Lenoir County Health Department: Public Health Nursing Director I
Public Health Nursing Director I: Regular, Full-Time Hiring Salary: $56,007
Description of work: This is professional nursing work in directing one or more Public Health programs in a local Health Department. Employees plan, organize, and direct all activities of a moderate sized staff and program. Employees have complete accountability for all the administrative, supervisory, and technical components of one or more Public Health programs. Employees must monitor the trends in the community served and adjust programs as needed. In addition, employees have responsibility for monitoring all nursing license issues, including scope of practice issues for nursing staff (regardless of licensure level), and assuring that all nursing staff have and maintain a license to practice in NC. Employees assure that any nursing staff who are not licensed (for example, through license lapse or delays in transferring license from another state) do not practice nursing until the license is reinstated.
Minimum Education and Experience: Master’s in Nursing and three years of Public Health nursing experience (including two years of experience in a supervisory capacity); or graduation from a four-year college or university with a B.S. in Nursing which includes a Public Health Nursing rotation and four years of Public Health nursing experience (including two years of experience in a supervisory capacity); or a Master’s in Public Health and graduation from a school of professional nursing and three years of Public Health Nursing experience (including two years of experience in a supervisory capacity); or graduation from a school of professional nursing and five years of professional nursing experience four of which must have been in Public Health (including two years of experience in a supervisory capacity); or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Necessary Special Qualification – A current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina by the NC Board of Nursing. Application Process:
Applications must be submitted online at www.co.lenoir.nc.us by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date to be considered for the position.
Closing Date: April 2, 2021 Lenoir County is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer
