School Health Public Health Nurse III

About the role

The Fairfax County Health Department serves 1.2 million residents from diverse ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds, promoting population health, protecting public health and the environment, and ensuring equitable access to health services. This position is a working supervisor with school assignment(s) responsible for care coordination of students, health promotion activities, supervision of professionals and paraprofessionals, and collaboration with the Public Health Nurse (PHN) IV to implement and evaluate school health program activities. The role also participates in recruitment, hiring, orientation of new staff, outreach to increase public health awareness, and may involve professional development, emergency response, meetings, planning, and training. The county encourages bilingual candidates (English/Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, etc.) to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide care coordination of students
• Conduct health promotion activities
• Supervise professionals and paraprofessionals
• Collaborate with the Public Health Nurse (PHN) IV to ensure school health program activities are implemented and evaluated
• Participate in recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of new public health staff for the school health program
• Coordinate orientation of new staff and integrate them into the program
• Participate in outreach activities to increase public health awareness in the community
• Engage in professional development, emergency response operations, meetings, planning, and training as needed

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications: 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 focused primarily on 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.

Certificates and Licenses Required: Current license or multistate licensure privilege to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia; valid driver's license; CPR certification (required within 30 days); AED certification (required within 30 days).

Necessary Special Requirements: Completion of a criminal background check, Child Protective Services Registry check, driving record check, and sanction screening to the satisfaction of the employer; position is emergency/essential services personnel (required to report for duty during inclement weather and/or other emergencies).

Preferred 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 or school health program setting
• At least four years of demonstrated experience working in a public health or community health setting within multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams
• Minimum two years of direct supervisory experience or demonstrated work experience monitoring and directing the work of others
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and strong interpersonal abilities to communicate effectively 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

Benefits

• $10,000 sign-on bonus for fully qualified new county employees