Public Health Nurse

Overview

This is a professional nursing role providing primary, preventive, and rehabilitative care to individuals and families in Public Health programs. Employees demonstrate and implement techniques of nursing care and counsel for promotion of health and prevention of disease in clinics and other standard settings within an assigned area. Work involves considerable contact with other community agencies, and at times working with non-professional staff (e.g., clerical, community health paramedics, interpreter, etc.).

In addition to providing direct patient care, employees must be able to collect and report basic patient data and be aware of the uses and misuses of health data. In this agency, an individual employee might be assigned to a variety of different clinic duties at different times. Employees are expected to participate in program or agency-wide planning and quality assurance activities.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities – Work is performed in on-site clinic and other standard settings in an assigned area; employees assess patient needs, provide nursing interventions according to established protocols, explain medical provider’s findings, determine whether there are barriers to obtaining care or following a plan of care, and assist the patient with alternatives if necessary. Based on nursing assessment, knowledge of work, patient input, and medical provider’s instructions or prescription, employees provide care as appropriate, and make referrals to other community or professional groups as needed.

Work requires a basic understanding of public health concepts, nursing theory and practice.

Minimum Education and Experience – A current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing (RN ADN or RN BSN). Primary duty station for the position is the Yancey County Health Department located in Burnsville, NC.

Health Director
202 Medical Campus Drive
Burnsville, NC 28714.