PH Nurse Senior

Overview

Title: PH Nurse Senior

State Role

Title:

Public Health Nurses Senior

Hiring Range: $58,000 - $66,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: CENT VA-LYNCHBURG CITY-Cen-TW

Agency Website:

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is dedicated to protecting and promoting the health of Virginians. The VDH is made up of a statewide Central Office in Richmond and 35 local health districts.

The Central Virginia Health District is on the forefront of Public Health and Population Health. Our mission is to protect health, champion equity, and partner to address local needs. We accomplish this by exposing and addressing the root causes of health disparities and protecting health through disease prevention and monitoring, providing clinical services, nutrition services, environmental health services, vital records, emergency planning, and building health equity by partnering with communities and working collaboratively across sectors.

WE ARE PUBLIC HEALTH!

Health Care Personnel: VDH requires all Health-Care Personnel (HCP) to provide documentation of immunization or evidence of immunity to the following: hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella; a one-time dose of tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine regardless of the interval since the last dose of tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine was administered (Td or Tdap boosters shall be received every 10 years);

and the current year s seasonal influenza vaccination.

Benefits:
The Virginia Department of Health offers 12 paid holidays, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, retirement plans (including 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan) as well as sick, family/personal, and annual leave.

This Position will be responsible for:
Program Leadership (IAP), Community Liaison and Direct Patient Care

Program Leadership

• Provides leadership by supporting the State and District visions, missions and goals; complies with organizational procedures and policies
• Develops policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
• Develops quality improvement indicators and core measures as part of the process to enhance public health programs and services
• Supports research across disciplines related to public health priorities and population‐level interventions
• Applies the requirements of patient confidentiality, human subject protection and research ethics into data collection and processing
• Identifies opportunities to use public health informatics skills to improve public health programs and business operations
• Demonstrates ethical standards of practice in all aspects of public health and public health nursing as the basis of all interactions with individuals, communities, and organizations
• Recommends a course of action in response to identified ethical issues
• Supports the development of interprofessional teams and work groups
• Uses a comprehensive set of relevant variables within and across systems to measure health and public health conditions
• Uses policy analysis methods to align with public health nursing practice and public health issues
• As required monitors VEDSS, ESSENCE and other epidemiology technology to identify trends/outbreaks and participates in vaccine preventable illness response and may collect specimens and/or administer vaccinations to children and adults
• As required in support of an emergency, serves as a key member of the emergency epi response team and assists the local emergency planner in responding to outbreaks and other all hazards incidents
• May be responsible for communicable disease investigations and assisting with outbreaks in schools, the community, nursing facilities and other congregate care settings (including but not limited to prisons and homeless shelters)
• May serve as the subject matter nursing expert for communicable disease issues in the district

Community Liaison

• Promotes public health awareness, health risk reduction and preventative health in the community through community screenings, mass clinics, community programs, and community events
• Informs, educates and empowers the community regarding health issues
• Maintains knowledge of current…