Senior Public Health Nurse, Bilingual (Spanish) - Communicable Disease, Prevention, and Control (TB)

About the role

This Senior Public Health Nurse, Bilingual (Sr. PHN) specializes in tuberculosis (TB) and is a key member of the Communicable Disease, Prevention, and Control (CDPC) Unit within the Division of Public Health in the Health and Human Services Department (HHS).

The position plays a pivotal role in overseeing clinical operations and service delivery related to the prevention, treatment, and control of TB. Reporting to the Supervising Public Health Nurse, this role serves as the lead clinical authority within the TB program, ensuring the highest standards of care and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Organize, coordinate, schedule, assign, direct, and review the work of the CDPC program staff.
• Lead efforts in TB disease investigation, surveillance, case management, consultation, nursing, health education, and training, ensuring that individuals and communities are protected from the spread of tuberculosis.
• Work as co-lead for this program and collaborate with local healthcare providers, medical facilities, and other county departments to support community health and TB prevention.
• Ensure that all local practices align with state and federal guidelines, including adherence to the California Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Control Branch and CDC protocols.
• Contribute to policy development, quality improvement initiatives, and program evaluation to enhance public health outcomes related to TB and broader communicable disease efforts.

Requirements

• Equivalent to two years of public health nursing experience, plus verification of seven (7) hours of training in detection, prevention, intervention and reporting requirements and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
• Minimum residency or community involvement period in specified community districts and/or firsthand experience of health problems and successful rehabilitation for such problems in the targeted population.
• Demonstrated written and oral proficiency in English and the designated second language (Spanish).
• Possession of a valid Registered Nurse License and a Public Health Certificate issued by the State of California.
• Possession of a current CPR certificate.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of: Principles and practices of work supervision, including work planning, assignment and review.
• Principles and processes of personnel supervision, including training and performance review.
• Principles, practices, methods and procedures of public health nursing, health promotion and disease prevention and control.
• General nursing principles, practices and techniques, including assessment, patient care planning and delivery, patient education and evaluation of outcomes.
• Nursing routines and protocols specific to area of assignment.
• Principles and techniques of drug administration and uses and effects of medications.
• Principles, practices and techniques of safety and infection control.
• Laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of public health nursing.
• Community medical and social agencies and resources.
• Environmental, sociological and psychological problems affecting public health nursing.
• Child and elder abuse and neglect and domestic violence reporting laws.

Skills

• Plan, assign, direct, and review the work of others.
• Provide lead direction, training and guidance to professional staff.
• Assure quality of care and coordinate nursing services with other providers and programs.
• Independently plan, organize and implement public health nursing activities.
• Assess community, individual and family health needs and problems.
• Develop and implement patient care plans and/or referrals.
• Administer medications, perform skilled nursing treatments and procedures and adapt nursing skills to various environments and situations.
• Apply teaching principles and provide education and counseling.
• Exercise sound independent judgment within scope of authority and practice.
• Prepare and maintain organized, detailed and accurate medical records.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in both English and the designated second language (Spanish).
• Collaborate with other members of the health care team on an ongoing basis.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to the effects of culture and ethnic background on health issues.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Benefits

More information about our benefits can be found on the Marin County's Benefits Homepage. Benefits include: competitive vacation accrual, 12 holidays per year, generous sick leave accruals, additional types of paid leaves, choice of four health plans (two Kaiser HMOs, Western Health Advantage HMO, and an Anthem Blue Cross PPO), dental through Delta Dental PPO, vision through Vision Service Plan (VSP), excellent Life Insurance, Disability, Flexible Spending Plans, a Dependent Care Assistance Program, professional development and more. The County also offers a defined benefit plan under the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937, and an IRS 457 Plan for pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) employee contributions up to the IRS annual maximum. Retiree Medical coverage is also provided.