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Nurse Specialist #1628 - Homeless Health Services - Health & Social Services Division

Hamilton County Government · Chattanooga, TN · 1 mo ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only if real content. No job title heading. Use

for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to parse the posting. The posting includes: - Intro about Hamilton County Health & Social Services Division responsibilities, call down system, emergency response, work hours modification. This could be "About the role" or maybe "Responsibilities". We need to decide. - Then "Under general supervision, provides mobile medical services and/or social counseling, support, and clinical case management to the homeless population in an outpatient or outreach setting." That's a description of role. - Then "ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:" with a list of tasks (conducts and coordinates clinical outreach/offsite services..., works both independently..., develops linkages..., knowledge..., skill..., ability...). This is a list of duties/requirements. - Then "A Bachelor’s Degree or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing. Must possess an active Registered Nurse (RN) licensure or eligible for licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse. Current CPR Certification and a valid driver’s license are required." That's qualifications/requirements. - Then "PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Prior work experience in working with homeless populations and/or serving in a clinical lead position." - Then "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Prior to operating a County-owned vehicle, all employees are required to complete the HC Defensive Driving course and/or or an Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) provided at the department level. This position is deemed essential/situational during inclement weather situations and must report to or remain at work, even when administrative closings are announced, as determined by the Department Head. Work may require irregular hours when providing on-call coverage and/or responding to public health threats or emergencies, as determined by the Department Head." - Then "PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Work requires long periods of standing, walking, lifting medical supplies or patients weighing up to 50 pounds, assisting patients in transfers to examination tables, performing routine lab work such as blood draws and specimen collection, extensive contact with infectious diseases, mentally ill or combative patients, home visits, case management and attention to detail. Some positions require occasional after hours on-call duties." - Then "ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Any overtime hours offered in this position are not guaranteed, are an estimate, and are subject to change. All positions within Hamilton County Government are considered work in-person and require regular and punctual attendance. All positions within Hamilton County Government may require work on Holidays or weekends. Additionally, irregular hours and shift work may be required, including possible extension of shift hours, at times with short notice." - Then EEO boilerplate to remove. We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we strip the EEO paragraph and the link. We need to preserve all substantive information. We need to decide sections: About the role (intro + description), Responsibilities (essential functions list), Requirements (education, licensure, CPR, driver's license), Qualifications (maybe preferred qualifications?), Skills (list of skills from essential functions), Benefits (none mentioned), Pay (none), Schedule (maybe mention irregular hours, on-call, etc). However we should only include sections if there is real specific content. The posting mentions work hours modification, irregular hours, on-call, etc. That could go under Schedule. Also mention essential/situational during inclement weather, must report even when administrative closings. That's schedule-related. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for essential functions list, we should make a
      with each bullet as
    • . For requirements list (education, licensure, CPR, driver's license) also list. For skills list also list. For schedule maybe list. We need to use

      for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading (not present). No Job ID. We must output only HTML fragment. Let's craft sections:

      About the role

      ... intro paragraph(s) ...

      Maybe combine intro and description. Intro: "The Hamilton County Health & Social Services Division has a responsibility to respond quickly and efficiently when public health emergencies occur. All Hamilton County Health & Social Services Division employees are responsible for ensuring their contact information is current and they are accessible should a public health emergency arise. The Hamilton County Health & Social Services Division maintains a call down system to store contact information and mobilize staff in the event of an emergency. During a public health emergency, all staff are required to respond should a call to mobilize be made. During a public health emergency, work hours for any and all Hamilton County Health & Social Services Division employees are subject to modification to meet the needs of the community." Then role description: "Under general supervision, provides mobile medical services and/or social counseling, support, and clinical case management to the homeless population in an outpatient or outreach setting." We could combine into one

      or two. Better to have one

      containing both. Then

      Responsibilities

      with
        of essential functions tasks. List items: - Conducts and coordinates clinical outreach/offsite services to homeless or potentially homeless people at shelters, parks, campsites, streets, vacant buildings, and any other location where homeless people may be found. - Works both independently and as a member of the comprehensive medical team. - Develops linkages within the larger community to facilitate referrals of people who may be homeless and in need of services. - Knowledge of federal, state, and county laws, rules, regulations, policies, practices, and procedures related to provision of Public Health Professional Nursing services. - Knowledge of professional Registered Nurse medical methods, practices, and procedures. - Knowledge of community and county medical, social, and behavioral services. - Knowledge of quality reviews and audit methods, practices, and procedures. - Knowledge of specialty methods, practices and procedures related to area of assignment. - Knowledge of patient chart documentation, recordkeeping, case management, and specialized medical procedures related to area of assignment. - Skill utilizing specialized medical equipment utilizing proper universal health and safety precautions. - Skill managing upset and/or confrontational patients/clients or family members. - Skill reading, analyzing, and interpreting medical research, reports, tests, and information. - Skill utilizing verbal and written communication in providing presentations, counseling, educational materials, and instructions related to medical information. - Skill providing case management to indigent or underserved populations. - Skill utilizing customer service/public relations techniques when responding to inquiries and complaints. - Skill establishing and maintaining effective working relationships. - Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral form. That's a lot; we can keep them. Then

        Requirements

        with
          : - Bachelor’s Degree or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing. - Must possess an active Registered Nurse (RN) licensure or eligible for licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse. - Current CPR Certification. - Valid driver’s license. Then

          Preferred Qualifications

          maybe as

          Preferred Qualifications

          with
            : - Prior work experience in working with homeless populations and/or serving in a clinical lead position. But the instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. They didn't list Preferred Qualifications but we could put under Qualifications or Skills. However they said "Use

            for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." That suggests we can use those headings, but not limited to? It says "e.g." meaning examples. We could also add Preferred Qualifications as a heading if we want, but better to map to existing headings: maybe put preferred qualifications under Qualifications or Skills. However they said "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So we could have a Qualifications section that includes both required and preferred? But they separate Requirements and Qualifications. Usually Requirements = mandatory, Qualifications = preferred. So we can have Requirements (mandatory) and Qualifications (preferred). That matches. Thus:

            Requirements

            for mandatory (education, licensure, CPR, driver's license).

            Qualifications

            for preferred (experience with homeless populations, clinical lead). Then Skills: we could extract skills from essential functions list, but many are knowledge/skill/ability statements. Could create a Skills section listing skills: utilizing specialized medical equipment, managing upset patients, reading/interpreting medical research, verbal/written communication, providing case management, customer service/public relations, establishing effective working relationships, communicating effectively. Also ability to communicate effectively. But we already listed many as responsibilities. Might be redundant. However we need to follow instruction: "Use
            • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So responsibilities list is duties. Requirements list is requirements. Qualifications list is qualifications. Skills list could be separate if we want. But we could also incorporate skills into responsibilities; but they said "Use
              • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So if we make a Skills section, we need a list. We have skill statements in essential functions; we could extract them. But we must not invent or summarize away detail. We need to preserve ALL substantive information. If we split essential functions into responsibilities and skills, we might lose some nuance but still preserve all statements if we place them somewhere. Could put all essential functions under Responsibilities, and then not have a separate Skills section. That would preserve all info. Then we would not have a Skills section (since no separate skill list beyond those). That's okay; we only include sections when there is real specific content. If we don't have a distinct skill list separate from responsibilities, we can omit Skills section. Similarly Benefits, Pay: none mentioned, so omit. Schedule: we have info about work hours modification, irregular hours, on-call, essential/situational during inclement weather, must report even when administrative closings, etc. That's schedule-related. So we can have a Schedule section with a
                  or

                  . Let's make a

                    list. Schedule items: - Work hours subject to modification during public health emergencies to meet community needs. - May require irregular hours when providing on-call coverage and/or responding to public health threats or emergencies. - Position deemed essential/situational during inclement weather situations; must report to or remain at work even when administrative closings are announced. - May require work on holidays or weekends. - May require shift work, including possible extension of shift hours with short notice. - Some positions require occasional after hours on-call duties. - All positions require regular and punctual attendance; work is in-person. We need to ensure we don't add filler like "not specified". All are from text. Now About the role: we have intro paragraph and role description. Could be two

                    but we can combine. Let's craft:

                    About the role

                    The Hamilton County Health & Social Services Division has a responsibility to respond quickly and efficiently when public health emergencies occur. All employees must keep contact information current and be accessible for emergency mobilization via the division’s call down system. During a public health emergency, all staff are required to respond to mobilization calls, and work hours are subject to modification to meet community needs.

                    Under general supervision, the incumbent provides mobile medical services and/or social counseling, support, and clinical case management to the homeless population in an outpatient or outreach setting.

                    That preserves info. Now Responsibilities: list essential functions. We'll copy each bullet as
                  • . Now Requirements: list mandatory. Now Qualifications: list preferred. Now Schedule: list schedule items. We must not include EEO boilerplate. Now output only HTML fragment. Let's craft. Check for any duplicated lines:

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