Public Health Nurse

Division:HEALTH AND HOSPITAL CORPORATION

Sub-Division:MCPHD

FLS Status: [[_CUSTOM
27]]

Req :25258

Marion County Public Health Department is an organization that celebrates diversity, and seeks to employ a diverse workforce. We actively encourage all individuals to apply for employment and to seek advancement opportunities. Marion County Public Health Department also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as required by law. For additional questions please contact us at: hrmail.

This position is responsible for comprehensive nursing services that promote the health and well-being of residents in Marion County by providing preventive, therapeutic, and educative follow-up to clients in homes, schools, workplace and/or community sites. The Public Health Nurse (PHN) works with individuals and families to promote health and wellness through assessments, counseling and prevention services. Representing Community-Based Care (CBC), the PHN will work with many different departments at Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD).

Working with a diverse population with different cultural backgrounds and varied languages, the PHN must be flexible and adaptive in providing continuity of care. In order to effectively perform the job, the PHN will require a BSN and a variety of nursing skills. The PHN will represent the MCPHD in a professional manner.

• Interview client to assess immediate needs of the client and/or family. Record health history; develop nursing care plans; referral made to appropriate agencies; continuity of care for the client/family maintained through home visits and follow‑up
• Provide health education/counseling to individuals/groups. Participate as a team member to provide disease prevention guidelines and surveillance of health practices regarding physiological, psychological, social processes
• Provide comprehensive case management and coordinate services provided by a multidisciplinary approach using MCPHD resources/community resources. Initiate appropriate referrals to agencies/organizations based on needed client services/supplies
• Collaborate and coordinate nursing services with other community agencies, organizations, health care providers, social services
• Provide Care Coordination for high‑risk maternal and child health clients and their families. Collaborate with Community Health Workers about interaction with client and family. Provide education to client/relatives related to parenting, nutrition, health care, prenatal care, breastfeeding, safety, substance abuse
• Provide home visits to conduct a comprehensive postpartum and newborn physical assessment to mothers/infants. Provide support and education on newborn growth and development
• Provide services to TB clients that include: epidemiological case finding, coordinate the distribution of medications; monitor therapy compliance; provide patient education; communicate with physicians; collaborate with TB control epidemiologist; monitor the Outreach Community Health Worker activities with directly observed therapy

• Perform appropriate diagnostic procedures, treatment regimens, and administer injections and medications according to physician orders and/or MCPHD protocols and policies
• Deliver Nurse of the Day (NOD) services as assigned. NOD is a walk‑in service that is provided to assist the community with services such as blood pressure screening, counseling and education, referrals for needed services, infant, child and adult vaccines, TB testing and medication follow‑up
• Provide services through other clinic assignments, i.e., Refugee, etc. Obtain blood pressure, blood draws for various testing and collect other data and develop information from the health history for follow‑up

• Collaborate with other MCPHD departments and outside agencies to provide necessary services in the community. Examples would be Heart Alive, Communicable Disease outbreaks;
  Bioterrorism/Biological warfare programs, School services, Health Fairs, etc
• Participate in public health emergency preparedness exercises and in…