COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING DIRECTOR - SES - 64051200

State of Florida • Panama City Beach, FL

3d • $70,000 - $80,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This is a professional nursing position providing public health nursing services to individuals, families, groups and the community. The incumbent in this position is responsible for the integrity and confidentiality of data sets under their control and many use DOH IT resources to visit Internet sites as needed to perform the duties of this position. The incumbent is responsible for assurance of program standards and development of goals, objectives, policies and procedures for all clinical services/programs at the Florida Department of Health in Bay County (DOH Bay). Serves as a member of the executive leadership team and, as delegated, exercises authority on behalf of the Health Officer or Administrator in their absence.

This position is responsible for nursing health services at DOH Bay, including Clinical Health Services, HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology, and School Health. The incumbent directly manages the daily operations of Clinical Health Services, including Women’s Health Services, Family Planning, Immunizations, and Epidemiology, including communicable diseases and Tuberculosis. Provides administrative and programmatic oversight of HIV/AIDS, including STD and Hepatitis, and School Health, working with the respective program supervisors to monitor program effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance and to ensure services are provided in accordance with applicable public health standards, policies, procedures, and requirements.

Responsible for managing the daily operations of Clinic Health Services and Epidemiology, including planning work objectives, evaluating service delivery, assessing workload, establishing priorities, and coordinating work assignments to ensure the timely provision of services. Manages work schedules for medical, nursing, lab support staff, and Epidemiology staff to ensure appropriate staffing and coverage. Develops evaluative and operational criteria, monitors service delivery and program performance, identifies opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiency of operations. Authorizes expenditures, monitors revenue, and coordinates financial reporting and budget planning for Clinical Health Services and assigned nursing health services programs. Serves as contract manger for contracts within assigned areas of responsibility.

Provides nursing interventions based on nursing assessments consistent with quality standards as defined by Public Health Nursing practice, theory, and research. Provides interventions such as teaching and counseling and the administration of treatments and therapies prescribed by the clinicians. Conducts communicable disease interventions in accordance with the principles and standards of nursing practice to assure safe and competent service. Acts as an advocate for the patient and family. Coordinates plans and intervenes with agency staff and support services in the health department and community agencies to assure continuity of care and expected outcomes using principles of case management. Evaluates care plans and effectiveness of interventions and adjusts each accordingly. Provides timely follow-up of critical laboratory findings. Documents assessments and interventions.

Teaches newly employed nurses advanced nursing arts and methods, evaluates and reviews new hire nurse development by observing their work in the clinic. Orients new hires to provide guidance and counseling and instructs in the specialized fields of family planning, sexually transmitted diseases, and women’s health services. Instructs nonprofessional employees in a variety of professional nursing subjects. Participates in observing patients’ physical and behavioral reactions to medications. Participates as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in the planning and implementation of treatment for individual patients. Works in conjunction with specialist physicians to ensure compliance with the specialized medical therapeutic plan. Communicates with Primary Care Physicians, other health professionals and agencies to ensure individuals receive coordinated approaches to care. Identifies community resources, arranges and coordinates health, educational, social, rehabilitative, and economic services for the family. Provides leadership and oversight for assigned programs, activities to ensure programs provide appropriate and timely service in accordance with public health practice standards and DOH and DOH Bay requirements. Assures high level of internal and external satisfaction with services provided by self and staff.

Continuous Quality Improvement: Participates in program evaluation through activities such as review of patient’s records, identifying system problems and making recommendations that can improve patient and family service. Responsible for providing and presenting findings to staff and for the maintenance and updating of program manuals. Identifies recurrent health problems among the clinic population and provides interventions based on findings.

Skill Maintenance: Maintains skills in public health nursing with special emphasis on administration of immunizations, home visiting, disaster nursing, program follow-up and Basic Life Support (CPR).

Community Activity: Participates in community-based health screenings, fairs, occupational/school health activities and community immunizations initiatives. Provides community-based group education. Represents DOH Bay on community teams and serves on inter-agency and intra-agency committees. Often initiates heightened communication to administration, DOH Bureau of Epidemiology/TB and Refugee state leaders, and applicable community partners and agencies. Consults with the infection control departments at the area hospitals, physicians in the private sector to enhance reporting procedures and disease surveillance. Communicates with other county health departments to ensure cases are appropriately investigated and treated.

Ensures supervisors and staff receive training in Health Management System (HMS) on new updates and versions within 30 working days from the official release from the Office of Planning and Data Analysis. Ensure staff receive appropriate training and professional development as necessary to complete job duties and attend trainings as needed, allowed, and available.

Acts in conjunction with supervisors to ensure appropriate staffing at Special Needs Shelters when activated. Jointly oversees the operation of shelter.

Assists the Administrator in promoting community-wide and interagency cooperative activities in support of local public health.

All other duties as required.

Requirements

• Knowledge of applicable statutes, rules, regulations, policies and standards related to public health nursing and assigned programs
• Knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, and methods
• Excellent communication, supervisory, organizational and training skills
• Ability to plan, organize, manage and evaluated clinical and public health programs and services
• Ability to analyze information, identify problems and implement effective solutions
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and establish effective working relationships with staff, leadership, healthcare providers, community partners, and the public
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities, prioritize workload and exercise sound professional judgment
• Ability to effectively utilize computers, office software, and other technology necessary to perform assigned duties
• Ability to walk and stand for long periods of time, bend, climb one flight of steps, turn patients, and lift a minimum of 25 pounds.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 or eligible to practice nursing in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 210-8.27.
• Must be a Registered Nurse in accordance with Chapter 464 F. S.; Chapter 64B9 F. A.C.
• Must have current CPR/BLS or receive an approved CPR/BLS course within 90 days of employment
• Ability to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English.

Nice To Haves

• A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in nursing, public health, or related field can substitute for one year of the required professional nursing experience.
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in nursing or related field and three years of professional experience as a public health nurse.

Responsibilities

• Communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees.
• Planning and directing employees' work.
• Developing performance expectations, meeting with staff regularly to discuss performance, completing performance reviews, maintaining vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and completing timesheets.
• Assurance of program standards and development of goals, objectives, policies and procedures for all clinical services/programs at the Florida Department of Health in Bay County (DOH Bay).
• Serving as a member of the executive leadership team and, as delegated, exercising authority on behalf of the Health Officer or Administrator in their absence.
• Managing the daily operations of Clinical Health Services, including Women’s Health Services, Family Planning, Immunizations, and Epidemiology, including communicable diseases and Tuberculosis.
• Providing administrative and programmatic oversight of HIV/AIDS, including STD and Hepatitis, and School Health, working with the respective program supervisors to monitor program effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance and to ensure services are provided in accordance with applicable public health standards, policies, procedures, and requirements.
• Managing the daily operations of Clinic Health Services and Epidemiology, including planning work objectives, evaluating service delivery, assessing workload, establishing priorities, and coordinating work assignments to ensure the timely provision of services.
• Managing work schedules for medical, nursing, lab support staff, and Epidemiology staff to ensure appropriate staffing and coverage.
• Developing evaluative and operational criteria, monitoring service delivery and program performance, identifying opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiency of operations.
• Authorizing expenditures, monitoring revenue, and coordinating financial reporting and budget planning for Clinical Health Services and assigned nursing health services programs.
• Serving as contract manager for contracts within assigned areas of responsibility.
• Providing nursing interventions based on nursing assessments consistent with quality standards as defined by Public Health Nursing practice, theory, and research.
• Providing interventions such as teaching and counseling and the administration of treatments and therapies prescribed by the clinicians.
• Conducting communicable disease interventions in accordance with the principles and standards of nursing practice to assure safe and competent service.
• Acting as an advocate for the patient and family.
• Coordinating plans and intervening with agency staff and support services in the health department and community agencies to assure continuity of care and expected outcomes using principles of case management.
• Evaluating care plans and effectiveness of interventions and adjusting each accordingly.
• Providing timely follow-up of critical laboratory findings.
• Documenting assessments and interventions.
• Teaching newly employed nurses advanced nursing arts and methods, evaluating and reviewing new hire nurse development by observing their work in the clinic.
• Orienting new hires to provide guidance and counseling and instructing in the specialized fields of family planning, sexually transmitted diseases, and women’s health services.
• Instructing nonprofessional employees in a variety of professional nursing subjects.
• Participating in observing patients’ physical and behavioral reactions to medications.
• Participating as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in the planning and implementation of treatment for individual patients.
• Working in conjunction with specialist physicians to ensure compliance with the specialized medical therapeutic plan.
• Communicating with Primary Care Physicians, other health professionals and agencies to ensure individuals receive coordinated approaches to care.
• Identifying community resources, arranging and coordinating health, educational, social, rehabilitative, and economic services for the family.
• Providing leadership and oversight for assigned programs, activities to ensure programs provide appropriate and timely service in accordance with public health practice standards and DOH and DOH Bay requirements.
• Assuring high level of internal and external satisfaction with services provided by self and staff.
• Participating in program evaluation through activities such as review of patient’s records, identifying system problems and making recommendations that can improve patient and family service.
• Providing and presenting findings to staff and for the maintenance and updating of program manuals.
• Identifying recurrent health problems among the clinic population and provides interventions based on findings.
• Maintaining skills in public health nursing with special emphasis on administration of immunizations, home visiting, disaster nursing, program follow-up and Basic Life Support (CPR).
• Participating in community-based health screenings, fairs, occupational/school health activities and community immunizations initiatives.
• Providing community-based group education.
• Representing DOH Bay on community teams and serving on inter-agency and intra-agency committees.
• Initiating heightened communication to administration, DOH Bureau of Epidemiology/TB and Refugee state leaders, and applicable community partners and agencies.
• Consulting with the infection control departments at the area hospitals, physicians in the private sector to enhance reporting procedures and disease surveillance.
• Communicating with other county health departments to ensure cases are appropriately investigated and treated.
• Ensuring supervisors and staff receive training in Health Management System (HMS) on new updates and versions within 30 working days from the official release from the Office of Planning and Data Analysis.
• Ensuring staff receive appropriate training and professional development as necessary to complete job duties and attend trainings as needed, allowed, and available.
• Acting in conjunction with supervisors to ensure appropriate staffing at Special Needs Shelters when activated.
• Jointly overseeing the operation of shelter.
• Assisting the Administrator in promoting community-wide and interagency cooperative activities in support of local public health.
• Performing all other duties as required.

Benefits

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition waivers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager