Description
Salary: $68,848 - $104,708
Position Grade: 17G
Department: Health Department
Job Type: Full-Time (Permanent)
Examination Number: EX1253
Location: Downtown - St. Louis, MO
The Public Health Nursing Supervisor supervises Public Health Nurses within a bureau of the Department of Health. Duties include: planning, organizing, and directing work activities of subordinate staff; assisting with the development and oversight of planning within the department and with community partners; completing administrative reports, and giving presentations on public health topics to the community and the media. Incumbents must be available to respond at night and on weekends as needed.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Directly supervise staff of the Respiratory Health and HIV/STI screening clinics.
- Ensure clinical standards are maintained and satisfy regulatory requirements.
- Partner and network with community organizations that provide services for City of St. Louis residents.
- Facilitate health educational training for clinical staff and the general public.
- Manage services and resources for programs.
- Assist with documentation and data collection.
- Participate in community outreach and events.
- Maintain annual certifications and waivers.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Data Utilization: Requires the ability to perform mid-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude and appraise.
- Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide first line supervision and train subordinates.
- Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use: Requires the ability to operate various equipment.
- Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a variety of reference and advisory data.
- Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform basic mathematical operations.
- Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems.
- Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment in evaluation situations.
- Environmental Factors: Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
- Physical Requirements: Requires the ability to lift objects and perform medical tasks.
- Sensory Requirements: Requires the ability to recognize and identify characteristics of objects and sounds.
Other Requirements:
- Incumbents must be available to respond at night and on weekends as needed.
Qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of nursing; plus two years as a nursing supervisor in an educational, public, or community setting; OR, an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Licenses: Must possess a valid professional nursing license issued by the Missouri State Board of Nursing or a state having reciprocity with the state of Missouri.
Scoring Components and Their Weights:
Experience and Training: 100%
May be Subject to:
Background Investigation: Pass/Fail
Medical Examination: Pass/Fail
Documentation of Academic Credentials must be Submitted Upon Request.
Veterans Preference Points: To be eligible for veteran's preference points, the applicant must submit a copy of their DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty with the Employment Application.
City Residence Preference Points: City residents who pass an examination for a position in the classified service and do not receive any other preference will receive a five (5) point preference.
