Public Health Nurse Senior

Title: Public Health Nurse Senior

State Role

Title:

RN II/Nurse Prct I/Phy Asst

Hiring Range: $80,262-$87,006

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: EASTERN SHORE-ACCOMACK-CEN

Agency Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

Recruitment Type: Agency Employee Only - A

The Eastern Shore Health District proudly serves Northampton and Accomack counties. Our mission is to prevent illness and disease, protect the environment, and promote optimal health and emergency preparedness for everyone on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. We are people of the community, for the community. Our vision is to drive Virginia's Eastern Shore to the peak of personal, environmental, and community health, setting an example for others to follow.

• 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 effort
• Applies the requirements of patient confidentiality, human subject protection and research ethics into data collection and processing
• Demonstrate 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
• 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

• Promotes public health awareness, health risk reduction and preventative health in the community through community screenings, mass clinics, community programs, and community events
• Serves as community liaison by meeting with community groups, employers, committees and task forces to promote public health awareness, risk reduction and resource development
• Identifies/participates in community activities that enhance public knowledge of services
• Assists with the community health assessment and improvement planning processes through partnerships with community services, and providing information regarding the locality; assess the quality of various data collection methods used to conduct a comprehensive community/population assessment
• Supports the delivery of community health services to community groups and partners

• Provides direct patient care services and case management in clinics, homes and the community
• Independently performs nursing assessments and administers patient care services in clinics, school and community settings
• Plans for health services delivery that integrates cultural perceptions of health and disease and addresses the needs of culturally diverse populations

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.

• Must be certified in Basic Life Support (BLS)/CPR, able to be fit tested and perform fit testing for other staff in accordance with OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR ) [] regulations
• Experience functioning in a…