Department: Community Health Services

Job Status: Full Time 

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 

Reports To: Community Health Services Director 

Grade/Level: C42/C43 

Amount of Travel Required: 50% 

Job Type: Regular 

Positions Supervised: None 

Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 4 pm, Monday - Friday. 60-minute unpaid lunch daily. Adjustments to schedule with supervisor approval. Some evenings may be required.

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides public health nursing services and actions directed toward the goals of prevention, assessment, risk reduction and health status improvement for individuals, families, and the community.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must complete Nurse Newborn Home Visits in Greene County that include assessment, education and anticipatory guidance, lactation support (as needed), and referrals (as needed). The visits should take place at approximately 3 weeks after birth or after the infant comes home to the family (if hospitalized longer).

Essential Functions Statement(s)

• Timely, regular, and consistent attendance.
• Project a positive and professional image. Provide respectful customer service to external and internal clients.
• Analytical/Assessment Skills: 
• Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety issues.
• Communication Skills: 
• Provides public health information to others either through formal training or informal communications in the most effective manner for that individual or group; distributes educational pamphlets, brochures, and booklets to the public; utilizes various types of communication to convey information.
• Interview people to obtain health and program specific information; handle complaints, inquiries, and emergencies as required by state and health district protocol.
• Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
• Respond to telephone inquiries from clients, physicians, and other care professionals; coordinate with other agencies and programs to ensure comprehensive client care.
• Community Dimensions of Practice Skills: 
• Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of the community.
• Cultural Competency Skills: 
• Utilize appropriate methods for interacting effectively and professionally with people of all ages and diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, lifestyles, and physical abilities.
• Financial Planning and Management Skills: 
• Follow federal, state, and local laws, regulations, rules and/or guidelines, including HIPAA and grant requirements, and health district policies and procedures.
• Leadership and System Thinking Skills: 
• Use quality Improvement (QI) and performance management (PM) processes and/or techniques to improve the effectiveness of programs including but not limited to creating, implementing, and evaluating performance standards and identifying, implementing, and assessing QI processes.
• Engage in a variety of training activities to develop knowledge and expand abilities; attends formal nursing training conducted by local, state, federal and universities; attend agency, public and professional meetings; participate in formal self-study programs.
• Policy Development/Program Planning Skills: 
• Perform client assessments by acquiring health and family histories and conducting routine medical tests and makes appropriate referrals; utilize a variety of nursing and counseling skills; provide client education; prepare and maintains patient records; perform laboratory and diagnostic workups, providing follow-up and referrals based on findings; instruct and counsels parents and clients regarding normal anatomy and physiology.
• Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
• Public Health Science Skills: 
• Use public health surveillance/disease investigation methods in community outreach, screening, and case finding of communicable and infectious disease and environmental health problems. Assist in the initiation of enforcement or corrective action as required.
• Other: 
• Responsibilities include other duties as assigned including but not limited to Accreditation requirements and responding to emergency events.

• POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
• Competency Statement(s)
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Coaching and Development - Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.
• Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
• Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
• Interpersonal - Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.
• Empathetic - Ability to appreciate and be sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Relationship Building - Ability to effectively build relationships with customers and co-workers.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Tactful - Ability to show consideration for and maintain good relations with others.
• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Judgment - The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Decision Making - Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
• Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
• Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (four-year college or technical school) Required, Field of Study: Nursing.

Experience:

Six (6) plus months of experience in public health or equivalent.

One registered nurse without a BSN is grandfathered into the position of public health nurse as per the classification series adopted by Greene County Board of Health Resolution #17-01-05-9.

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office required. Health District Information System (HDIS), Ohio Impact Statewide Immunization Information System (Impact SIIS) and Ohio Department of Health Gateway programs (e.g., Early Intervention Data System (EIDS), Medicaid A Claiming, MATCH, Ohio Comprehensive Home Visiting Integrated Data System (OCHIDS), AHLERS, etc.), Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and video conferencing training including Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting, Zoom and Microsoft Teams to be obtained upon hire.

Certifications & Licenses:

Current and valid Registered Nursing License (RN) as issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing; current CPR certifications; valid driver's license required.

Other Requirements:

National Incident Management System (NIMS)/Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200 and 700.a certification to be obtained within six months of hire.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Employees may be exposed to, negotiate, use, or work with or in the vicinity of blood, bodily tissues, and fluids; may be exposed to potentially dangerous/fatal infectious diseases.
Work related travel may subject employees to conditions that range from inclement weather to dangerous conditions such as ice/snow, cold, heat, noise, and sudden temperature changes. Travel may subject employees to increased risk of driving hazards.
Employees may occasionally need to relate to members of the public who exhibit challenging, atypical, or hostile behavior and/or communication.

Contact Information:

For general questions regarding the position, please contact:

Evan Dillahunt

(937) 374-5620

edillahunt@gcph.info