Nurse Supervisor - Juvenile Health Clinic

Full Job Description

This Nurse Supervisor position is responsible for the oversight and support of teams that include Registered Nurses and Medical Assistants. This is an opportunity to lead an amazing team whose passion is to serve youth in detention with great needs and often limited access to care in the community. The Nurse Supervisor will have the overall responsibility for the daily supervision of the team and be a key member of the site multi-disciplinary team.

Commitment To Equity and Social Justice

Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.

The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.

To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx

Requirements

• Provide direct supervision of registered nurses and medical assistants.
• Maintain familiarity with all work processes to effectively lead and manage continuous process improvement efforts for nursing services.
• Support efforts to proactively build and maintain critical reporting and process improvement and implementation
• Provide input for the preparation and revision of the annual budget.
• Participate in after hours on-call duties.
• Provide clinical consultation to staff regarding specific patients and provide guidance on challenging cases; assess and evaluate legal implications and risk factors.
• Provide youth education and facilitate referrals to pregnancy options, including carrying and parenting, adoption, and termination, in collaboration with and under the direction of a medical provider.
• Responsible for hiring, completing performance appraisals, mentoring, training, counseling, team building, and discipline of staff.
• Facilitate and participate in committees and projects including, but not limited to: Multi-disciplinary Team, scheduling and staffing, emergency response, pharmacy and therapeutics, and Quality Improvement committees.
• Work with outside health providers to assure the provision of appropriate patient care; work with Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention management and staff (including the Juvenile Nurse Manager) to ensure that the CCFJC Health Clinic meet National Commission on Correctional Health Care accreditation standards as well as medical, federal, state and other standards and requirements.
• Develop, implement, and monitor new policies, procedures and nursing guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing science or a graduate level nursing degree of MSN, DNP or PhD from an accredited school of nursing.

• Current Washington State license as a Registered Nurse or Multi-State Licensure.

• Documentation of current BLS-CPR for Health Care Providers. CPR/AED HeartSaver courses do not meet this requirement.

• Washington state driver's license or ability to travel to sites within the county.

• Pass background and credentialing; including complete King County personnel file & disciplinary file review.

• Current career service qualified registered nurse employed within the Dept. of Adult & Juvenile Detention - Juvenile Division only.

Work Schedule: This 1.0 FTE, fully benefitted career service position and has a typical work schedule of 1100 -1900, Monday through Friday.

This position is overtime eligible and may work outside of the typical schedule to meet operational needs. Work Location: King County Juvenile Detention Center, 1211 E. Alder, Seattle, WA, 98122.

The individual selected for this position will work within the secure perimeter of the juvenile detention facility.

Who May Apply: This opportunity is open to current career service DAJD qualified registered nurses employed within the Juvenile Division only.

Union Affiliation: Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA).

Contact: Jennifer Eugene, HR Analyst at Jennifer.Eugene@kingcounty.gov with any questions.

Additional Information

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Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce.

To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity.

Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards.

We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer

No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class.

Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

To Apply

If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions, please contact Amy M. Curtis who is on this job announcement.

The following items are required to be considered for this vacancy:

NeoGov Job Application (The responses on your job application should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)Supplemental Questions (The responses to the supplemental questions should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application.

Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application.

Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state "see my resume" or "see my personnel file" are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

Necessary Special RequirementsThe selection process may include evaluation of application materials and supplemental questions, interviewing, and testing.

You must completely fill out the application with your relevant education and work experience.The selected candidate must be able to pass a thorough background investigation, credentialing and pre-employment physical.For more information on our selection process, please refer to www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/jobs/hiring.

For tips on interviewing, please visit https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/audience/employees/learning-and-development/Interview_Tips.ashx?la=en.

Employees are required to protect the privacy and security of protected health information as defined in State and Federal Law.Public Health relies on office automation (Microsoft Office) and web-based enabled tools; therefore, candidates must be proficient and comfortable with computer use to perform functions associated with on-going work.Employees are required to adhere to OSHA/WISHA guidelines including but not limited to completing their mandatory trainings on time and obtaining required immunizations.Regular and reliable attendance, effective communication skills, and development of effective working relationships are requirements of all Public Health positions.When Public Health responds to an emergency, and in accordance with relevant CBA language and/or KC policy and procedures, we may assign duties outside your regular job description.

This may involve responding at any time, including nights and weekends, with possible deployment to locations other than the department.

If you need a disability accommodation in the application or testing process, please call the contact number listed on the job announcement.