Under the supervision of the Administrator, the Community Health Nurse performs general nursing duties relating to public health in Butler County. The employee in this position performs physical assessments, administers screening procedures, makes referrals to physicians and screens individuals for proper health care placement. The Community Health Nurse administers immunizations and prescriptions as ordered by physicians. Work is performed with professional independence and in accordance with established department policies, protocols and procedures.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, grasp, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Lifting, moving, pushing or pulling up to 10 pounds does not generally occur. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.