Title
Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 and Appendix A to create the classification of Director of Public Health Nursing, with the salary range below Resolution;
b. Amend the Health Department Budget (4000-HEA003-8124) to create the position of Director of Public Health Nursing; and
c. Authorize the County Administrative Office to reflect these approved changes in the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Adopted Budget and the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 and Appendix A to create the classification of Director of Public Health Nursing, with the salary range below Resolution;
b. Amend the Health Department Budget (4000-HEA003-8124) to create the position of Director of Public Health Nursing; and
c. Authorize the County Administrative Office to reflect these approved changes in the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Adopted Budget and the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Creating and establishing the Director of Public Health Nursing (DPHN) will comply with California Code of Regulations, Title 17 ? 1253 requisite that each local health jurisdiction have a public health nursing staff under the supervision of a DPHN and such additional supervisors necessary to provide effective services. Local public health nursing staffs are to be qualified and knowledgeable in matters pertaining to health, safety and sanitation which includes but not be limited to:
* The control and prevention of communicable and chronic disease;
* The promotion of maternal, child and adolescent health;
* The prevention of abuse and neglect of children, spouses and elderly adults within the home environment;
* The assessment of accidents within the home environment; and
* The provision...
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