Senior Registered Nurse (DOH / PHD) #10104542

Salary $36.43 - $54.65 Hourly ($75,775 - $113,663 Annually)
Pay Band C10

About the role

The Public Health Nurse (PHN) Position will advance the health of individuals, families, and communities through partnerships, collaboration, and direct care. A focus of the position includes reaching out to disadvantaged and under resourced populations. The PHN will participate in a multidisciplinary approach to promote health equity and to educate partners—as well as individuals, families and communities—about healthy behaviors. The PHN will support and deliver various public health programs, including clinical services such as communicable disease investigation and response, tuberculosis, harm reduction including SW Pathways (Suboxone) program nurse support, STI screening and treatment, immunizations, and family planning, through advocacy, adherence to clinical protocols, standing orders and policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Lab Tests (urinalysis, hemoglobin, pregnancy) are conducted after quality control measures are performed, while wearing protective equipment, and following State Scientific Lab Division (SLD) procedures.
• Establish pharmacy drug room procedures to ensure that prescribed drugs are stored properly and secured; drug dispensing logs are in balance; and all NM State Pharmacy Quality Control Standards are met.
• Enforce the provision and documentation of family planning, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD), Tuberculosis, Cancer Screening and Harm Reduction services in accordance with clinical treatment protocols, health record policy and procedures, and the Billing & Electronic Health Record (BEHR) system requirements.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate has experience:

• Delivering highly specialized public health services to the people in New Mexico.
• Adhering to clinical policies, protocols and procedures.
• Using an electronic health record to chart patient information.
• Working with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Interviewing clients in Spanish.

Minimum Qualification

• Must possess a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in New Mexico, or eligibility for such licensure in accordance with New Mexico requirements, or eligibility for a temporary license issued for employment at a specific institution in New Mexico.
• Three (3) years of experience as it pertains to the essential duties and responsibilities of the classification.

Employment Requirements

• Must possess and maintain a valid New Mexico Driver’s License.
• Must possess and maintain a current Defensive Driving Course Certificate from the State of New Mexico or must pass and receive Defensive Driving Course Certification as a condition of continued employment.
• Successful completion of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act) and successful completion of CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act) trainings are required within sixty (60) days of employment.
• Position will require Blood-borne pathogen training and successful completion of CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) course within thirty (30) days as condition of continued employment.

Working Conditions

• Services are provided in a clinic, auxiliary and community sites, and occasionally in the client’s home with potential exposure to communicable diseases.
• Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to Visual/Video Display Terminal (VDT) and extensive personal computer and phone usage with extended periods of office noise, bending, standing and lifting.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Services are provided in a clinic with diverse racial and ethnic populations, many who do not speak the English language.
• May be required to work evening and/or weekend hours at various Public Health Offices.