Nursing Director, Bureau of Community Health Systems, DOH pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 30845
- Class code
- 30845
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- P3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Nursing Director, Bureau of Community Health Systems, DOH is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 30845.
- 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 professional administrative and managerial work directing the Bureau of Community Health Systems’ (BCHS) public health and nursing operations in the Department of Health (DOH). The employee in this job directs mandated public health and clinical nursing services provided by state health centers. Work involves planning, monitoring, implementing, and evaluating statewide public health and nursing services to ensure compliance with state and federal public health regulations and professional nursing and clinical guidelines; developing or revising, implementing, and advising on the use of standing nursing orders and other public health policies and procedures; and coordinating with other departmental organizations to ensure consistency in standards of care in nursing services, and in meeting public health objectives and goals.
Examples of the work
• Interprets and provides guidance on public health regulations and policies to departmental and local public health officials. • Identifies community health needs and determines community health priorities through analysis of public health data, trends, and emerging health concerns. • Applies best practices in public health to state health center clinical or nursing programs and policies. • Coordinates revisions of standing nursing orders, manuals, and other procedures between department organizations to ensure consistent interpretation and application. • Assesses nursing staff capacity and ensures adequate field staff coverage for emergency preparedness drills and response.
Minimum qualifications
• One year of experience as a Community Health Nurse Administrator (commonwealth title); or • Five years of professional community or public health nursing experience supplemented by three years of experience supervising registered nurses.
Special requirements
• This position requires active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania. • An employee 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.