Public Health Nurse II

Salary:
An hourly salary range of $30.43 - $36.14 is anticipated for this position.

The duties listed below are not all of the duties that may be assigned but are those that are considered essential for an employee to perform.

• Clinic Duties: Utilizes the Nursing Process to assess, interview, triage, educate and implement the plan of care. Examples: complete vital signs, interviews, and patient / family education. Administers immunizations per CDC guidelines and documents in NCIR. Assists with procedures and provides treatments per clinic guidelines. Participates in all clinical programs:
  Family Planning, STD, CD, Immunizations, Teen Wellness, Maternity and other areas as needed. Reviews encounter accuracy. Other duties as assigned.
• Clinic Duties: Act as back‑up to Immunization Coordinator. Runs reports from NCIR, assists with correcting errors in NCIR, adheres to vaccine storage and handling requirements, receives and documents vaccine shipments, monitors inventory, coordinates seasonal vaccine clinics, mentors and serves as a resource for all staff. Provides comprehensive immunization services for individuals, families and the community. Delivers services through clinics, home visits, case management and community outreach programs.
• Assigned Follow‑Up: Nursing team members will be assigned specific tasks by Nursing Supervisor or Charge Nurse to ensure that contract addenda requirements and clinic specific needs are met. Examples: lab review and follow‑up of positive results, AED and code cart monitoring, immunization refrigerator temperature monitoring, follow‑up of missed appointments, positive pregnancy tests and other miscellaneous tasks as needed.
• Education: Participates in yearly competence activities for PHS Division staff, in‑services, trainings and meetings. Serves as a preceptor to new staff. Completes required competencies per NC Board of Nursing to ensure compliance with nursing license.
• Disaster Response: Assists the community during emergencies such as natural disasters, pandemics, and/or bio‑terrorism events by delivering services in the field as needed. Participates in staffing emergency shelter, administering vaccinations to the community and providing nursing care to assure community safety.
• Carry‑out Performance Management (PM) roles and responsibilities: Including identifying and communicating performance improvement opportunities and adjusting performance and practice to achieve established PM goals.
• Health Equity: Implement strategies aimed at achieving health equity, including but not limited to attending trainings to better understand inequities, identifying and addressing barriers to health, serving on the Health Equity Team or its subcommittees, engaging in internal or external efforts to eliminate health disparities.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree or Diploma in Nursing, one year of professional nursing experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing which included a public health rotation.
• Current State of North Carolina RN License;
  Valid CPR Certification;
  Valid vehicle operator’s license.

Applicant must be a registered nurse with a current North Carolina RN license and a valid CPR certification. A valid driver’s license is required.