Community Health Nurse Administrator pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 30840
- Class code
- 30840
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- P3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Community Health Nurse Administrator is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 30840.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 09/05/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and professional nursing work in a public health district. An employee in this job directs a nursing program in a public health district to meet the mission and objectives of the department. Work involves administering a generalized public health nursing program; supervising professional and non-professional nursing and support staff; planning and implementing public health programs which utilize nursing personnel; advising on nursing practice issues; planning and conducting special studies in nurse utilization; and evaluating the nursing program in a district to determine if agency objectives are being met. Employees are responsible for ensuring that appropriate in-service education is provided to all nursing staff and that there is adequate educational resource material available.
Examples of the work
• Reviews staff assessments of district public health needs. • Plans and implements public health programs in a district based on staff assessments. • Ensures adequate nursing staff within a district. • Prepares program implementation plans for appropriate utilization of public health nurses and support personnel. • Ensures standing nursing orders developed by central office are implemented in a public health district. • Develops orientation format for new nursing personnel. • Directs the career student nurse field practicum in cooperation with university faculty. • Directs, participates in, and analyzes results of surveys, studies, and special projects.
Minimum qualifications
• Four years of professional community or public health nursing experience supplemented by two years of experience supervising registered nurses; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes three years of professional community or public health nursing experience supplemented by two years of experience supervising registered nurses.
Special requirements
• All positions require active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania. • All employees possessing an active temporary practice permit must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse within the one (1) year period defined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.