What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse position at Hancock Public Health?
The public health nurse (PHN) will primarily focus on providing services within the immunizations and communicable disease programs. The PHN will provide public health nursing services to individuals, families, and population groups. Nursing actions are directed toward the goals of prevention, assessment, risk reduction and health status improvement for individuals, families and communities. Nursing activities include, but are not limited to direct patient care, disseminate information, make referrals, health education and advocacy, coalition building and collaborating with community partners to promote the health of a population. As a PHN you will often collaborate and consult within multidisciplinary and multi agency teams to achieve desirable outcomes for families and communities.
Although this position focuses primarily on the immunizations and communicable disease programs, it will also encompass an array of other public health nursing duties. Some of these duties include cross training in other nursing programs such as Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps, school nursing, and reproductive health.
Essential Duties:
1. Under the guidance of a supervisor provides direct, skilled nursing services to provide a wide variety of services.
2. Promotes public health education and disease prevention.
3. Acts as a health advocate for individuals, families and the community.
4. Takes the lead on communicable disease investigations, State reporting, and ODRS data entry.
5. Follows HIPAA provisions concerning confidential information.
6. May conduct or coordinate special projects as assigned.
7. Displays knowledge of community resources and provide for intake and referral to proper community agencies.
8. Participates in community health needs assessment process.
9. Participates in continuing education programs and self-directed education to keep skills and knowledge current.
10. Performs clerical tasks (e.g. charts and records, completes required reports, etc.)
11. Serves as liaison with others in the organization and conducts and/or attends meetings.
12. Demonstrates independent nursing judgement.
13. Demonstrates competence in decision making and problem solving regarding public health issues and knowledgeable on appropriate action to be taken.
14. Utilizes appropriate communication skills and comply with state & agency policies and procedures.
15. Utilizes knowledge of normal infant and childhood development to provide basic child health assessment.
16. Demonstrates knowledge regarding Universal Precautions, blood borne pathogens and communicable.
17. Demonstrates basic computer skills and willingness to adapt to new software programs as indicated.
18. Participates in strategic planning and program development for nursing department.
19. Participates in trainings, drills, investigations, mass prophylaxis clinics in response to public health emergencies and bio-terrorism events.
20. Understanding of immunizations, possible reactions and immunization recommendations. Able to administer immunization and maintain records.
21. Performs TB testing, surveillance, reporting and the education process.
22. Understands and participates in school health nursing program (as needed).
23. Participates in the CMH program (as needed).
24. Participates in the Reproductive Health program (as needed).
25. Participates in child passenger seat program and willingness to obtain and maintain certification as a child passenger seat technician if needed.
26. Participates in public health education and outreach events.
27. Performs other duties as required.
Other Duties & Responsibilities
Prepare reports, presentations, evaluations summarizing activities; contribute to quality improvement and performance management activities of the health department, answer phones, direct calls to appropriate individuals, and perform other related duties as assigned.
Work Environment
The work environment at Hancock Public Health supports and facilitates ethical practice, and allows the nurse to act in accordance with professional standards. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise volume is low to moderate.
Basic Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program
- Ability to operate a personal computer
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with employees, officials, and other agencies and the general public.
- Must hold and maintain current Registered Nurses License in the State of Ohio
- Must hold and maintain continuing educations units (CEU’s) as prescribed for licensing.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to foster partnerships
- Well versed in modern office procedures, practices, equipment and software
- Must have a valid driver's license and reliable transportation
- Must have a baseline Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI)
Preferred Qualifications
- Current BLS certification
- Pediatric Experience
- Experience with administering vaccines
Organizational Key Competencies:
All Hancock Public Health (HPH) employees are expected to ensure that Hancock County residents are protected from disease and other public health threats, and to empower others to live healthier, safer lives. In addition, all HPH employees are expected to meet specified competencies in the following areas:
- Customer Focus: Ensure the health and safety of our community within my abilities and resources and treat our many, diverse customers with thoughtful listening and respect.
- Accountability: Be accountable for knowing the scope of HPH programs and for maintaining the public’s trust through credible information, quality programming and services, and fiscal integrity.
- Equity & Fairness: Interact with clients, community partners and staff with fairness and equity and deliver services free of bias or prejudice.
- Continuous Quality Improvement: Establish and maintain organizational capacity and resources to support CQI.
- Occupational Health & Safety: Follow all safety rules, proactively work to prevent accidents, and encourage the use of sound judgment in order to comply with departmental and city occupational safety regulations.
- Emergency Preparedness: Promptly identify and respond to public health threats and priorities which may involve working outside of day-to-day tasks.
- Communication: Communicate in a respectful manner in both written and oral formats with linguistic and cultural proficiency.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $50,897.60 - $63,939.20 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Travel reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Public Health
Weekly schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Salary : $50,898 - $63,939