Public Health Nurse III – Tuberculosis; TB Coordinator

Overview

Exciting Opportunity! Great work-Life Balance!

This is an advanced and specialized professional level nursing position that develops, plans, and coordinates a comprehensive Tuberculosis Communicable Disease Program. The goal of the TB program is early identification, treatment, follow-up and prevention of Tuberculosis for Alamance County citizens.

• Direct outpatient clinical care.
• Investigating and managing active TB cases or outbreaks.
• Conduct patient home visits as needed for TB treatment.
• New staff program training and orientation.
• Review and maintain program policy and procedures to assure contract addendum is met; develop and implement new policies/procedures as indicated.
• Identify program needs and goals; plan, organize, and monitor daily clinic/program activities.
• Monitor encounters for correct coding and billing.
• Conduct and maintain accurate pharmacy inventory and supply records; consult with pharmacist on pharmacy needs.
• Assist with student learners; inform and consult with Nursing Supervisor and Nursing Director of program operations.
• Collaborate with medical director, providers, and other coordinators to ensure effective service delivery.
• Serve as agency lead and community liaison to multiple community partners for TB program and issues.
• Serve on the agency multidisciplinary Epi Team Meetings; conduct and attend necessary meetings.
• Collaborate with health education for educational materials; responsible for data management including gathering, organization, review and presentation of data to supervisor.
• TB program community outreach and formal presentations; train and become proficient in ACHD clinics after appropriate training/orientation.
• Staff emergency shelters as mandated by the State Public Health Office; perform additional duties as required by the Nursing Supervisor, Nursing Director and Health Director.

• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for actions.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
• Compassion - Ability to show kindness, empathy and genuine care.
• Honesty - Ability to be truthful, maintain high level of confidentiality and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Integrity – Trustworthiness to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility or pledge
• Judgment – Ability to use good judgment and discretion as it relates to following policies and procedures.
• Safety-Minded – Creating a safe work environment; managing risks; reducing exposure liabilities.
• Teamwork – Ability to work with others successfully and productively for the common cause and desired end goal.

Graduation from a four-year college or university with a B.S. in Nursing which includes a Public Health Nursing rotation and two years of Public Health nursing experience; or a Master’s in Public Health and graduation from a school of professional nursing and two years of professional nursing experience; or graduation from a school of professional nursing and three years of professional nursing experience including two years of Public Health nursing experience;

or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Registered Nurses without the above work experience may be considered as a work-against for the position.

Fluent in both Spanish and English both oral and written.

A current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina by the N.

C. Board of Nursing. Valid N.C. driver's license and have access to a personal vehicle.

Thorough knowledge of and skill in the application of nursing theory, practice, principles, and techniques employed in the field of public health and related programs; for employees in expanded role positions, considerable knowledge of, and skill in obtaining a health history and performing physical examinations sufficient enough to determine if there is any deviation from normal; considerable knowledge of…