Ops Senior Community Health Nurse

OPS Senior Community Health Nurse -

Thank you for your interest in career opportunities with the Florida Department of Health in Polk County. If you are looking to establish a successful career in Public Health, you have come to the right place. Many of our innovative and successful health programs are recognized throughout Florida. We hope you decide to join our team!

The incumbent is part of a global public health organization and is expected to support the Florida Department of Health in Polk County in its mission to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts and its vision to be the Healthiest State in the Nation. Furthermore, the incumbent is expected to incorporate the agency values of Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Responsiveness and Excellence in all aspects of their work.

Your Specific Responsibilities:

• Incumbent is a Registered Nurse providing clinical services for clients in adult health/primary care, maternal health, family planning, communicable disease, ADAP, Ryan White and adult/childhood immunizations under the direct supervision of the assigned Senior Community Health Nurse Supervisor.
• Incumbent is expected to follow all local, state, and federal rules and regulations along with complying and performing within the scope of practice as defined by the Florida Nurse Practice Act.
• At the direction of the SCHNS, incumbent may provide duties at all clinics within Polk County.
• Clinical Duties include preparation of the clinic area and equipment, interviewing clients to obtain complete health history and presenting complaints, taking vital signs and performing other screening tests, following up on abnormal and late lab reports, administering medications as ordered by physician/APRN or under medical protocol and guidelines, making appropriate referrals and assisting clients to make necessary arrangements, maintaining accurate records and reports, providing screening for the HIV antibody virus, pre and post-test counsels, providing education, and referring for medical evaluation and other support services.
• Document and maintain accurate data entry into the client Electronic Health Record.
• Works with PFS pharmaceutical system to assist with inventory as needed and notifies any discrepancies to the supervisor.
• Works independently to provide services to clients under protocol in Family Planning, STD, Insulin Program, and/or TB as assigned.
• Assist physicians and APRNs as needed.
• Interprets, educates, and reinforces the provider's plan of care for the client.
• Collect specimens for laboratory tests and interpret laboratory results.
• Assess immunization status of all clients and immunize in accordance to current standards.
• Enters immunization information into Florida Shots.
• Works closely with the supervisor to create a smooth flow of the clinic and increase client satisfaction and work towards decreasing client wait time.
• Case Management includes assessing needs, educating, and planning with families to meet these needs, giving and/or demonstrating nursing care specific to client's needs, providing emotional support to clients and families, conferring with physicians and other community agencies to provide continuity of care, and coordinating with HMOs regarding appropriate referral services.
• Other duties include but not limited to participating in staff and in-service educational programs, assisting with inventory of supplies, medications, and vaccines, incumbent will travel to and cover clinics within the county as staffing needs indicate and as directed, assisting with monitoring temperature controls with notation on appropriate logs for refrigerators and freezer per protocol, maintaining time/attendance/travel/EARs records, maintaining and increasing competency through educational materials and classes, assisting in orientation of new personnel and volunteers, assisting with preceptorship of students assigned to the clinic.
• This position may serve clients that speak only Spanish, Creole, or other languages. It may require performance of interpreter duties, if bilingual, or implementation of the Department's…