervising Public Health Nurses work under general administrative supervision of a higher-level health program manager, and receive medical direction as needed from a physician or higher-level nursing manager such as the designated head of public health nursing.

The focus of duties is on supervising, planning, organizing and reviewing the operations, program, and personnel of a public health field office staffed by professional nurses, health workers and others.

Examples of Knowledge and Abilities

Knowledge of

• Basic principles and practices of supervision and personnel management
• Professional public health 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 nutrition and medical care
• Infant and child care, growth, and development, including common illnesses
• Case management techniques and the care and treatment of high risk, physically impaired and developmentally disabled infants and children
• Substance abuse symptoms and intervention techniques
• Mental illness symptoms and intervention techniques
• Symptoms, prevention, reporting requirements and treatment of child and adult abuse and neglect
• Normal and abnormal family dynamics
• Techniques of planning, evaluating, teacher-training, organizing and conducting classes and training sessions on a variety of health subjects
• Individual and group counseling techniques applicable to public health nursing
• Common public and community health care resources
• Social and economic factors influencing individual and community health
• Differing cultural, religious and social attitudes about hygiene, family planning, child care, and health treatment
• Proper handling and administering of biologicals
• Proper handling of contaminated items; causes, control, detection, prevention and treatment of common communicable diseases, environmentally based illnesses, sexually transmitted diseases, and food and water-borne illnesses
• Procedures for planning and conducting epidemiological investigations
• Standard medical record-keeping

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 clients, and potential clients, of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds
• Work cooperatively with other health and social service providers
• Determine and apply effective means of intervening in cases of mental illness and substance abuse
• Effectively plan, organize, conduct, and participate in in-service education and training programs
• Effectively demonstrate and teach care of infants, children, the disabled and chronically ill to individuals in their homes
• Effectively teach public group classes
• Gain cooperation of patients and other individuals in investigating and treating communicable diseases and environmentally-based illnesses
• Accurately evaluate cases to determine caseload priorities
• Maintain patient confidentiality

Employment Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Either: One year of experience as a Senior Public Health Nurse in Sacramento County service.

Or: Two years of experience as a Public Health Nurse in Sacramento County Service.

Or: Three years of experience as a licensed/certified public health nurse performing public health nursing duties.

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.

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 (Download PDF reader) or speak to someone in our office before the cut-off date listed in this notice.

License / Certificate / Registration Requirements:All persons appointed to the class of Supervising Public Health Nurse:

• Must possess and maintain a current Registered Nurse License and Public Health Nurse Certificate issued by the State of California.
• Must possess and maintain a current California Driver's License, Class C or higher.
• Will be required to have, or obtain, and maintain a valid CPR Certificate.

Note : Failure to maintain required licenses / certificates may be cause for disciplinary action in accordance with Civil Service Commission rules.

Other Requirements: Some positions in this class may require the ability to communicate fluently in a language other than English, in addition to English.

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