Public Health Nurse Manager Senior

Title: PH Nurse Manager Senior

State Role Title: Registered Nurse Manager II

Hiring Range: $100,000-$116,000

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: CHICKAHOMINY HQ

Agency Website: www.vdh.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Chickahominy Health District is seeking a highly motivated Public Health Nurse Manager Senior to provide leadership and management of its public health nursing program. The District serves Hanover, Goochland, New Kent, and Charles City counties.

This position is responsible for the assessment, planning, management, and evaluation of all clinical nursing programs, including Family Planning, Maternity, Immunizations, Communicable Disease (which includes Sexually Transmitted Infections, TB, and Rabies). This position also manages the "Every Woman’s Life" (breast and cervical cancer prevention) program and the Medicaid Long Term Services & Supports program.

As a member of the Executive Management Team, this position has many leadership roles and responsibilities, to include: developing a business work plan and strategic plan for the district, monitoring quality assurance of service delivery, developing a budget (in collaboration with the other members of the Management Team), determining allocation of resources, implementing long term staff development plans, and developing community partnerships. As a liaison to local Government and community organizations, this position is expected to serve on relevant community committees and coalitions, as well as participate in community health assessments and community health improvement plans. This position actively seeks grant opportunities and manages successful grant programs. This position participates in planning for disasters and public health emergencies. Except during public health emergencies, the Chickahominy Health District operates on a daily basis, Monday to Friday.

Typical Duties: Manages a comprehensive district nursing program. Responsibilities include developing external funding sources; managing FTEs and budget; developing private and public partnerships; and developing and implementing long term staff development plans. Recruits staff, procures and administers grants, conducts community needs assessment, allocates resources, monitors quality assurance of service delivery, and serves as district management team member. Requires licensure as a RN by state code.

The Virginia Department of Health offers 12 paid holidays, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, retirement plans (including 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan) as well as sick, family/personal, and annual leave

Please note that this is a critical and hard to fill position; a hiring incentive such as extra leave or a bonus may be considered.

1. Performance Management

- Serves in a managerial capacity and conducts performance management activities for staff

- Establishes and reviews work assignments and priorities, and resolves related managerial/supervisory issues, in conjunction with program management and Human Resource staff

- Ensures relevant training and workplace safety for staff and conducts appropriate performance monitoring and appraisals

2. Program Management

- Ensures all supervised programs are in compliance with federal, state, and local laws in addition to VDH policies and procedures

- Determines overall direction of comprehensive nursing and health care programs and budgets; develops goals, objectives, and standards of nursing

- Directs available opportunities and resources to ensure that supervised programs are in line with public health missions and district/community needs

- Expresses operational-level authority through effective management skills, quality decision-making, and the ability to anticipate and resolve complex management problems

- Resolves systems problems and implements potential remedies, ensures quality of nursing care, builds quality assurance into all supervised programs, and works toward improving programmatic customer service

- Actively participates in the district Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)

3. Resource Management

- Provides accountability to the district and other grantors, and ensures that resources and staff are allocated in support of their programmatic area(s)

- Ensures that all staffing resources and monetary levels assigned to his or her responsibility are used for their intended purpose

- Determines if program-related resources are reasonable and necessary for the operation of assigned programs and services

Monitors and strategically reviews all staff vacancies/turnover as they occur to determine if changes in staffing patterns and/or position levels meet current programmatic requirements

- Collaborates with the health director and other senior managers to maximize staffing patterns and levels so that the monetary staffing commitments and other assigned resources meet the actual needs of the district

- Develops, reviews and implements succession plans for known upcoming staff vacancies

4. Strategic Activity

- Collaborates with health director prior to the beginning of each performance cycle to identify a strategic programmatic need/activity under their shared area(s) of responsibility; the strategic goal should resolve or sufficiently enhance the targeted need/activity within the performance cycle

- Develops program goals, objectives, and standards of nursing in conjunction with Director; determines overall direction of comprehensive nursing and health care programs and budgets

5. Staff Engagement & Other Duties

- Applies extensive knowledge of nursing management and ensures that supervised program staff are actively engaged; staff engagement plans may be designed and delivered collaboratively with the health director and other senior managers as part of a district-wide initiative; plans should focus on ways to better understand workforce engagement and foster collaborative, team-oriented environments

- May be required to perform other duties as assigned; may be required to assist in the event of an emergency declaration

VDH requires all Health-Care Personnel (HCP) to provide documentation of immunization or evidence of immunity to the following: hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella; a one-time dose of tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine regardless of the interval since the last dose of tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine was administered (Td or Tdap boosters shall be received every 10 years); and the current year's seasonal influenza vaccination.

Minimum Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of nursing management, public health nursing, and practices of public health

• Proven ability to provide effective leadership and operations management; ability to direct subordinate nurse managers and supervisors in achieving agency objectives

• Excellent skills in oral and written communication, community assessment, planning, and staff development

• Considerable ability to collaboratively lead staff, synthesize and interpret data, and communicate effectively with staff, patients, and the public; ability to monitor and evaluate quality assurance of nursing programs; ability to present results and nursing outcomes to internal and external constituencies

• Basic Life Support (BLS)/CPR certification is required

Additional Considerations

• Nursing and senior-level administrative and supervisory experience in public health, as well as experience with the Incident Command System (ICS), is preferred

• Grant writing and grant management experience preferred

• Bilingual communication skills preferred

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDH accepts only on-line applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service’s Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion List check, employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions.

It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. VDH employees have a shared Code of Ethics, which can be found in the bottom banner of our website: www.vdh.virginia.gov.

If you have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.30 layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card), you must submit the card before the closing date for this position. The Card may be submitted with the state application as an attachment.

As a V3 (Virginia Values Veterans) employer VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply!

Supplemental Questions: You may be required to respond to position-specific questions at the end of this application. This information will help us evaluate your credentials and qualifications for the job. Failure to respond to any questions may disqualify you from further consideration

Contact Information

Name: Karri Markle

Phone: 804-365-4336

Email: karri.markle@vdh.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.