Job Description

Salary Grade: 16

The Health Department is seeking a Public Health Nursing Supervisor to oversee the daily operations of the public health clinic. This role involves directly supervising both licensed and unlicensed medical staff, ensuring proper staffing levels, and implementing best practices for patient care. The supervisor will also play a key role in staff orientation, training, and evaluation, as well as leading quality improvement and assurance initiatives aimed at enhancing service delivery.

Responsibilities include maintaining clear and timely communication with department leadership, implementing new policies and protocols, and ensuring compliance with licensing regulations to guarantee the safe and continuous delivery of services to the community.

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Assists the nurse manager and division administration in the development and implementation of nursing policies and procedures;


• Acts as a preceptor for new nurses;


• Assures compliance with regulatory vaccine inventory, ordering, storage, and reporting and assists Nurse Manager/Vaccine Officer with quality audits;


• Ensures all nurses implement best practices in compliance with the outpatient treatment center licensing rules and Pima County Health Department (PCHD) policies and procedures;


• Participates in QA/QI activities to improve service delivery;


• Conducts performance appraisals and implements performance management strategies as needed;


• Maintains clear communication with the clinic nurse manager and Deputy Division Manager to include incident reporting, disciplinary issues, and changes in workflow or practices;


• Communicates in a timely manner any relevant PCHD updates or changes to guidelines for services to all nursing staff;


• Coordinates and participates in nursing outreach events and/or mobile outreach;


• Performs phlebotomies, trains staff, and assists in the lab when needed;


• Assists with recruitment of clinic staff;


• Participates in emergency preparedness activities and acts as a nursing lead for Incident Command (IC) when needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing, licensed to practice in the state of AZ AND four years of experience working as a registered nurse INCLUDING proficiency performing phlebotomies.

Three years with Pima County in a Public Health Registered Nurse position.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.

Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):

• Minimum one (1) year of leadership or supervisory experience.


• Minimum one (1) year experience working in a public or community health clinic setting.


• Bilingual (English/Spanish).

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