EXECUTIVE COMM HEALTH NURSING DIR - SES - 64028371

Requisition No: 862979 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: EXECUTIVE COMM HEALTH NURSING DIR - SES - 64028371

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 64028371 

Salary:  $95,000.00 - $105,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 10/28/2025 

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This is an open competitive Executive Community Health Nursing Director with the Florida Department of Health in Lee County.

 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for the overall administration of the Florida Department of Health in Lee County’s Community Health division. This position requires initiative and independent judgment. Essential to this position is the ability to provide leadership, project the philosophy of nursing, assure nursing standards are observed, and ensure quality services are provided. The incumbent initiates and administers a budget for the nursing program.  The incumbent is responsible for analyzing and planning for present and projected needs in accordance with agency objectives, community needs and available resources.    This position manages two satellite clinics and the staff responsible for provision of services in a variety of complex programs. Incumbent handles protected health information on a need to know basis following Department of Health, HIPAA, and Information Security Policy, Protocols and Procedures.  Employee abides by State/Federal laws governing health information.  Responsible to maintain confidentiality, security, privacy and integrity of protected health information. 

 

This position spends more than 50% of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities. This includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees’ work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets. This position is under the supervision of the County Health Department Administrator.

 

Assumes overall general accountability and responsibility for the quality of nursing services by hiring qualified staff that reflect public health understanding, goals and objectives.  Oversees the recruitment, employment and assignment of personnel to nursing services and, with the input of the supervisors, recommends transfers, promotions or separations from service.  Assures that nursing care policies and procedures are reviewed and updated on a regular basis and are consistent with the law and the community health nursing practice standards. 

 

Initiates and administers a budget that carries out the nursing program.  Involves the supervisors and nursing program specialists with budget planning including material or OCO requests, new staff, and other anticipated or observed needs.  Assures that quality nursing services are provided in a safe and efficient environment.  Addresses number of FTEs, number of client services, cost per service, income and satisfaction through observation, surveys, and the utilization of reports generated on site or through the CIS/HMC program.

 

Attends top level management meetings and participates in the planning, implementing, evaluating, and re-evaluating of policies, procedures, standards, resources, productivity, client satisfaction, and quality measures with all departments attending.  Able to be cooperative, flexible, negotiable, and creative in developing budgets, new programs, agency objectives, standards, and business plans in cooperation with all departments. Actively participates in the disaster planning process.

 

Provides direction in the planning and implementation of in-service education, continuing education programs, and orientation programs to meet the professional growth of public health nurses.  Plans opportunities for professional staff development to assure continuing sources of nursing leadership such as leadership programs through the university, and counsels nurses about advanced education.  Provides university students with preceptors on staff that are qualified and willing to participate. Has a regular meeting with nursing managers to provide new information and keep managers knowledgeable about each other’s programs.

 

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