Public Health Nurse - Family & Child Health

Duties

• Teaches and demonstrates principles and techniques of disease prevention and health maintenance.
• Takes and evaluates a health history; attains and maintains specific skills in performing basic physical assessments.
• Recognizes health needs, stressing importance of prevention of illness, and giving anticipatory guidance in growth and development.
• Advocates continuing treatment and health supervision in chronic illness and assists patients in securing medical and related services.
• Assists patients in following prescribed health care, assessing family situation and making appropriate nursing care plan.
• Participates in communicable disease programs, doing epidemiologic studies, and assisting with patient care, and interpreting the transmission of disease.
• Collaborates with community groups and organizations on public health nursing aspects of public health programs.
• Participates in planning and conducting educational programs for staff, students, observers, etc.
• Responds to public health emergencies as requested.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of the basic principles, practices and techniques of professional nursing.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices and objectives of public health nursing, their application to specific diseases and their implications of social conditions.
• Knowledge of the resources available to persons in need of health services and ability to use them.
• Knowledge of the effects of illness on patients and family and on home environmental conditions.
• Nursing
• Case Management
• Interpersonal Communication
• Medical Education
• Consultation
• Nursing Documentation
• Community Engagement
• Data Entry
• Policy Analysis
• Team Building
• Microsoft Office
• Electronic Medical Record Keeping

Qualifications

• License Requirement: Possession of a license as a registered nurse as issued by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nurse Examiners.

Benefits

• Paid holidays, personal days, vacation and sick leave benefits, medical coverage and dental benefits, a retirement plan, life insurance and a deferred compensation plan after eligibility requirements have been met.
• Fringe Benefits

Perks Working for ACHD

• Professional growth through training opportunities (CPR, First Aid, Public Health Preparedness, Dignity and Respect, Points of Dispensing, and more).
• Able to advance in county system.
• Job security.
• Meaningfulness in daily work derived from public service.
• Eligible for federal loan forgiveness.
• Organizational commitment to ACHD’s mission to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable.

Residency

• Allegheny County within 1 year.

Veterans' Preference

• Will be awarded to eligible candidates.