Job Title: Nursing Program Supervisor
Department: Health Department
Employment Type: Regular Full-Time
Starting Salary: $65,809/year
Job Summary
The Nursing Program Supervisor assists the Nursing Director in managing, evaluating, and supervising personnel within programmatic areas to ensure high-quality, cost-effective health care services for Saginaw County residents. This role involves limited supervision over assigned personnel and operates under the limited direction of the assigned supervisor.
Essential Functions
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Manage daily operations of assigned Nursing Division programs, including scheduling, planning, and conducting staff meetings.
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Develop, implement, and evaluate program policies and procedures.
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Monitor and evaluate staff performance, utilizing critical thinking, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills.
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Ensure quality assurance of care and address issues and concerns, maintaining accountability for services provided to clients.
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Assign staff based on program needs and provide coverage as necessary.
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Analyze programmatic data and prepare various reports; contribute to annual budget preparation and divisional goals.
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Participate in divisional leadership to ensure compliance with state and federal accreditation requirements and program mandates.
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Stay current on nursing best practices, public health matters, and quality care by reviewing relevant publications and legislation.
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Communicate program updates to divisional leadership.
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Participate in the selection and orientation of new employees; provide divisional coverage in the absence of other management and facilitate additional training as needed.
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Promote collaborative partnerships with other health and human service agencies to enhance service coordination and expansion.
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Represent the Health Department at various meetings and conferences, both in and out of state.
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Promote Health Department programs through community education and outreach activities.
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Ensure proper inventory, storage, and administration/distribution of program supplies, biologics, and pharmaceuticals.
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Be available on-call for emergencies.
Minimum Qualifications
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Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing
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Experience: Considerable (3-5 years) experience in public health with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Preferred: Master’s degree in Nursing, Public Health, or Administration
Additional Requirements:
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Thorough knowledge of industry standards, organizational policies, legal guidelines, and best practices.
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Ability to prepare programmatic reports, correspondence, policies, and procedures.
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Proficiency in preparing staff evaluations, incident reports, and required agency documents (e.g., timecards, travel/training requests, PTO requests).
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Competence in using standard office equipment, computer software, laboratory equipment (e.g., microscope, pipette), clinical equipment (e.g., scale, blood pressure cuff), and temperature monitoring equipment (e.g., data logger, docking station).
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General knowledge of standard accounting software.
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Ability to perform arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; compute rates, ratios, and percentages; and understand and apply governmental accounting practices.
