Public Health Nurse: Closing Date 09/09/2026

Responsibilities

• Integrates public health principles with clinical nursing practice to support program staff with adult and child health, communicable/reportable disease prevention and control, chronic disease management, and maternal and child health (prenatal and postpartum support), and health promotion needs across the lifespan.
• Leads communicable disease reporting, case investigation, contact trace and treatment follow-up in accordance with public health requirements.
• Participates in the planning and evaluation of public health programs and services to assess effectiveness and support quality improvement.
• Maintains accurate documentation and required reports in accordance with policy and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains professional competency through continuing education and adherence to professional nursing standards.
• Respond quickly and appropriately to situations that may arise. Use critical thinking skills to adjust actions in order to provide patient centered care. Adapt to rapidly changing situations.
• Use effective written and oral communication skills to explain complex medical issues, work with team members and providers, and discuss difficult or sensitive issues.
• Listen and understand complex information. Be an effective member of a multi-disciplinary care team.
• Work, communicate, and contribute to cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of co-workers.

Requirements

• TL 123: Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Oregon. Minimum of three (3) years nursing experience, including two (2) years in a clinical or community health setting.
• TL 124.2: After two (2) years of satisfactory evaluations, the position will transition to RN II.
• TL 124: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Oregon. Minimum of three (3) years nursing experience, including two (2) years in a clinical or community health setting. Placement above 124.1 may be considered based on qualifying experience exceeding 2 years
• Knowledge Of Community and public health nursing principles, practices, and procedures.
• Disease prevention, health promotion, population health, and community-based health interventions.
• Population health assessment methods and strategies used to identify and address community health needs.
• Epidemiology principles and communicable disease surveillance, investigation, reporting, and control measures.
• Public health response activities, including case investigation, contact follow-up, outbreak response, and immunization practices.
• Federal, state, Tribal, and local public health regulations, standards, and reporting requirements.
• Experience In Leadership - Inspires, motivates, and guides others toward accomplishing goals. Achieves desired results through effective people management.
• Conflict resolution - Influences others to build consensus and gain cooperation. Proactively resolves conflicts in a positive and constructive manner.
• Critical thinking – Identifies complex problems. Involves key parties, gathers pertinent data and considers various options in decision making process. Develops, evaluates and implements effective solutions.
• Communication and team building, leads effectively with excellent verbal and written communication. Delegates and initiates/manages cross-functional teams and multi-disciplinary projects.
• Ability To Coordinate care and collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams, tribal programs, community organizations, and public health partners.
• Established public health policies, procedures, guidelines, and applicable nurse practice act; exercise sound judgment within the scope of assessment.