Description

Description

BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

SUPERVISING PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Bureau Of Behavior Health

Number of Positions: 1

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Annual Salary: $91,344

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City's collective bargaining agreement with Teamsters Local 743 (BARGAINING UNIT 56) . Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

Attention Teamsters Local 743 members in Bargaining Unit 56: When submitting your bid application for this position, please select 56-Teamsters Local 743 (Nurses) from the Bargaining Unit drop-down menu as it is the only option for 56-Teamsters Local 743 (Nurses) members

BID INSTRUCTIONS: Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled "Currently employed by the City of Chicago"

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled 'payee/employee number')

3. Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on 10/07/2025

Mission: CDPH works with communities and partners to create an equitable, safe, resilient and Healthy Chicago

Under direction, this title is the supervisory level classification in the series. Positions in this class supervise public health nursing programs, services, and/or professional nursing activities within a health center(s) or in the community; and performs related duties as required .

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Plans, organizes, and manages the work of staff responsible for providing professional nursing care to individuals, groups and/or families to improve the overall health of communities, or functions as a nursing team leader in a health clinic

• Works with staff and community representatives to identify public health needs and works to plan, develop and implement standards for client care

• Supervises the collection and entry of comprehensive medical, psychosocial, and environmental histories, laboratory results and related data on clients and their families into relevant data and

record systems

• Observes and implements activities and uses community and public health center statistics to

assess the quality and effectiveness of services provided to increase customer service, enhance efficiency and effectiveness to achieve health equity

• Assigns and distributes caseloads to nurses and observes and evaluates assigned staff at their

work locations, including clients' homes

• Supervises and participates in interdisciplinary case conferences with clients, their families and

health and social service providers within the community

• Provides guidance, professional expertise, and direction on complex nursing issues

• Reviews and approves nursing care plans ensuring they are complete, and that recommended

care is appropriate

• Reviews and participates in the development, evaluation and implementation of nursing programs

for quality assurance management processes for programs or services

• Participates in the development of programmatic workflows, policies and procedures

• Recommends changes in departmental policies and procedures to improve the quality and

effectiveness of programs or services

• Participates in developing and implementing educational programs for patients, staff, and partner

agencies

• Participates in the delivery of direct services, including, but not limited to, home visits,

immunizations and activities related to responding to public health emergencies

• Establishes linkages and partnership agreements with regional health and social services

providers to ensure continuity, accessibility and quality of care to clients

• Acts as a consultant to partner agencies to provide expert nursing direction and education in the

areas of health, safety and state and local licensing procedures

• Confers with program directors and management personnel regarding the efficient allocation of program personnel in an assigned region or health center(s) and recommends staffing levels to

meet service goals

• Collaborates with programs, departments and community organizations/agencies that interface

with health care providers

• Assists with the preparation and revision of public health program plans and/or budgets; prepares and administer grants and funding requests; collects data and maintains records, insuring

confidentiality of medical information; develops information and prepares reports

• Maintains standards of public health nursing and ensures that services rendered are in

compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations

• Identifies staff development needs and conducts and/or coordinates in-service training programs

• Supervises the orientation of new staff and students on departmental policies and nursing

practices

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location: TBD

Days: Monday - Friday

Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm or 11:30am - 7:30pm

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Nursing accredited by the National League for Nursing or an approved

foreign credential evaluation PLUS three (3) years of professional nursing experience, of which

one (1) year is in a supervisory/team lead role related to the responsibilities of the position

OR

• A Master's degree or higher in Nursing accredited by the National League for Nursing or an approved foreign credential evaluation PLUS two (2) years of professional nursing experience,

of which one (1) year is in a supervisory/team lead role related to the responsibilities of the

position

Licensure, Certification, or Other Qualifications :

• Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse. Applicants must possess a valid State of Illinois Registered Nurse license at the time of employment

NOTE: You must provide your transcripts or diploma at the time of processing

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview which will include a written exercise/or a skills assessment test as part of the interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the oral and written parts of the interview will be selected .

Preference will be given to candidates possessing the following:

• Previous work experience in mental health clinical care

• A minimum of 1000 hours of direct patient care experience in the past 3 years

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp_info/JobClassification/2025_Classification_and_Pay_Plan.pdf

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here.

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor