Public Health Nurse Manager

Future Salary Increases

3.00% across the board salary increase effective February 22, 2025 & 2026*

Bi-annual step increases up to Step 14

Do you enjoy having weekends and holidays off?

Public Health Nurse Managers work Monday through Friday!

The Department of Public Health (DPH)is recruiting for a Public HealthNurse Manager who will administer and supervise a variety of countywide public health nurses and community programs featuring programs in the Family Health Services Section serving maternal through young adult population including foster youth, and staffed primarily by Supervising Public Health Nurses, Public Health Nurses, Health Education Specialists, and Environmental Health Specialists. This position will work under the direction of the Division Chief of Community and Family Health and works to ensure excellent program and nursing services and evidence-based practice, while optimizing resources for achieving individual and community health outcomes.

Essential functions include:

• Plan, implement, and evaluate patient care by assigning nursing tasks daily to Public Health Nurses and related support staff based on available skills and with consideration for the needs of each patient.

• Assign, review and evaluate work of assigned nursing and support staff; handle disciplinary and hiring actions; oversee preparation and control of staff scheduling and payroll time and attendance processing.

• Implements objectives of care and standards of practice. Monitors patient care quality; discuss plans with physicians, other professional disciplines, patients and families; investigate and facilitate documentation of unusual occurrences and report risk management issues.

• Oversees instruction of nursing personnel in technical nursing skills. Ensures nursing staff competency.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements, policies, procedures and standards of care practice.

• Provide input into preparation of budget, monitors human and material resource utilization and provides justification for budget variances.

• Oversees studies of nursing and patient care issues, systems, procedures and policies.

• Participate in the development and implementation of performance improvement initiatives.

For more detailed information, refer to the Public Health Nurse Manager job description.

About Family Health Services

The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health's Family Health Services includes programs such as the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) groups of programs, Black Infant Health (BIH), the Perinatal Equity Initiative (PEI) California Home Visiting Program (CHVP), Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR), Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation (CASE), Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP), Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care (HCPCFC) including Rx4 Kids to make sure all children are wanted, nurtured and provided the assistance they need to mature into healthy, productive adults to build strong families and communities while working to eliminate health disparities. Family Health Services does this by:

• Assessing community health concerns and conditions

• Empowering families to adopt healthy life choices

• Collaborating with community efforts to embrace health and wellness

• Addressing quality of women and children's health care, and access to that care

• Advocating for promising best and evidence-based practices

• Working with California agencies and counties in advancing public health policy

To learn more about the various programs within MCAH click here.

Vested in Retirement after only 5 years!

As an alternative to the traditional benefits package, you may also be eligible to elect the Modified Benefit Option (MBO) that provides an increased base rate of pay ($2.00 per hour above the base rate of pay) with modified benefits. For more detailed information, refer to theMBO - Nurse Supervisory & Management BbOU - Benefits Summary Guide.

• Salary increases contingent upon Property Related Revenue and/or statewide Realignment Sales Tax Collections performance.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Travel/License: Travel throughout the County is required. Employees may be required to make provision for transportation. At the time of hire, a valid California Class C driver license and proof of automobile liability insurance must be produced and maintained for the individual providing the transportation.

Pre-Employment Process: Prior to appointment, applicants must pass a background investigation which includes verification of employment history and education, fingerprinting, physical exam, and drug screening.

Sponsorship: San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require Visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future. Candidates must be able to present their legal right to work in the United States at the time of employment.

Continued Education:Additional training/coursework may berequired.

BLS Certification:Valid Healthcare Provider level Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate (Course Completion Card) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) must be provided

Minimum Requirements

Applicants mustmeetallof the following licensure/certification, education,-and- experiencerequirements:

Licensure/Certification:Applicants must possess and maintain all of the following items:

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN),
• A valid Public Health Nurse certificate issued by the CA BRN, -and-
• A valid Healthcare Provider level Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (Course Completion Card) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).
• AND-

Experience:Possess three (3) years of full-time equivalent work experience as a certified

Public Health Nurse, which mustinclude one (1) year in a public health agency -and-one (1) year of experience as a full-scope supervisor over a public health nursing staff. (All experience may be concurrent.)

• AND-

Education:Possess a Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Nursing.Note:Qualifying degrees or coursework must be completed at a college or university accredited by any accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education. Degrees or coursework completed outside the U.S. must be accompanied with an evaluation report from a reputable credential evaluation service showing equivalency to degrees or coursework completed at a college or university accredited by any accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education.

Desired Qualifications

The ideal candidate has supervisory and administrative experience; possesses excellent knowledge and competency and experience with the scope and standards of public health nursing practice, including individual and population-based assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, planning and evaluation; expertise with quality management; strong and confident in leading and supervising a multidisciplinary staff; competent in serving diverse cultural communities and skilled in writing and oral communication. A public health nurse with a Master's degree in business/public/health administration is highly desirable.