Registered Nurse Regional Manager

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Lead nursing excellence and make a lasting impact on community health! As a Registered Nurse Regional Manager with the Office of Public Health, you’ll provide clinical and programmatic leadership across a broad range of public health programs, including immunizations, reproductive health, genetics, tuberculosis, and sexually transmitted diseases. You’ll guide and support nursing professionals, collaborate with healthcare partners, and help shape services that improve the health and well-being of communities throughout the region. If you’re ready to lead with purpose and make a difference in public health, we encourage you to apply! Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse plus one of the following:

Five years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR

A bachelor's degree in nursing plus four years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR

A master's degree in nursing or public health plus four years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR

A doctorate in nursing or public health plus three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.Job Duties: This position requires routine statewide duties, including fieldwork, inspections, investigations, or direct services that extend beyond the employee’s domicile parish. These statewide responsibilities are an inherent and ongoing part of the job and may require frequent travel.

• Provides professional nursing consultation and oversees the planning, implementation, and monitoring of nursing activities across OPH facilities to ensure effective, efficient, and high-quality public health nursing services.
• Evaluates nursing quality and performance through review of EHR records, quality improvement plans, clinic schedules, activity reports, statistics, and program standards; identifies needed improvements and implements corrective actions.
• Supervises regional nursing personnel by overseeing competencies, staffing, performance evaluations, recruitment, assignments, leave and travel, professional development, and personnel actions.
• Collaborates with regional, parish, and state leadership to establish nursing service goals, implement program protocols and directives, develop staffing and workload standards, and communicate program changes and local nursing needs.
• Leads nursing preparedness and response activities for public health emergencies, including special needs shelters, bioterrorism preparedness, disease and environmental health threats, and other regional or statewide emergency responses; provides on-call coverage as required.
• Provides professional nursing care and clinical services as needed across parish programs, including immunizations, WIC, sexually transmitted diseases, and reproductive health; conducts assessments, administers medications and immunizations, provides patient education, and ensures compliance with CLIA and OSHA requirements.
• Manages clinical operations at the Wetmore Tuberculosis Clinic, overseeing nursing and medical assistant staff, coordinating patient services, supporting quality improvement and workflow initiatives, and ensuring compliance with CDC and OSHA guidelines for tuberculosis care.

Position-Specific Details: Location: Office of Public Health / OPH-Region 1-BRCO / Orleans Parish Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a Probationary appointment or Promotional appointment Cost Center: 3262108001 Position Number(s): 75986

How To Apply: No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

• Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

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Contact Information: Patricia Walker [email protected] LA Department of Health (LDH) Division of Human Resources PO Box 4818 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 225-342-6477

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