Public Health Nurse

Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Health!

We'd be delighted to have you join our team.

If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us,

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

Please check out the

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

This Public Health Nurse (PHN) 5 provides statewide clinical leadership and oversight for Maternal Child Health and Immunizations, ensuring consistent, evidence-based public health nursing practice across the Section. This position directly supervises the Section's Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), Preparedness PHNs, and Nurse Consultants, providing clinical direction, consultation, and support for specialized programs and services. As a member of the leadership team, the PHN5 coordinates priority clinical initiatives, promotes standardization and quality improvement, and works collaboratively with Public Health Nurses, Senior Leadership, and internal and external partners to advance statewide public health priorities.

• Accountability

  We are committed to responsible use of human, financial, and environmental resources.

• Respect

  We provide services without discrimination or judgment.

• Human potential

  We are committed to developing each Alaskan's potential as a healthy individual as well as fostering strong, healthy communities.

• Integrity

  We are honest and ethical in all we do.

• Scientific Excellence

  We are committed to adding to and contributing to the body of scientific knowledge and using the best available knowledge and data to set public health policy.

Become a member of an innovative team that collaborates with communities across Alaskan cities and villages to create meaningful contributions to the public’s health. Learn and grow in the remote areas of Alaska while making a difference where we live, work, and play. State of Alaska employees are eligible for benefits such as 12 paid holidays, leave accrual, annual/bi-annual pay increases, and many more.

For more in-depth benefit information, please go to:

https://drb.alaska.gov/employee/

This PHN5 works primarily in an office setting located within a Public Health Center or the Central Office. As a member of the Section of Public Health Nursing (SOPHN) leadership team, this position works closely with Senior Leadership, Public Health Nurses, APRNs, Nurse Consultants, and other staff across the Section. The position also collaborates with other Division of Public Health sections, state and community partners, healthcare organizations, and other agencies to coordinate statewide clinical programs, strengthen partnerships, and support consistent delivery of public health services.

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.

Practice:
Integrates best research practices with clinical and/or subject matter expertise and patient values for optimum care and participates in learning and research activities to the extent feasible.

Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

• License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alaska
• A valid Driver's License is required at the time of appointment.

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