Clinical Services Nurse Specialist Pool

Job Title

Nurse Specialist

Guilford County Public Health will consider upcoming graduating Nursing Students for vacant Nursing positions. A contingent job offer will be made, based on receiving a Nursing Licensure (RN). A NURSING LICENSURE IS REQUIRED WITH YOUR APPLICATION!!! MAKE SURE TO ATTACH YOUR NURSING LICENSE TO YOUR APPLICATION IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED!!!

The Nurse Specialist provides intermediate level professional nursing work in providing primary, preventive and rehabilitative care to individuals in a public health clinical or community setting. Work is performed under the direction of a Nurse Services Supervisor.

The Nurse Specialist I independently assesses patient needs for nursing care or medical intervention. Work is performed in a clinical setting. Employee assesses needs, develops basic nursing care plans and patient goals, explains physician findings and ascertains that instructions are being followed. Employees must differentiate levels of patient criticality to identify crisis situations requiring physician or agency intervention. Employees will generally serve at the staff nurse level in clinics/community or similar settings where there is higher-level staff available for consultation (direct eyes-on supervision is not required).

Employees might, on a regular or occasional basis be assigned to an outreach clinic assignment that is similar to their regular in house assignment. Nurse may be assigned as a lead worker from time to time.

A copy of your transcript must be submitted with online application. Official college transcripts are required at time of hire. Please send official transcripts to:
Guilford County Public Health/HR, c/o Robin Reynolds, 201 South Greene Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 or attach a copy to your online application.

A copy of your nursing license must be submitted with online application. Please attach a copy to your online application.

The Nurse Specialist provides public health nursing services to individuals, families and population groups. Nursing actions are directed toward goals of prevention, assessment, risk reduction, and health status improvement for individuals, families and communities. Nursing activities include, but are not limited to, systematic analysis of health data, care plan development, health education and advocacy, coalition building, and collaborating with community partners to promote the health of a population.

PHNs often collaborate and consult with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams in order to achieve desirable outcomes for families and communities. The Nurse Specialist interventions occur at individual, family, community and system levels depending upon the responsibilities of the position and the issues involved.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Essential Duties and Tasks

• Utilize skills of a registered nurse in promoting wellness in a fast-paced clinic setting including Family Planning, STD, Primary Care, Maternal Health, and JustTEENS Clinics.
• Interpret physician findings and provide prescribed treatments and medications.
• Follow-up of communicable diseases in Guilford County
• Immunization administration for children and adults
• Provide ongoing surveillance and monitoring of activities related to communicable diseases following CDC, North Carolina, and Guilford County guidelines/protocols.

RECRUITMENT STANDARDS Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Good knowledge of the methods and techniques of general nursing care and their relation to medical and surgical practice.
• Good knowledge of methods and techniques used in the prevention of communicable diseases.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with recipients of public health care, other public employees and the general public.
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed instructions of a technical or professional nature.
• Ability to interpret and explain public health laws and regulations.
• Ability to keep records and complete reports.
• Ability to make independent assessments and nursing judgments.
• Ability to apply nursing theory principles and techniques employed in the field of public health and related programs.
• Good…