Clinical Nursing Director – Jefferson County Department of Health Position Available In Jefferson, Alabama

Clinical Nursing Director – Jefferson County Department of Health The Personnel Board of Jefferson County Jefferson County, AL Job Details Full-time $80,828 – $125,403 a year 1 hour ago Benefits Paid holidays Health insurance Dental insurance Qualifications Nursing RN License Supervising experience Bachelor’s degree Budgeting Senior level Associate’s degree Associate Degree in Nursing Nursing Full Job Description

TARGET CLOSE DATE

05/16/2025

PAY GRADE:

Grade 29

TYPE:

Full time

JOB SUMMARY

The Jefferson County Department of Health is seeking a highly qualified and experienced Clinical Nursing Director to lead and manage nursing operations across various clinical settings, including Ambulatory and Urgent Care Centers. This role involves the oversight and coordination of multiple specialized clinic services such as Adult and Child Health, Family Planning, and Disease Control. The Clinical Nursing Director will be responsible for strategic planning, resource management, and the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care by a team of skilled and dedicated healthcare professionals. Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with clinical standards, supervising staff performance, optimizing scheduling, and conducting evaluations to maintain operational excellence. This leadership role requires significant initiative, sound independent judgment, and a broad understanding of healthcare regulations and organizational policies. Ongoing communication with staff and continuous monitoring of patient care services are essential components of the position, with an emphasis on exceeding quality benchmarks and improving health outcomes.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The Health Department provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more. The pay range for this job is presented below: Health Department $80,828 – $125,403 MINIMUM

QUALIFICATIONS

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:

Option A:

Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alabama Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Supervisory experience to include conducting formal performance appraisals, reviewing, and delegating work.

Option B:

Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alabama Associate’s in Nursing Supervisory experience to include conducting formal performance appraisals, reviewing, and delegating work Experience managing a budget (i.e., evaluating revenue and expenditures) Experience collecting clinical and evaluative/analytic data (e.g., productivity).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by the Health Department. These qualifications may be considered by the Health Department when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes. Advanced Life Support Certification. Experience working in ambulatory care. Experience managing specialty healthcare (e.g., cardiology, oncology, urgent care).

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES

Ensures quality care of patients by acting as a patient advocate (e.g., explaining procedures/treatments and risks/benefits, ensuring patient understanding and consent) and receiving and responding to patient and/or staff complaints. Attends meetings, workshops, conferences, or courses; includes collaborating with other departments or groups. Performs financial functions such as budgeting, billing, insurance processing, and grant writing in order to obtain or account for funding. Directly supervises the work of staff; includes coordinating staff schedules, assigning and monitoring work, training, evaluating, motivating, and providing feedback. Oversees the work of departments, units or teams; includes establishing and monitoring departmental goals, policies and procedures and hiring and interviewing candidates.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time, but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods. May involve occasional light lifting of items or objects weighing up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is conducted almost exclusively indoors in an office setting. Work involves use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc. Job may require working overtime, and may occasionally require working with angry/irate customers or citizens.

EEO STATEMENT

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Each Merit System member city/agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.

ACCOMMODATION

To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability, please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at or phone at 205-279-3500 (select option 1) Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.

NOTE:

This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

DISCLAIMER

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.