Community Health Nurse - Health

Job Description

Grade 20

Competitive starting salary based on experience - Plus generous benefits package

General Statement of Duties

Performs community health nursing duties, including case management and immunizations. Completes other public health duties such as communicable disease investigation and follow-up, public health education and screenings, and public health and department public relations and public health promotional activities.

Performs related community health duties.

Examples of Essential Work

• Plans, directs and evaluates community health programs across numerous program areas, including but not limited to, communicable disease investigation, clinical services for STDs and HIV / HCV, immunization services, and home visiting for chronic conditions and environmental exposures;
• Ensures all programming and services are consistent with Federal and State guidelines, regulations and statutes governing nursing practice, as well as local policies and ordinances;
• Compiles, analyzes and interprets narrative, statistical and program reports and records;
• Assists with preparing grant applications as needed and assigned;
• Manages patient caseloads and communicable disease investigations including individuals with severe medical, behavioral and / or psychological health concerns requiring trauma informed practices to meet their complex health needs;
• Completes community and / or public health investigations, including documentation and reporting;
• Monitors disease cases for compliance with isolation and quarantine; including properly using personal protective equipment when required;
• Performs complex medical procedures consistent with individualized health care plans as dictated by medical orders;
• Assures that standing medical orders and public health counter measures are deployed as directed by the Medical Director and State;
• Performs public health and department public relations and public health promotional activities;
• Provides specialized nursing consultative services, public health education, and recommendations to physicians and other health care providers;
• Performs immunizations, testing, health screening and assessments;
• Provides expanded off-site clinical services to reach vulnerable populations, such as immunization clinics in homeless shelters and via mobile outreach;
• Coordinates services and information with other agencies in order to provide clinical case management for clients, including referrals to primary care practices and other specialty services and community-based services as needed;
• Develops and maintains medical records and other related confidential documentation of case management for clients receiving direct nursing care services;
• including utilizing multiple confidential databases to record communicable disease cases;
• Collects and maintains data relating to public health issues;
• Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions; and more.

Acceptable Experience and Training

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing; and
• Some experience in community health or general nursing; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications

• Registered Nurse in New Hampshire.
• Possession of a Valid New Hampshire Driver's License.
• CPR & First Aid Certification.
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