Overview

Kenosha County Public Health is seeking a Public Health Nurse Supervisor – Clinic who is passionate about strengthening the health of our community.  In this role, you’ll lead a caring, committed team and help deliver health services to ensure residents have quality care.  It’s a meaningful opportunity for a nurse leader who wants to build trust, support families, and make a lasting impact. Join our team and help us make a difference!

The Public Health Nurse Supervisor, reporting to the Clinical Services Manager, provides leadership for the Clinical Services Team of Registered Nurses and Medical Assistants to ensure ethical service in the planning and administration of quality health care. This position oversees a clinic in a community health setting providing preventative functions including but not limited to immunizations, blood pressure, blood lead tests, drug/alcohol urinary analysis, sexually transmitted infection preliminary evaluation, urine tests, family planning and reproductive health services and the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program.

This working manager position encompasses a combination of administrative responsibilities and hands-on delivery of direct client care. This position is vital to engaging clients in their own health and well-being as well as assuring the team provides consistent and equitable care.  Job duties include:

Supervision and Leadership

  • Incorporate highest ethical standards of practice as the basis of all interactions and in accordance with departmental policies, grant guidelines, and curriculum
  • Responsible for training, coaching, strategizing, scheduling, employee morale and engagement, and performance management
  • Provide both leadership and management to ensure work products are of high quality and completed in a timely manner while meeting departmental and team strategic plans and goals
  • Conduct monthly supervision and annual performance evaluations for each team member
  • Ensure development of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports
  • Write grant and contract proposals in close collaboration with supervisors of teams/units and external partners
  • Monitor grant and contract progress, outcomes, and metrics against targets and grant objectives
  • Monitor program budgets understanding appropriate use of funds and budget cycles
  • Develop policies and processes that translate mission and vision into action
  • Ensure onboarding and training for appropriate team workforce development including participation in broader divisional meetings and activities such as Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP)
  • Work with communications team to ensure marketing, social media, and website upkeep for your team
  • Ensure adherence and compliance to the policies and procedures of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regarding protected health information

General Clinic Duties

  • Provide comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services, including contraceptive counseling, pregnancy testing, STI screening, and risk reduction education
  • Conduct patient assessments, obtain medical histories, and perform physical exams within scope of practice
  • Assist with contraceptive management, including administration of long acting reversible contraception (LARC) as applicable to licensure
  • Provide patient education related to sexual health, reproductive life planning, and available community resources
  • Maintain strict confidentiality in accordance with Title X requirements
  • Ensure accurate documentation, coding, and compliance with program standards and quality assurance protocols
  • Administer vaccines per CDC/ACIP guidelines, including childhood, adult, travel, and specialty immunizations
  • Conduct vaccine screening, review immunization histories, and determine appropriate vaccination schedules
  • Educate patients on vaccine benefits, risks, and post vaccination care
  • Monitor and respond to adverse reactions following established clinical protocols
  • Maintain vaccine inventory, proper cold chain management, and compliance with VFC and state reporting requirements (e.g., WIR)
  • Document vaccinations accurately in the EHR and immunization registries
  • Provide trauma informed, culturally competent, patient centered care to diverse populations
  • Follow infection control, OSHA, and safety guidelines at all times
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary staff, community partners, and public health programs
  • Support emergency preparedness and outbreak response activities as needed

Other Job Duties

  • Oversee staff in assessing client needs and treatment approaches
  • Conduct team meetings to update on upcoming changes, new implementation of policy, procedure, and protocols, and important internal issues that require immediate attention
  • Coordinate, implement and execute community programs, conferences and events required to meet protocols and innovative ways to increase community reach
  • Coordinate team/unit strategic/business plans assuring that such plans are consistent with overall division priorities
  • Participate in ongoing community assessment which includes regular and systematic collection, assembly, and analysis of community health statistics, community health needs, and emerging trends
  • Lead and support data and evaluation activities that inform decision making, resource allocation, improve outcomes, and intervention effectiveness
  • Foster a work environment where continuous quality improvements and advancement of equity in service and professional practice are pursued
  • Responsible for quality control and quality assurance of all field and data collection activities
  • Collect, analyze, and trend data for technical reports, community health assessment, community health improvement plans, and performance management plan
  • Perform other duties as required or assigned

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)
3 – 5 years active nursing experience
Registered Nurse (RN) license
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 90 days of hire

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN)
1 – 2+ years of progressively responsible experience in public health nursing
1 – 3+ years of supervisory experience

Benefits

Health, dental and vision insurance effective first of month following 30 days of employment with the ability to reduce premium contribution through participation in a wellness program
Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Time Off
Volunteer Paid Time Off
Twelve Paid Holidays
Retirement Plan:  Participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System which includes county-paid life insurance
Tuition Reimbursement

To learn more about the Kenosha County Public Health, please visit:  https://www.kenoshacountywi.gov/297/Public-Health

The full pay grade for this position is E11 (Min. $84,278 – Max. $116,383 annually).

We are located in Kenosha County, an expanding community along the shores of Lake Michigan and less than an hour away from Milwaukee and Chicago.  To see why Kenosha County is a great place to live, work, and play, please visit:  https://www.visitkenosha.com/ or https://lifebalancedkenosha.com/.

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