SUPERVISING CLINIC NURSE I / COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Los Angeles, California United States  View Map
Posted: May 07, 2025
  • Salary: $111,656.88 - $167,136.48 Annually USD Annually
  • Salary Top:167136
  • Full Time
  • Public Health
  • Job Description

    Position/Program Information

    TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:
    Open Competitive - EMERGENCY

    EXAM NUMBER:
    Y5329A-EA

    FIRST DAY OF FILING:
    Wednesday, May 7, 2025 AT 12:00 p.m., PT

    This opportunity will remain open until the needs of the services are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

    NO OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE OR WITHHOLDS ARE ALLOWED FOR THIS EXAMINATION

    The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand its response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us address issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.

    Department of Health Services Community Programs (Housing for Health for Homelessness) and Office of Diversion and Reentry seek qualified candidates to fill emergency Supervising Clinic Nurse I, Community Programs vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.

    Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

    Before your initial work period ends, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.

    Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment as Supervising Clinic Nurse I, Community Programs.

    ABOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES:
    The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second-largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its integrated system of 25 health centers, four acute hospitals, and an expanded network of community partner clinics - DHS annually provides direct care for 600,000 unique patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $6.9 billion.

    Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing.

    For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov

    ABOUT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS:

    Community Programs at the Department of Health Services (DHS) supports a range of programs that provide healthcare services and resources to the most vulnerable patients across Los Angeles County. The Community Programs Unit includes Housing for Health, Office of Diversion and Reentry, My Health LA and other community programs.

    THE MISSION:
    To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

    DEFINITION:
    Provides the first level of supervision to a group of nursing personnel in a clinic, dispensary, infirmary or emergency care unit.

    CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:
    Positions allocable to this class work in Health Services Agency or Probation Department clinics, dispensaries, infirmaries, or emergency units and are responsible for performing the full range of first-level administrative and technical supervisory functions over nursing personnel, including registered nurses. Positions require knowledge of essential supervision and professional nursing techniques and procedures for the assigned unit. Positions are accountable for exercising supervisory nursing judgment when evaluating the performance of personnel, assessing the quality of care being provided, and determining the effectiveness of nursing and administrative procedures for their units. Supervising Clinic Nurses I may supervise employees on the same or a different shift. Positions in this class work under the general direction of either higher-level supervisory nurses or physicians in conformity with the established policies and procedures of the facility or unit. Supervising Clinic Nurse I may perform direct patient services as a part of their overall duties.

    Essential Job Functions

    • Plans and directs the nursing activities in a unit and coordinates activities and care with the medical and other health services staff and with different facilities to provide prompt, quality patient care and services.
    • Prepares work schedules and makes daily assignments to nursing staff members to perform the various patient care tasks, matching staff skills with duties to be performed.
    • Review work performed by nursing personnel, observe for quality of care, formally evaluate employee performance, write anecdotal notes, and counsel staff about performance.
    • Investigate and prepare answers to and recommend the adjustment of employee grievances and disciplinary cases.
    • Establishes priority for patient care, prepares and revises patient care schedules, and observes for disruptions in the even flow of patients through the unit, deciding and initiating corrective action as necessary.
    • Meets with nursing supervision and physicians to plan, develop, or assist in designing and developing nursing procedures and needed supplies and equipment to modify existing services or initiate new ones.
    • Interprets and explains new services, procedures, equipment, or supplies to employees.
    • Evaluate procedures periodically and revise them as necessary.
    • Investigate and answer complaints about patient care and explain to patients who complain why other patients receive treatment out of turn.
    • Maintains safe conditions and control over patients, employees, and visitors in the area; investigates and prepares reports on accidents and other incidents;
    • Verifies that all nursing tasks and ordered treatments have been performed by nursing staff and that physicians' orders have been charted and checked as needed with physicians before signing off charts.
    • Coordinates patient care with other clinics and facilities and may authorize or direct transfer of patients to other facilities.
    • Develop and conduct training to orient new nursing employees to the unit's policies and procedures and familiarize them with new procedures as needed.
    • Interprets nursing philosophy, goals, policies, and procedures governing patient care, security, safety, medications, treatments, and other elements of the unit's operation to employees, patients, or others.
    • Perform duties of clinic nurses or other nursing personnel incidental to the duties described above as needed.


    Requirements

    SELECTION REQUIREMENTS:
    1. One (1) year experience as a registered nurse leading staff in providing nursing care or services.*

    -AND-

    2. A license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing.**

    -AND-

    3. Current certification by the American Heart Association's Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Program.

    LICENSE(S) AND CERTIFICATE(S) REQUIRED :
    **To compete in this examination process, applicants must have a license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing- OR- have a license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by a State Government Board of Registered Nursing, within the United States of America.
    The required license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs, California Board of Registered Nursing will be verified at the following website : https://search.dca.ca.gov .

    Applicants claiming experience in a state other than California must provide their Registered Nurse License Number from that state on the application. Experience outside of California will not be considered if the license information for the state where the experience was gained is not provided.

    Required license(s) and/or certification(s) must be active and unrestricted, or your application will not be accepted. Additionally, to receive credit for a license(s) and/or certification(s), the license(s) and/ or certification(s) must be active and unrestricted.

    We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching them to your application or sending them to the exam analyst.

    PHYSICAL CLASS II - Light:

    This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort, including occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

    SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
    *For this examination, lead experience is defined as assigning, coordinating, and reviewing the work, ensuring proper work methods are followed, and providing technical assistance and training.

    Additional Information

    OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS:
    Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.
    Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment .

    ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:
    Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION.


    VACANCY INFORMATION:
    The eligible candidates for this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout the Department of Health Services (Community Programs).

    AVAILABLE SHIFT:
    Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

    APPLICATION & FILING INFORMATION:

    Applications must be filed online only.

    Many essential notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application, so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add the following email addresses to the list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam, junk, or clutter mail.

    sjaimez@dhs.lacounty.gov
    noreply@governmentjobs.com,
    info@governmentjobs.com

    You can opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive email notifications for any examination you apply with Los Angeles County.

    Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. Plan to submit your online application in a timely manner, as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This will enhance the security of your online application and ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.

    SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
    Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.

    COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES:
    For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.

    NO SHARING USER ID AND PASSWORD:
    All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.

    FAIR CHANCE INITIATIVE:
    The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

    ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (ARDI):

    The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address race inequalities and disparities. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.

    ADA COORDINATOR PHONE
    (323) 914-6365

    CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE
    (800) 735-2922


    DEPARTMENT CONTACT
    Sylvia Jaimez, Exam Analyst
    Email Address: sjaimez@dhs.lacounty.gov

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