Public Health Nurse I/II

About the role

A single full-time position is available within the Public Health branch at Health & Human Services Agency. The role involves providing public health nursing services to individuals and the community, including clinical care, home visits, counseling, public health instruction, and education.

Responsibilities

• Provide public health nursing services to individual clients and the community at large, including clinical care, home visits, counseling, public health instruction, and education.
• Assist in the promotion, development, maintenance, and staffing of maternal child adolescent health; immunization; child lead poisoning prevention; oral health; child health disability prevention; foster care; communicable disease; rabies prevention programs; family planning; substance abuse and mental health programs; and clinic services.
• Assist in developing program policies and procedures; assist with evaluating program effectiveness.
• Make referrals to other agencies and/or providers as appropriate; assist clients in accessing health and community services as needed.
• Participate in epidemiological investigations in the home, school or community, identifying potential risks to the community, and implementing measures for disease containment.
• Prepare written educational materials for distribution to the community; locate, evaluate, and distribute existing educational materials as appropriate.
• Work with physicians and community groups to promote maternal and child health.
• Participate in conferences, task forces, and meetings, and confer with public health administrators and others on community public health problems.
• Attend civic and other community meetings and events to explain and promote the activities and functions of the program and to establish favorable public relations; give public speaking presentations as requested; prepare publicity materials for distribution; oversee and/or participate in community events as appropriate.
• Coordinate and/or participate in special programs and projects as assigned.
• Respond to and resolve citizen, client or community requests for assistance, complaints or inquiries.
• Coordinate assigned activities and programs with those of other departments, divisions, and agencies as appropriate.
• Perform general administrative and clerical work as required, including preparing reports and correspondence, conducting and attending meetings, copying and filing documents, entering and retrieving computer data, assembling materials, sending and receiving faxes, answering the telephone, compiling data for reports, preparing mailings, etc.

Requirements

• One year of experience as a Public Health Nurse is desirable.
• Two years of full-time equivalent experience as a Public Health Nurse with increasing assumption of administrative responsibilities.
• A Master's degree in nursing or public health can substitute for one year of the required experience.
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in nursing.
• Possession of a valid and current Registered Nurse license issued by the State of California.
• Possession of a valid and current Public Health Nurse certificate issued by the State of California (for Public Health Nurse I).
• Possession of a valid and current Health Care Provider CPR certification.
• Possession of a valid California driver's license.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of pertinent federal, state and local laws, regulations, codes and ordinances.
• Principles, procedures and techniques used in planning, evaluating and administering public health programs.
• Principles and practices of nursing as applied to public health practice, and preventive medicine.
• Recent developments, current literature, and sources of information related to public health administration.
• Principles, practices, and current issues in health education, including mental health, substance abuse, maternal and child health, and general public health.
• Basic causes and types of treatment for substance abuse, mental health disorders and public health issues.
• Sociological, cultural, environmental, and economic factors affecting individual and public health.
• Causes, means of transmission, and methods of controlling communicable diseases.
• Interviewing and counseling practices and techniques.
• Principles, techniques and materials used in public health education.
• Modern office practices and technology, including the use of computers for word processing and records management.
• English usage, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• Safe work practices.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and techniques.

SkillsAbility to interpret, analyze and apply federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, codes and ordinances.

Plan, organize, evaluate, and provide leadership in community health programs and public health nursing activities.

Plan, organize, supervise and evaluate the work of subordinate staff.

Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, determine consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.

Exercise initiative, ingenuity, and sound judgment in solving difficult administrative, professional, technical, and personnel problems.

Research and prepare effective public education and information materials.

React quickly and calmly in emergency situations.

Make effective public presentations.

Communicate effectively in both oral and written form.

Carry out departmental and County missions.

Benefits

Details regarding benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Pay

The salary range for this position is TBD.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is TBD.