What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse Children's Special Healthcare Services position at District Health Department No 10?
Working independently and with minimal supervision, provides public health nursing services to individuals and families through Children's Special Healthcare Services program. Conducts professional planning and evaluation and implements actions directed toward goals of prevention, assessment, risk reduction, and health status improvement for individuals, families and communities. Collaborates and consults with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams to achieve desirable outcomes for families and communities. Nursing interventions occur at individual, family, community and system levels depending upon position responsibilities and issues involved.
Essential Duties
- Promotes health of individuals, families and community through advocacy, education and/or counseling.
- Utilizes skilled nursing to provide essential and community-based public health services in Children's Special Healthcare Services.
- Organizes and provides assigned program-specific nursing services to individuals and/or families, directly or through referrals to appropriate services.
- Documents services utilizing program forms and/or electronic health records, in accurate and timely manner.
- Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates services and outcomes of care on an ongoing basis.
- Conducts research, case investigations, or case management utilizing advanced nursing principles and evidence-based decision making.
- Collaborates with health care providers and community partners, as well as other health department staff to improve individual and population health.
- Participates in mentoring new staff and allied health professional students.
- Exercises significant independence and initiative in performance of responsibilities; receives general administrative direction.
- Maintains professional knowledge, and keeps current on assigned program rules, regulations, protocols, and practices to ensure continual compliance and quality improvement, including specific program MPR's.
Other Duties & Responsibilities
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary in response to emergencies, workloads or staffing shortages. Works flexible hours as needed.
- Participates in Emergency Preparedness Incident Command System (ICS) as assigned.
- Supports other program and office functions as necessary to ensure effective customer and community service.
- Maintains up-to-date vaccines including flu (influenza,) in accordance with CDC guidelines: Recommended Vaccines for Healthcare Workers.