Public Health Nurse Manager

The Job

$2,000 HIRING BONUS!

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 Health Nurse Manager who will administer and supervise a variety of countywide public health nurses and community programs 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.

Traditional Option Both Options Include Modified Benefits Option (MBO)

• Up to 160 hours accruable Paid Vacation time
• 14 Paid Holidays + 1 Paid Floating Holiday
• 16 hours Perfect Attendance Leave or annual gym membership reimbursement up to $299
• 80 hours Administrative Leave
• Higher Medical Premium Subsidy

• Medical/Dental - dependent coverage with premium subsidies
• Vison - no cost to employee
• Generous Retirement - (sbcera.org)
• 457(b) Deferred Compensation auto-enrolled upon hire
• Retirement Medical Trust Fund (RMT) with County contribution*
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Tuition Reimbursement & Tuition Loan Repayment
• Employee Discounts, Commuter Services and Wellness Programs

MBO provides a $2.00 hourly rate of pay increase, which will be considered as part of the base hourly rate when calculating:

• Overtime
• Retirement Benefit Amount
• County contribution to the Retirement Medical Trust (RMT)*
• Sick leave cash-outs pursuant to RMT Article and
• Leave cash-outs

Paid Time Off (PTO) in lieu of separate use-specific leave accruals:

• Flexibility in use
• Greater cash out value

Click the links below for additional details:

Summary of Traditional Benefits

Memorandum of Understanding: Teamsters

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

Hiring Bonus: Eligible employees hired into a regular classified position from this recruitment may be eligible to received $2,000 in total compensation. Please see Teamster Local 1932 MOU for details.

Referral Bonus: If referred by a current County employee ensure your County employment application contains the name of the referring employee in the appropriate area of the application. Please see Teamster Local 1932 MOU for details.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Travel/License: Travel throughout the County may be required and employees will be required to make provisions for such 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 be required.

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 must meet all of the following licensure/certification , education , -and- experience requirements:

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 certifi ed Public Health Nurse , which must include 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.

Selection Process

There will be a competitive evaluation of qualifications based on a review of the application and supplemental questionnaire. It is to your advantage to be explicit in your responses on the application and supplemental questionnaire.

Applications will be accepted until a sufficient number of qualified applications are received. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as this recruitment may close at any time. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the application and/or supplemental questionnaire.

To ensure timely and successful submission of your online application, please allow ample time to complete and submit your application before the posted filing deadline. Applicants will be automatically logged-out if they have not submitted the application and all required materials prior to the posted deadline. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive an onscreen confirmation and an email. We recommend that you save and/or print these for your records. Please note, if you do not receive an onscreen confirmation and an email acknowledging our receipt of your application we have not received your application.

If you require technical assistance, please click HERE to review the Government Jobs online application guide , or contact their Toll-Free Applicant Support line at (855) 524-5627. Please note that Human Resources is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by the internet connection, computer or browser used to submit the application.

EEO/ADA: San Bernardino County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants.

ADA Accommodation: If you have a disability and require accommodations in the testing process, submit the Special Testing Accommodations Request Form within one week of a recruitment filing deadline.

Veterans’ Preference: Eligible veterans and their spouse or widow(er) who are not current County employees may be awarded additional Veterans’ Preference points. Click here for information and instructions to request Veteran's Preference points.

Please click HERE for important Applicant Information and the County Employment Process .

Supervisory Nurses Unit

The County of San Bernardino offers a range of benefit programs for employees and their eligible dependents. These include health, dental, vision, and life insurance, as well as a variety of voluntary benefits. Programs and benefit amounts vary and are based on bargaining unit, family size, hire date, plan selection, and number of hours worked.

For a summary of benefits,* please click here .

Refer to the appropriate MOU, contact the County's Employee Benefits and Services Division at (909) 387-5787 or visit the Benefits website for more detailed information at hr.sbcounty.gov/employee-benefits/ .

*Retirement benefits subject to change.

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