Nurse Practitioner

Posting number:

Department: County Health

Division: HEALTH Promotion & Wellness and Clinical Services & Systems

Job classification: Director-Pers Health

Posting type: Open

Categories: Public Health

Summary

Position Title:
Provider - Clinical Systems & Services
Pay Grade: M-3
FSLA:
Non-Exempt
Division:
Clinical Services & Systems/Health Promotion & Wellness

Union Status:
Non-Union

Examples of duties

POSITION SUMMARY:
Subject to executive policy approval, performs highly responsible clinical and administrative duties to ensure the efficient and effective execution of duties required of comprehensive health department clinical services & systems/vaccine management/programs; assumes major responsibility for services in a clinical, home or community setting. Assists with executive-level policy and planning functions including community assessment, planning, outreach, prevention and partnerships; serves in defined roles in emergency preparedness role as assigned.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Provides oversees provider services.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
The position is mostly self-directed and under the supervision of the Executive Director.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Oversees the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical service programs ensuring that services provided are in compliance with program,county, state or federal requirements.

Assists with community health assessment, planning and collaboration activities of the department necessary to promote the community health improvement and maintain compliance with program, county, state or federal requirements.

Assists with the development, implementation and evaluation of emergency respons eservices and systems and ensures that agency emergency response functions assigned o the division are provided in accordance with county and agency preparedness plans.

Is responsible for budget development and ensuring agency compliance with agency, county, funding agency fiscal controls, billing system, and audit requirements for all assigned programs and services.

Recruits, trains, supervises and evaluates the work activities of assigned personnel.

Serves as an agency liaison at the local, regional, and state level for personal health matters.

Provides policy interpretations for departmental staff, the general public, municipal,county, and township officials, vendors and civic and community organizations.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any Supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of employees under his/her supervision.

The use of a particular expression illustration describing the duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.

Qualifications

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Requires working knowledge of principles and practice of public health, epidemiology, and program
  planning and ability to manage related programs.
• Requires working knowledge of personnel management, fiscal management, public health law and
  regulations, and administrative aspects of public health resource management.
• Requires ability to exercise initiative and administrative capacity in planning, directing, and
  coordinating the activities of multi-disciplinary staff as well as representatives from collaborating community-based organizations and to apply acquired knowledge to assist in public health policy development.
• Requires extensive knowledge and ability to assess community needs
  , formulate plans to meet needs,
  and effectively engage…