Nurse (Public Health)

About the role

The primary purpose of this position is to provide professional community/public health nursing services through direct care to individuals, families, and identified populations through direct care, home and school visiting, and population-based assessment, prevention, and intervention activities.

Responsibilities

• Help individuals, families, and populations through nursing assessments, direct care, home and school visits, case finding, screenings, immunizations, disease management, and follow-up.
• Conduct or support community health assessments, collect and analyze epidemiological and demographic data, identify health trends and risk factors, and participate in communicable disease surveillance and outbreak response.
• Plan and provide health education, counseling, outreach, screenings, immunization activities, and disease-prevention interventions tailored to the cultural and social needs of individuals, families, and communities.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams, tribal programs, schools, community organizations, and public health partners to support continuity of care.
• Support public health nursing programs through quality improvement, program evaluation, accurate documentation and reporting, continuing education, training, and adherence to professional nursing standards.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children. Due to this requirement, the agency must ensure that persons hired for these positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Basic Requirements include possession of a bachelor's degree in nursing and eligibility under the Superior Academic Achievement provision, or possession of a diploma or associate degree in professional nursing and at least one full year of professional nursing experience performing the listed duties.