School Health Public Health Nurse III

About the role

The Fairfax County Health Department is seeking a supervisor with a school assignment to provide care coordination of students, health promotion activities, and supervision of professionals and paraprofessionals. This position includes a $10,000 sign-on bonus for fully qualified new county employees.

Responsibilities

• Provides public health services to schools and communities.
• Ensures that school health program activities are implemented and evaluated.
• Participates in the recruitment, interviewing, and hiring process of new public health staff for the school health program.
• Captures orientation of new staff and integrates them into the program.
• Coordinates outreach activities to increase public health awareness in the community.
• Other duties may include professional development, emergency response operations, meetings, planning, and training.

Requirements

• Graduation from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education with a bachelor's degree in nursing; plus three years of post-licensure experience as a nurse in an equivalent health care setting whose focus was primarily prevention services and community education, including two years in a public health/community health setting; plus at least one year experience in a public health/community health specialty area or supervisory responsibilities.
• Possession of a current license or a multistate licensure privilege to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Valid driver's license.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification (Required within 30 days).
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) certification (Required within 30 days).

Qualifications

• Master's degree in public health, public administration, or nursing.
• At least two or more years of post-licensure experience providing health services to school-aged children in a public-school setting.
• At least four years of demonstrated experience working in a public health or community health setting working within multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams.
• Minimum two years of direct supervisory experience or demonstrated work experience monitoring and directing the work of others.
• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and strong interpersonal abilities to communicate effectively and clearly with a diverse population.
• Experience with care coordination of children with special needs, health promotion/health education, and data management and reporting.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with internal and external partners.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite applications.

Necessary Special Requirements

• The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, Child Protective Services Registry check, driving record check, and sanction screening to the satisfaction of the employer.
• This position is emergency/essential services personnel. (Required to report for duty during inclement weather and/or other emergencies.)

Physical Requirements

• Generally sedentary in nature, and requires walking, standing, sitting (for long periods of time), and kneeling, reaching, bending, climbing stairs; may be required to lift or carry up to 25 lbs.
• Uses hands to grasp, handle, or feel.
• Position frequently communicates and must be able to exchange accurate information with others verbally and in writing.
• Visual acuity is required to read data from paper and on a computer monitor or other electronic device; ability to operate keyboard driven equipment and computer and use of touchscreen.
• Generally, works in an office environment and may occasionally be required to perform job duties outside of the typical office setting.
• Ability to drive a motor vehicle.

Selection Procedure

Panel interview and may include exercise.