Supervising Public Health Nurse
Supervising Public Health Nurse
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
$ 133694 - 162509
1 Vacancy
Job Description
The Position
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 cutoffs are at 5:00 pm on:2/20/25 5/15/25 8/21/25 11/20/25Supervising Public Health Nurses work under general administrative supervision of a higherlevel health program manager and receive medical direction as needed from a physician or higherlevel 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
- Prenatal pregnancy and postnatal 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 teachertraining 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 waterborne illnesses
- Procedures for planning and conducting epidemiological investigations
- Standard medical recordkeeping
- 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 inservice 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 environmentallybased 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 fulltime work; to convert parttime to fulltime equivalency; 173.6 hours 21.7 days 1 work month.
- Required experience may be paid or unpaid.
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 Drivers License Class C or higher.
- Will be required to have or obtain and maintain a valid CPR Certificate.
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.Application and Testing Information
APPLICATION
Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cutoff date. Clickhere to apply.
County of Sacramento
Department of Personnel Services
Employment Services Division
700 H Street Room 4667
Sacramento CA 95814
Phone; 711 California Relay Service
Email
InterOffice Mail Code: 094667
www.SacCountyJobs- Employment applications and all documentation requested in this announcement must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date.
- Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date.
- Your application should highlight all relevant education training and experience and clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications for the position as of the cutoff date.
- Application information must be current concise and related to the requirements in this job announcement. You may only apply for this recruitment once. Duplicate and incomplete applications will be disqualified.
- A resume may be included with your application however it will not substitute for the information requested on the application.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
Applicants are required to provide a full and complete response to each supplemental question. The Supplemental Questionnaire is located in the tab marked Supplemental Questions. Please be descriptive in your response.
Note:Responses of See Resume or See Application or copy and paste of work experience are not qualifying responses and will not be considered.- Supplemental Questionnaires must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date. Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date.
- The supplemental questions are designed to elicit specific information regarding a candidates experience education and training. Responses should be consistent with the information on your application and are subject to verification.
- Please provide place of employment pertinent dates and concise descriptive and detailed information for each question.
- If a job included responsibilities applicable to several questions separate the different functions of the job to answer all the questions completely.
- Resumes or referral to the application or other questionnaire responses will not be accepted in lieu of completing each question.
- If you have no experience write no experience for the appropriate question.
- For many individuals it is more efficient to develop responses to the supplemental questions in a word processing document and then paste them into the final document to be submitted. Changes or corrections to your Supplemental Questionnaire cannot be made once your application packet has been submitted.
- If the Supplemental Questionnaire is used in the Formula Rate exam failure to complete all of the questions or incomplete responses will result in a lower score. While scoring the Supplemental Questionnaire the candidates application and/or attachments will not be reviewed therefore a candidates responses to the questions should be accurate thorough detailed and complete.
FORMULA RATE EXAMINATION (Weighted 100
All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications by the cutoff date will have their Supplemental Questionnaire scored in the Formula Rate Examination.
This examination will evaluate the relevance level recency progression and quality of candidates education training and experience. The candidates application or other materials will not be included in this examination. Therefore the candidates responses to the supplemental questionnaire should be thorough detailed and complete. The score from the Formula Rate Examination will determine the ranking on the eligible/employment list for this job.
All candidates competing in the testing process will receive written notice of their examination results by email. Notices can also be accessed in their governmentjobs inbox. Applicants achieving a passing score will be placed on the eligible list in rank order. The rank is determined by the test score attained from the examination.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Clickhere for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
For information regarding County jobs:- www.saccountyjobs
Sacramento County is about enriching communities to thrive. We strive to create inclusive workplaces that reflect the communities we serve. We value and celebrate the unique perspectives backgrounds abilities and diverse dimensions of our employees and residents. Through transparency courage innovation and trust we are committed to advance equity and transformational change.
We are a proud equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any phase of the hiring process please contact our Disability Compliance Office at orCA Relay 711
Employment Type
Full-Time
