Supervising Registered Nurse

Supervising Registered Nurse is the first level supervisory class in this series. Incumbents work under general administrative supervision of a higher level health program manager or facility manager, and receive medical direction as needed from a physician or higher level professional nurse such as a nurse practitioner.

The focus of duties is on supervising, planning, organizing and reviewing the operations, program, and personnel of a medical care unit staffed by register ed nurses, licensed vocational nurses, and other support staff. Positions are typically limited to facilities where the organizational structure, work shifts, and large number of staff necessitate a first-line nursing supervisor.

Knowledge of

• Basic principles and practices of supervision and personnel management
• Professional registered nursing principles, procedures and techniques
• State of California laws and regulations on nursing practices
• Normal course of illnesses and disabilities, and their treatment
• Family planning methods
• Pre-natal, pregnancy and post-natal medical care, infant and child care, growth, and development, including common illnesses
• Substance abuse symptoms and medical intervention techniques
• Mental illness symptoms and intervention techniques
• Symptoms, prevention, reporting requirements and treatment of child and adult abuse and neglect
• Techniques of planning and conducting classes and training sessions on a variety of health subjects
• Individual and group counseling techniques 
• Common public and community health care resources
• Social and economic factors influencing individual an community health
• Differing cultural, religious and social attitudes about hygiene, family planning, child care, and health treatment
• Proper handling and administering of biologicals
• Detection and treatment of common communicable diseases, environmentally based illnesses, sexually transmitted diseases, and food and water-borne illnesses
• Standard medical record-keeping 
• Common drugs and medications used for birth control, communicable diseases, immunizations, allergies, cardio-vascular conditions, and substance overdoses, including their contra-indications and normal and abnormal results

Ability to

• Supervise and train employees 
• Effectively recommend employee selections, promotions, status changes and other personnel actions 
• Plan, organize and control work of staff 
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for work unit in accordance with department goals, policies and procedures
• Learn, comply with, and ensure staff compliance with laws, rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures, including security requirements, applicable to the work unit
• Effectively communicate with and gain the cooperation of patients of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds 
• Work cooperatively with other health and social service providers, and staff of other work units and departments
• Effectively plan, conduct, and participate in in-service education and training programs
• Maintain patient confidentiality

Minimum Qualifications

1. Possession of a current valid Registered Nurse license issued by the State of California. (NOTE: Failure to maintain such license may be cause for disciplinary action in accordance with Civil Service Commission Rules.) 

2. Either: One year of experience in Sacramento County service as a Registered Nurse or any class requiring registered nurse licensure.

Or: Two years of experience as a registered nurse.

Note: If the word “experience” is referenced in the minimum qualifications, it means full-time paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Part-time paid experience may be accumulated and pro-rated to meet the total experience requirements.

Note: If the minimum qualifications include an educational or certificate/license requirement, applicants must submit proof of requirements with the application. Failure to submit proof of requirements may result in disqualification from the examination. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. For guidelines on submitting acceptable proof of educational requirements, please click here or speak to someone in our office before the cut-off date listed in this notice. 

Notes: 

1. Experience requirements are stated as full-time work; to convert part-time to full-time equivalency: 173.6 hours = 21.7 days = 1 work month.

2. Required experience may be paid or unpaid.

Special Requirements

1. Persons appointed to these classes may be required to regularly or periodically work evenings, nights, and weekends and holidays.
2. Persons appointed to these classes may be subject to a confidential criminal history check and fingerprinting.
3. Persons appointed to these classes will be required to have, or obtain, and maintain a valid CPR certificate.
4. Persons appointed to these classes may be required to have or obtain a valid hearing testing certificate, emergency first aid certificate, and/or other specialty training appropriate to Registered Nurses and necessary in their job assignment.

APPLICATION

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cut-off date. Click here to apply or go to SacCountyJobs.net.