COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE PROGRAM SUPERVISOR (INFECTIOUS DISEASE PROGRAM SUPERVISOR)

State of Maryland; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Maryland in White Plains, MD is seeking a supervisory nurse to lead the Infectious Disease program across multiple community and local health department settings. The role emphasizes surveillance, investigation, outbreak response, and cross-agency collaboration to prevent and control infections.

Responsibilities include overseeing Community Health Nurses and other healthcare staff, ensuring compliance with public health standards, and guiding program evaluation efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited college or university.
• Two years as a Community Health Nurse plus one year in admin/supervisory/teaching capacity as RN.
• See notes for substitutions and alternative education/experience options.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the Infectious Disease program planning, development, implementation and evaluation.
• Ensures disease surveillance, investigation and outbreak response activities.
• Promotes collaboration with community and state agencies to prevent and treat infectious diseases.
• Supervises Community Health Nurses and other health care staff.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Public health awareness

Clinical nursing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Job description

GRADE

21

LOCATION OF POSITION

MDH Charles County Department of Health

4545 Crain Hwy.

White Plains, MD 20695

Main Purpose of Job

The main purpose of this position is supervisory-level work in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating the Infectious Disease program for individuals in various community and local health Department settings. This position is responsible for ensuring compliance with disease surveillance and investigation, initiating response activities, and promoting collaborative effort within the community and state agencies to work to prevent/contain and treat infectious diseases. This position will also supervise Community Health Nurses and other health care staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:  A Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Two years of experience as a Community Health Nurse plus one year of additional experience in an administrative, supervisory, consultative or teaching capacity as a Registered Nurse.

Notes:

1. 1. Candidates may substitute a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and one year of experience as a Registered Nurse for the required education.
2. 2. Candidates may substitute two years of experience as a Registered Nurse for the required education.
3. 3. Candidates may substitute three years of experience in an administrative, supervisory, consultative or teaching capacity as a Registered Nurse for the required experience.
4. 4. Candidates may substitute a Master’s degree in nursing or a related field from an accredited college or university for the two years of Community Health Nurse required experience.
5. 5. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Nursing classification or Nursing or Health Care Specialist specialty codes in the Nursing field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Prior professional experience in public health epidemiology, outbreak investigation, or clinical infectious disease management is highly desirable.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

1. 1. Candidates for positions in this classification must possess a current license as a Registered Nurse from the Maryland State Board of Nursing, 4140 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21215.
2. 2. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of an automobile. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Employees in this classification will be required to provide the facility with a telephone number at which they can be reached.

SELECTION PROCESS

Applicants who meet the minimum (and selective) qualifications will be included in further evaluation. The evaluation may be a rating of your application based on your education, training and experience as they relate to the requirements of the position. Therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your application. Please report all related education, experience, dates and hours of work. Clearly indicate your college degree and major on your application, if applicable. For education obtained outside the U.S., any job offer will be contingent on the candidate providing an evaluation for equivalency by a foreign credential evaluation service prior to starting employment (and may be requested prior to interview).

BENEFITS

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by calling: 410-767-1251 or MD TTY Relay Service 1-800-735-2258.

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