COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE - 64000336
About The Position
This is a professional nursing position with the Florida Department of Health in Suwannee County (DOH-Suwannee), providing clinical services to clients. The position reports to the Senior Community Health Nursing Director and is based in the office in Live Oak, Florida. The nurse may access records containing Social Security numbers and is responsible for securing confidential and public records in hard-copy and electronic formats. The position serves as Information Custodian for TB, Communicable Disease, and STD/HIV/AIDS case reports, and as backup Information Custodian for Pharmacy records. The nurse provides general nursing clinic services in Immunization, STD, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, TB, Family Planning, and Adult Health programs, following Standard of Care Protocols or physician standing orders and Department of Health Technical Assistance Guidelines. Duties also include Family Planning clinic support, assisting the ARNP with clinical services, and managing Epidemiology Program activities, including reportable disease investigations and entry into the Merlin database. The nurse attends in-service training and staff meetings as directed, maintains CPR certification, orders insulin for clients in the DOH insulin distribution program, enters service data into HMS according to DOH standards, and performs other assigned duties. The incumbent may be required to perform emergency duties before, during, or beyond normal work hours or days, including work in a special needs or Red Cross shelter or other disaster-response activities.
Requirements
- Knowledge of nursing and public health principles, practices, and techniques.
- Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
- Knowledge of community resources.
- Ability to administer medications and assist in or provide preventive health care treatment.
- Ability to teach and demonstrate preventive health care and nursing principles and techniques.
- Ability to work with patients having a variety of physical problems.
- Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
- Ability to communicate effectively and establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Ability to teach basic health care.
- Epidemiology experience.
- Current authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
- Ability to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English.
- Willingness to work before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days in emergencies.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical services to DOH-Suwannee clients in the general nursing clinic.
- Provide services in Immunization, STD, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, TB, Family Planning, and Adult Health programs under Standard of Care Protocols or physician standing orders and in compliance with Department of Health Technical Assistance Guidelines.
- Provide nursing support in the Family Planning clinic, as assigned.
- Assist the ARNP in providing clinical services in accordance with DOH program requirements.
- Carry out Epidemiology Program responsibilities, including investigating reportable diseases and entering information into the Merlin database.
- Secure designated confidential and public records in hard-copy and electronic formats; serve as Information Custodian for TB, Communicable Disease, and STD/HIV/AIDS case reports, and backup Information Custodian for Pharmacy records.
- Attend in-service training and staff meetings as directed.
- Maintain CPR certification.
- Order insulin for clients receiving insulin through the DOH insulin distribution program.
- Enter service data into HMS according to DOH standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Be available for emergency duties before, during, or beyond normal work hours or days, potentially including work in a special needs or Red Cross shelter or other disaster response.
Benefits
- Annual and sick leave benefits.
- Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
- Retirement plan options, including employer contributions.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Tuition waivers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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