What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse - Public Health Nurse position at Western Plains Public Health?
Job description
Position Summary:
Provide professional public health nursing services to the community.
Essential Duties:
- Assist with/or provide health maintenance clinics, immunization clinics, blood pressure testing, rapid strep testing, tuberculosis screening, and medication management.
- Provide home visits as assigned and nursing care to meet physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and cultural needs of the patient by means of teaching and referral.
- Utilize the nursing process to identify individual client problems and to develop, implement, and evaluate patient care.
- Document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures administered and status of coordinated activities between nursing and other professional disciplines utilizing the problem oriented electronic record system.
- Provide and promote community health services.
- Serve on health related coalitions and taskforces.
- Attend staff and branch office meetings as scheduled and continuing education opportunities as approved.
- Collaborate with emergency response planning and training in order to accurately respond to public health emergencies.
- Follow current HIPAA guidelines to ensure client confidentiality.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Specialty Duties & Responsibilities
HIV/Hepatitis C/STI Nurse
- Provide HIV and Hepatitis C documentation to the State Health Department using designated electronic record program.
- Conduct Hepatitis C, HIV, STI testing per State Health Department requirements and protocols.
- Provide treatment of STI’s per Medical Directors standing orders.
- Conduct the Hepatitis C/HIV/STI testing for high risk inmates in jails as requested.
- Follow grant guidelines and deliverables.
Mandan Good Neighbor Project Nurse
- Conducts harm reduction education and syringe exchange in accordance to the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services Program plan guidelines.
Morton County Nurse
- Offer Public Health nursing services to Mandan, rural Morton County, Sioux County and the Standing Rock Reservation as assigned. Morton County is the major work site. Office is located in Mandan ND.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $27.00 - $28.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
- ND Registered Nurse license (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Mandan, ND: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $27 - $28