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Part-Time opportunity for a Maternal Child Health Nurse to provide home visiting care in the community. The RN in this position will provide services to infants, children, and people who are pregnant. This role is perfect for a nurse with a passion for maternal-child health and pediatrics who has strong interpersonal and case-management skills. This RN will build and maintain a caseload of primarily infants and children with health concerns and/or medical complexities and support them and their caregivers in problem-solving, connecting to and accessing services, and building loving relationships. Therapeutic communication and empathic listening are keys to success in this role, as well as comfort with home visiting and working with families from diverse backgrounds, with many psychosocial needs.
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I. Position Summary
Performs a variety of duties including planning, implementing and delivering community health nursing services such as assessment, care delivery and counseling; and, maintains records, manages program finances, maintains supplies and performs other administrative tasks as necessary. The Community Health Nurse I is an entry level class. This is an entry level classification in which employees perform a significant portion of the work assigned to the next higher level, but with more support and supervision than expected at the journey level. Tasks are performed within a procedural framework established by the supervisor and higher-level employees. Once attainment of the Community Health Nurse II criteria is approved and the employee is performing their duties to an acceptable level of proficiency, the employee may be reclassified to the Community Health Nurse II position at the manager’s and Human Resources’ discretion. Employee may be expected to provide guidance to subordinate staff, volunteers, interns or other aides including monitoring nursing functions, progress and outcomes per the Oregon State Board of Nursing; however, guidance responsibilities are ancillary to the main intent and focus of the position.II. Examples of Essential Position Duties (The following duties represent some of the principal job duties; however, they are not all-inclusive. Other duties may be required or assigned.)
III. Minimum Requirements(Performance of the essential duties of this position includes the following requirements, physical demands and/or working conditions)
Education and Experience
License, Certificate or Other
Requires possession of a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record. Must be currently licensed by the state of Oregon as a registered nurse. Must have CPR certification.
IV. Other Requirements
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Position requires extensive knowledge of the principles and practices of professional nursing and medical ethics; available medical and community health resources; medications and their side effects; medical record-keeping practices; safety procedures and protocol in medical treatment and the safe utilization of medical instruments and equipment; modern office procedures and practices. Position requires ability to interpret and apply state and local laws, policies and procedures related to community health and medical care; grasp readily the principles of public health program delivery; organize tasks and manage time effectively; work independently and as a team member; exercise initiative and good judgment in dealing with people from various backgrounds; understand and carry out precise, detailed instructions of a technical and professional nature; understand and use mathematics to compute totals and analyze statistics; operate office equipment including a computer and basic medical equipment; understand and carry out oral and written directions; read and understand medical reference manuals, equipment manuals, laws, laboratory reports, test reports, etc.; maintain medical records with confidentiality; communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, and to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients; perform duties professionally despite frequent interruptions; respond professionally and responsibly in emergency or dangerous situations.
Physical Demands (Performance of the essential duties of this position includes the following physical demands)
Requires the ability to coordinate hands and feet in performing simple movements, such as bending, reaching and grasping; to exert physical effort in sedentary to light work involving moving from one area of the office to another and standing for extended periods of time. May require sufficient strength and coordination for lifting, pushing, pulling and/or carrying the weight of equipment and people. Requires ability to operate medical instruments and machinery in which manipulative skills and hand-eye coordination are important ingredients of safe and/or productive operation. Requires driving and the ability to operate a motor vehicle. Sensory requirements include color, sound, odor, depth, texture and visual perception and discrimination, as well as oral communications ability. Requires sufficient hand-eye coordination to perform skilled movements, such as giving injections, taking blood samples, adjusting microscopes, etc., as well as semi-skilled repetitive movements, such as typing, filing and data entry and use of other office equipment or supplies.
Working Conditions (Performance of the essential duties of this position includes the following working conditions)
Tasks require occasional exposure to strong odors, strong chemicals, communicable illnesses and diseases. Work is generally performed in an office environment but may include other locations, including patient’s homes. May include exposure to disruptive people.
V. Additional Information
This classification description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, knowledge, skills, abilities, or requirements, as any one position in this classification may be assigned some or all of these duties, in addition to other duties not explicitly listed here. The various duties, responsibilities and/or assignments of this position may be unevenly balanced and change from time to time based upon matters such as, but not limited to, variations in the shift, work demands, seasons, service levels and management’s decisions on how to best allocate department resources. Any shift, emphasis or rebalancing of these assigned duties, responsibilities and/or assignments does not constitute a change in the job classification. The County shall schedule employees and determine FTE consistent with its determination as to efficiency of operations, financial advantages to the County, and/or effective service to the public.
Part Time
Public Administration
$81k-101k (estimate)
10/04/2023
06/29/2024
jacksoncountyfair.org
BROWNSTOWN, IN
200 - 500
1998
<$5M
Public Administration
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