A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of nursing personnel in community health agency. Responsibilities include:

• Serves as liaison between staff and administrative personnel.
• Develops standards and procedures for providing nursing care and for evaluating service.
• Provides orientation, teaching, and guidance to staff to improve quality and quantity of service.
• Evaluates performance of personnel and interprets nursing standards to staff, advisory boards, nursing committees, and community groups.
• Recommends duty assignment of nursing personnel and coordinates services with other health and social agencies to render program more effective.
• Reviews, evaluates, and interprets nursing records, vital statistics, and other data affecting health service in order to assess community needs and to plan and implement programs to meet these needs.
• Assists in planning educational programs for nurses, related professional workers, and community groups to meet needs of personnel and practitioners.
• Assists in preparation of agency budget.
• May plan for and participate in field research related to community health nursing.