Public Health Nurse

The Public Health Services Division believes that health is all about people; where they live, learn, work, and play. From our staff to our clients, we provide people with the tools they need to maintain and improve their health. The services we provide are incredibly diverse and include such activities as conducting public health nurse home visits for moms and babies, providing medical care in our clinics, and much more.

You will not find a more committed group of people than public health workers. It takes a special kind of dedication to enter the public health field. Our passion is promoting health, livable communities and healthy lifestyles. As a result, we care for individuals and the community with compassion and respect.

The Public Health Nurse promotes community health maintenance through health assessment, education and counseling in the detection, prevention and control of disease. It's crucial for the PHN to possess a deep understanding of working with diverse populations and demonstrate sensitivity to issues of poverty, race, equity, and inclusivity while engaging with children served by Solano County. This class is the fully qualified professional level in the Public Health Nursing series.

This class is characterized by the responsibility to work with individuals and/or families in an assigned geographic area within the County and/or in clinics operated by the Health and Social Services Department or in Foster Care services. Clients typically have limited knowledge of health principles, nutrition, disease process, appropriate care or available resources. Incumbents work in the community making home visits, as well as conducting specialty clinics and health education activities.

This class is distinguished from Public Health Nurse (Senior) in that the latter has responsibility to lead a work group in the delivery of services in an assigned health program and typically perform special assignments requiring more sophisticated health assessment and evaluation techniques.

Experience:

One year of public health and clinical nursing experience.

Education/Training: A Bachelor’s degree is required in Nursing from a nursing school accredited by the National League for Nursing or equivalent.

• Possession of a valid Registered Nurse license issued by the California State Board of Registered Nursing AND certification in Public Health Nursing.
• Possession of a current CPR certificate.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid Class C California driver’s license maybe required.

4/17/2026 – First application review deadline to submit application and required documents.

5/8/2026 – Second application review deadline to submit application and required documents.

Applications are reviewed bi-weekly after this date

Based on the information provided in the application documents, the qualified applicants may be invited for further examination and will either be pre-scheduled by the Department of Human Resources or be invited to self-schedule. All applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination. Depending upon the number of applications received, the selection process may consist of an initial application screening, a mandatory information meeting, a supplemental questionnaire assessment, a written and/or practical exam, an oral board exam, or any combination listed.

Responses to supplemental questions may be used as screening and testing mechanisms and will be used to assess an applicant’s ability to advance in the process; as such, responses to supplemental questions should be treated as test examination responses.…