Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Supervisor*

The Job

Are you a nurse looking for a change of pace from bedside care? Do you enjoy having weekends and holidays off? Public Health Nurses work Monday through Friday! No hospital experience required. Experience what the Department of Public Health has to offer in public health nursing! The Department of Public Health (DPH) is recruiting for an Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Supervisor who will supervise nursing and other personnel in special County-wide programs including Tuberculosis (TB) Control and the Healthcare-Associated Infections and Infection Prevention (HAIIP) Program. The incumbent in this position will be responsible for ensuring excellence in nursing and evidence-based practice, while optimizing resources for achieving individual and community health outcomes. The Nurse Supervisor will collaborate with hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient clinics, and community agencies to reduce communicable disease transmission, strengthen infection prevention practices, and improve health outcomes countywide. The Nurse Supervisor may also support other programs within the Communicable Disease Section (CDS), including epidemiology, immunizations, and community collaboration initiatives. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Providing clinical and administrative supervision to nurses, communicable disease investigators, and support staff.
• Ensuring evidence-based practice and compliance with federal, state, and contractual requirements.
• Overseeing the development and implementation of policies, protocols, and standards of care in field, clinic, outreach, and home-based settings.
• Leading prevention and control strategies that reduce morbidity and mortality from TB and HAIs.

Communicable Disease Section Key Program Areas

Tuberculosis Program

The Nurse Supervisor will supervise public health nurses and staff assigned to TB prevention and control. Duties include oversight of case management, directly observed therapy (DOT and video DOT), outbreak response, community screenings, and care coordination. The Nurse Supervisor ensures that staff follow national TB control standards and collaborates with medical providers, laboratories, and state partners to protect the community from TB transmission.

Healthcare-Associated Infections & Infection Prevention (HAIIP) Program

The Nurse Supervisor provides leadership for countywide infection prevention efforts, addressing outbreaks in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Responsibilities include supervising nurse case managers and other personnel, ensuring compliance with infection control standards, and coordinating outbreak investigations with state and local partners. This work is critical in reducing HAIs, which affect 1 in 31 hospitalized patients nationally and result in tens of thousands of deaths annually.