Job Description

Grade 20

Competitive starting salary based on experience - Plus generous benefits package

General Statement of Duties

Performs community health nursing duties, including case management and immunizations. Completes other public health duties such as communicable disease investigation and follow-up, public health education and screenings, and public health and department public relations and public health promotional activities. Performs related community health duties.

Examples of Essential Work

* Plans, directs and evaluates community health programs across numerous program areas, including but not limited to, communicable disease investigation, clinical services for STDs and HIV/HCV, immunization services, and home visiting for chronic conditions and environmental exposures;

* Ensures all programming and services are consistent with Federal and State guidelines, regulations and statutes governing nursing practice, as well as local policies and ordinances;

* Compiles, analyzes and interprets narrative, statistical and program reports and records;

* Assists with preparing grant applications as needed and assigned;

* Manages patient caseloads and communicable disease investigations including individuals with severe medical, behavioral and/or psychological health concerns requiring trauma informed practices to meet their complex health needs;

* Completes community and/or public health investigations, including documentation and reporting;

* Monitors disease cases for compliance with isolation and quarantine; including properly using personal protective equipment when required;

* Performs complex medical procedures consistent with individualized health care plans as dictated by medical orders;

* Assures that standing medical orders and public health counter measures are deployed as directed by the Medical Director and State;

* Performs public health and department public relations and public health promotional activities;

* Provides specialized nursing consultative services, public health education, and recommendations to physicians and other health care providers;

* Performs immunizations, testing, health screening and assessments;

* Provides expanded off-site clinical services to reach vulnerable populations, such as immunization clinics in homeless shelters and via mobile outreach;

* Coordinates services and information with other agencies in order to provide clinical case management for clients, including referrals to primary care practices and other specialty services and community-based services as needed;

* Develops and maintains medical records and other related confidential documentation of case management for clients receiving direct nursing care services; including utilizing multiple confidential databases to record communicable disease cases;

* Collects and maintains data relating to public health issues;

* Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions; and more.

Acceptable Experience and Training

* Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing; and

* Some experience in community health or general nursing; or

* Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications

* Registered Nurse in New Hampshire.

* Possession of a Valid New Hampshire Driver's License.

* CPR & First Aid Certification.