Registered Nurse

Position: Registered Nurse 1-3
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

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This position may be filled in the following parishes:
Morehouse

Serve your community where it matters most! As a Registered Nurse at the Morehouse Parish Health Unit with the Louisiana Office of Public Health, you'll deliver compassionate clinical care while supporting parish-level public health operations. Practicing within Louisiana's professional standards, you'll collaborate with a dedicated healthcare team to promote wellness, strengthen community health, and make a lasting impact every day.

Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

* Serves as a Public Health Nurse in Morehouse Parish Health Unit. Working in all programs such as Immunization, WIC, Reproductive Health, TB, and Infectious Diseases within public health clinics, communities, shelters, and /or any additional assigned sites designated by the Louisiana Department of Health/Office of Public Health.

* Obtains complete health history, conducts nursing and developmental assessment, including anthropometric measurements, and determines deviation from the norm, plans public health nursing care, refers as needed.  Evaluates the outcome of public health nursing intervention.
Administers, reads Mantoux skin tests, distributes medications and monitors the effectiveness of the medications for TB patients.

* Provides health education materials to individuals, families, or community groups on preventive health care, health risks and strategies for promoting or protecting health, population-wide health promotion/risk reduction programs, home care for special medical or physical conditions, information on disease outbreaks, weather emergencies, and weapons of mass destruction i.e. biological, chemical, and environmental.  

* Participates in the Continuous Quality Improvement process, reflecting standards of public health competencies and nursing care performance in order to assure quality of care.
Provides professional nursing care in response to emergency situations in the community and statewide in the staffing of Special Needs Shelters, smallpox vaccination clinics, Strategic National Stockpile, and other public health responses to weapons of mass destruction within the scope of professional nursing practice and policies and procedures of OPH.

* Participates in the Continuous Quality Improvement process, reflecting standards of public health competencies and nursing care performance in order to assure quality of care including chart audits, and observations.

* Responds as assigned to all emergencies associated with natural and man-made disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, hazardous materials spills, acts of terrorism, etc., as well as disease outbreaks or other imminent threats to the health and safety of the general public.

* Accepts and performs additional duties not listed but necessary for the smooth operation of the work unit or to help ensure quality of agency services.

Position-Specific Details:

Location:

Office of Public Health / Region 8-BRCO / Morehouse Parish

Appointment Type:
This position may be filled as a Probationary or a Promotional appointment

Cost Center:

Position Number(s): 133293

Career Progression:  This position may be filled as a Registered Nurse 1, 2, or 3, determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).  Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Paul Tran

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LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

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