SENIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING SUPERVIS - 64028719

Date:  May 4, 2026


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Requisition No: 875027 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: SENIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING SUPERVIS - 64028719

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64028719 

Salary:  $2,947.99 - $3,222.53 Biweekly 

Posting Closing Date: 05/07/2026 

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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 IN ORANGE COUNTY

JOB OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCMENT

INTERNAL APPOINTMENT

 

Internal Agency Opportunity

 Applicants accepted only from Department of Health employees, (includes OPS, Career Service, SES or SMS employees). Applicants will not be accepted from outside of the department.

 

Class Title: Senior Community Health Nursing Supervisor

Position Number: 64028719

Base Salary: $2,947.99 - $3,222.53 Biweekly

Location: 6101 Lake Ellenor Drive

                Orlando, FL 32809

**DOH – Orange is a tobacco free agency.

**This advertisement may be used to fill future vacancies as they become available.

**NOTE: Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process. **

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

     

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is an independent level professional Program Management position in the School Health Program for the Department of Health in Orange County. This position is under the direct supervision of the Director of Community Health Promotions Division. This position is responsible for the supervision of staff including appraisals, planning and directing work, approving leave, and having the authority for hiring and taking disciplinary actions or effectively recommending such actions.  This position is responsible for the overall management and administrative operations in the DOH- Orange School Health Program. This position spends majority of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities. This includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees’ work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensure proper coverage, and complete timesheets. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to directing the coordination of health screenings in the Orange County Public Comprehensive and Full Service Schools, health and appropriate referrals for follow-up, ensuring the delivery and monitoring of health education classes according to approved curriculum, ensure utilization of quality improvement activities to enhance the quality of School Health, promote consumer satisfaction and achieve positive outcomes by coordinating and evaluating the provision of all services. This position will interact with Division Directors, Director of Nursing, Medical Director, Orange County Public School District Officials, community partners and internal partners.

 

Provide administrative program management duties in the School Health Program and serve as the lead for development, implementation, and evaluation of School Health practices in DOH-Orange. Coordinates the planning and implementation of program objectives and activities including but not limited to representing the School Health Program in local, state, and national meetings. Orchestrates the completion and ensures deadlines for required reports are met. Provides leadership through active communication, motivation, training, and evaluates employees. Initiates hiring vacant School Health positions as required.  Plans for employees’ school year’s workload, school assignments, work objectives, and deadlines with employees. Plans provide guidance and direct employees’ work ensuring specific goals and performance standards are met within the required specified time frame.  Monitors employees work regularly; conducts site visits, reviews records of services provided and reviews performance measures. Ensures all employees document all school health activities (Employee Activity Record’s /EAR) in the Health Management System (HMS) and maintains all required documents in an adequate format, filing and following storage procedures. Maintains vacation and work schedules to ensure proper coverage and completes People First timesheets. Ensure all staff complete required training courses and offer additional growth and development training opportunities. Develops annual budget and monitors expenditures in alignment with submitted proposed budget.

 

Educates and orients employees to general policies, and program procedures.  Ensures all employees adhere to established policies and protocols are maintained and followed.  Communicate with employees on a regular basis through staff meetings, one on one conferences, and via emails as needed. Advise and counsels staff regarding professional growth and education opportunities.  Implement employee individual development plans accordingly.  Mentors’ employees and maintains documentation.  Conducts employee quarterly and annual performance reviews and implements corrective action plans when necessary.  Advises and Counsels employees regarding work performance and take disciplinary actions.  Recognizes employees’ performance.  Recruits, interviews, and selects staff in hiring process.

 

Actively assists with planning and participation of community immunization events and other community activities. Assists in finding solutions and making recommendations to resolve issues and problems presented within the School Health programs.  Maintains vaccine accountability to include temperature controls and data loggers as needed. Assists with ordering supplies for the school year.  Reviews and monitors staff activities and reports, in meeting the mandated immunization and screening rates.  Monitor school health room review and documentation of findings.  Provides medication administration training as necessary. Actively participates in the implementation of the School Health Plan and the summarization of data for the School Health Annual Report.  Assist with updates of program guidelines, protocols, standing orders, and procedures for the provision of school health services. Facilitates the collection and compilation of data for State and Federal Evaluators as needed as well as other programmatic required reports.  Participates and assists in the development of programmatic strategic plan and program budget.  Ensures all program documentation is completed in a timely fashion, this includes time sheets, EAR, reports, and travel.

Attend all meetings, mandatory training, and conferences as required.  Actively participates in Quality Improvement projects/activities and Population Health Competencies educational opportunities.  Maintains open communication with persons outside the organization representing the organization to the public and other external sources.  Meets with other program management staff to resolve inter-agency issues as needed. Participates in organization’s overall satisfaction response. 

Provides nursing support as needed at outreach/awareness and incident response events within the community to include mass immunization, emergency response activities, and community health engagements. Nursing support may be required outside of normal business hours to accommodate community needs during evening and weekends hours.   Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate nursing skills identified in the Nursing Competency Checklist. Performs other related duties as assigned to support the mission of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County.

Performs other related duties as required.

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES, INCLUDING UTILIZATION OF EQUIPMENT, REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION

Knowledge of nursing and skill in the application of nursing theory, practices, principles, and techniques employed int eh field of public health.

Ability to supervise people. Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate. Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience. Talking to others to effectively convey information.

Ability to communicate effectively. Skill in: computers and word processing, windows and Microsoft operating systems and applications, e-mail, Word and Internet; providing professional customer service skills needed when dealing with employees, clients, other department supervisors, and senior managers. Ability to: oversee and manage a State program to achieve the goals and objectives of the School Health Program; administrative experience; fiscal management; strategic planning skills; work with community partners; provide excellent management, planning and assessment skills; supervise; coordinate and collaborate with community partnerships to help accomplish a mutual goal; work independently; supervise people, to determine work priorities and to evaluate work outcomes; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; assess budgetary needs and implement plan of corrective action if needed; plan, organize, and direct program activities; resolve problems and make decisions; understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures; function in a busy environment; perform multiple tasks while maintaining organization of area. Basic Computer Skills: MS Windows Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, SharePoint, People First, FIRS, HMS, Florida Shots and Immunizations.

Ability to teach basic health care. Ability and skilled professional customer service skills are needed when dealing with employees, clients, other department supervisors, and senior managers. Ability to: oversee and manage a State program to achieve the goals and objectives of the School Health Program; administrative experience; fiscal management; strategic planning skills; work with community partners; provide excellent management, planning and assessment skills; supervise; coordinate and collaborate with community partnerships to help accomplish a mutual goal; work independently; supervise people, to determine work priorities and to evaluate work outcomes; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; assess budgetary needs and implement plan of corrective action if needed; plan, organize, and direct program activities; resolve problems and make decisions; understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures.

Knowledge of principles and processes involved in organizational planning, coordination, and execution. principles and processes involved in organizational planning, coordination, and execution. This may include strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, and leadership techniques. Working with new material or information to grasp its implications. Developing approaches for implementing an idea. Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches; principles and methods involved in showing and promoting services. This may include marketing strategies and tactics. Determining the long-term outcomes of a change in operations. Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. Skilled in conducting data analysis, collection, compilation and reporting.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Ability to actively listen to others and communicate effectively. Ability to work with diverse populations, communities, and organizations.

Knowledge of nursing and skill in the application of nursing theory, practices, principles, and techniques employed int eh field of public health.

Ability to communicate effectively.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

 A current Department of Health employee.

Two years of verifiable managerial/leadership work experience in managing and supervising RN’s and other staff; creating work schedules, and managing workloads; mentoring, training, coaching and growth and development of employees; and preparing, managing, and administering budgets, finance, and contracts. 

(1) year verifiable experience in pediatrics or public health nursing or working with school aged children.

A current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Chapter 464 Florida Statutes or eligible to practice nursing protocols in accordance with F.A.C. 210-6.27.

 Requires the incumbent to supervise and provide support to outreach nursing staff at various schools and locations throughout Orange County.  In absence of a county vehicle, you must have access to personal transportation.

A valid FL driver’s license or state identification card OR a valid driver’s license from another state (you will be required to get a FL driver license within 30 days of hire).

Willing to work before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days in the event of an emergency.  This may include working in a special needs or Red Cross shelter, or performing other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses to or threats involving any disaster or threat of disaster, man-made or natural. Emergency duties may also include in-state and/or out-of-state deployment. 

This position requires current authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. The Department of Health is unable to provide employment visa sponsorship.  You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Special Notes - Travel to Orange County Public, Charter, and Private Schools and to other applicable locations to meet with community partners and to participate in community engagement events.

Where You Will Work:

6101 Lake Ellenor Drive Orlando, FL 32809 

Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:

Mission:

To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.

Vision:

To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.

Values:

nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources wisely.

C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve problems.

A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.

R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers & engaging our partners.

E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning & continuous performance improvement.

 

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

  • Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
  • Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
  • State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
  • Retirement plan options, including employer contributions

(For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);

  • Flexible Spending Accounts;
  • Tuition waivers;
  • And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com. 

Please be advised:

Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic application process.  

This position requires a security background check and/or drug screening and participation in direct deposit. Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you from employment consideration. Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) to conduct this background check Successful completion of a drug test is a condition of employment for safety-sensitive positions.

 

Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov 

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida.  Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement. 

The successful candidate will be required to complete the Form I-9 and that information will be verified using the E-Verify system.  E-Verify is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration to verify employment eligibility.   

Incumbents may be required to perform emergency duty before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days.

 

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace. 

 

All Florida Department of Health positions require the incumbent to be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation. 

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act. 

Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation with more than 1.5 million service men and women.  The Florida Department of Health (department) is committed to serving members of the United States Armed Forces, veterans, and their families by encouraging them to apply for vacancies that fit their area of knowledge and/or expertise.  Through the Department's VALOR program, which expedites licensing for military veterans, the Department also waives initial licensing and application fees for military veterans who apply for a health care professional license within 60 months of an honorable discharge. These initiatives help ensure that the transition from military service into the workforce is as smooth as possible and reflect our appreciation for the dedication devoted to protecting our country.    

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement. 

Location: 

ORLANDO, FL, US, 32809


Nearest Major Market: Orlando