Requisition No: 867800 Agency: Department of Health Working Title: SENIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING SUPERVIS - 64029335 Pay Plan: Career Service Position Number: 64029335 Salary: $74,000.00 - $77,500.00 annually
Posting Closing Date: 01/14/2026
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Thank you for your interest in career opportunities with the Florida Department of Health in Polk County. If you are looking to establish a successful career in Public Health, you have come to the right place. Many of our innovative and successful health programs are recognized throughout Florida. We hope you decide to join our team!
Applicants will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.
Your Specific Responsibilities
This position spends the majority 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.
The incumbent is part of a global public health organization and is expected to support the Florida Department of Health in Polk County in its mission to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts and its vision to be the Healthiest State in the Nation.
Furthermore, the incumbent is expected to incorporate the agency values of Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Responsiveness, and Excellence in all aspects of their work.
SUMMARY
This is a highly responsible public health nursing position working in a clinic setting requiring strong administrative as well as nursing skills. The incumbent serves primarily as a clinic services coordinator monitoring, coordinating, and supervising clinical staff services and personnel, while adhering to established Health Department and local policies and procedures.
This position serves high-risk OB clients and works closely with USF and other agencies to produce a healthy outcome for both mother and baby. Supervises clinical staff providing nursing services to clients, including client assessment and evaluation, proper documentation, health education, and counseling, and referrals to other providers with follow-up as required.
Coordinates all clinical services and nursing activities (possibly including Adult Health, OB/GYN, Family Planning, Laboratory, Immunizations, STD, TB, Insulin, and Epilepsy programs). Responsible for all administrative duties related to clinical personnel under the incumbents control.
These duties include, but are not limited to, completing and submitting performance appraisals, documenting performance, and formulating performance improvement plans when required, and counseling employees on career progression.
Responsible for hiring and personnel actions related to positions under direct control.
Clinical Duties
Assists in referral efforts for the various external clinical programs.
Assists in clinic as needed and to cover staff for leave time.
Works closely with all clinical leadership and assists with clinical support for staff shortage to cover clinics as needed by staffing matrix.
Establishes and monitors a system to ensure the clinics are ready for provider work. This includes personnel assigned to work with providers, rooms ready, and a logistics system to identify and order supplies on a timely basis.
Works with PFS pharmaceutical system to make sure the inventory is kept up to date and notifies any discrepancies to the supervisor.
Performs other duties as required, including performance of additional interpreter duties, consistent with skill level, and as needed.
Manages the orientation and training programs for new clinical personnel, and enhanced training or re-training for all personnel.
Meets at least monthly with team members to offer training and/or assistance on an individual basis, developing individualized training as required; establishes a cross-training program to ensure proper backup support and schedules him/herself to work all positions half a day a month to maintain proficiency and increase morale.
Shares knowledge and establishes best practices; assures dissemination of critical information concerning rules, regulations, and policies.
Performs in-house clinical quality assurance following departmental policies and procedures established department wide.
Ensures that all staff provide for the confidentiality and security of client information, reporting immediately to the Assistant Director of Nursing any potential breach of confidentiality.
Other support functions as necessary.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of public health.
Knowledge of program evaluation principles and procedures.
Knowledge of the theories and concepts of preventive health care.
Knowledge of nursing principles, practices, and techniques in specialized areas.
Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
Knowledge of community resources and organizations.
Knowledge of the principles of adult learning.
Knowledge of agency policies and procedures.
Knowledge of nutrition and pharmacology.
Knowledge of the basic principles of sociology and psychology.
Knowledge of EHR and Microsoft Office Suite.
Skill in the use of nursing equipment and instruments.
Skills in use of computers.
Ability to manage a health care operation.
Ability to supervise people.
Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
Ability to be flexible with set schedule and able to plan the day according to the need of the clinics.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to teach and demonstrate preventative health care and nursing principles and techniques.
Ability to work with patients having a variety of physical and socio-economic problems.
Ability to assess and prioritize service and personnel needs in a specialized area.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to coordinate and evaluate a specialized or educational nursing program.
Ability to include new policies and protocols in clinical areas as needed.
Ability to work with Vendors/PrEP navigator to bring new programs to DOH in accordance with the DOH policy.
Qualifications
Valid Florida Drivers License or the ability to obtain one within 30 days of employment.
Licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 or eligible to practice nursing in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 210-8.27.
Other Job-Related Requirements
Emergency Duty: Incumbent may be required to work before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days in the event of an emergency.
Emergency duty required of the incumbent includes working in special needs or Red Cross shelters, or performing other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses to or threats involving any disaster or threat of disaster, man-made or natural.
Confidentiality: Incumbent may have access to records containing Social Security numbers in the performance of their job duties.
Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values
Mission: To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.
Vision: To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.
Values:
I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.
C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.
A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.
R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.
E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.
Where You Will Work
Lakeland, FL
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The States total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
Annual and Sick Leave benefits; Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year; State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options; Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com); Flexible Spending Accounts; Tuition waivers; And more!
For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
Please be advised: Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process.
This position requires a security background check and/or drug screening and participation in direct deposit.
Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you from employment consideration.
Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) in order to conduct this background check.
Successful completion of a drug test is a condition of employment for safety-sensitive positions.
Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.
For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida.
Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.
The successful candidate will be required to complete the Form I-9 and that information will be verified using the E-Verify system.
E-Verify is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify employment eligibility.
Incumbents may be required to perform emergency duty before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days.
All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English.
Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287).
Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace.
All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section