COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE - 64084482

State of Florida•Tallahassee, FL

9d•$54,000 - $58,000•Onsite

About The Position

This is a highly responsible, fulltime professional position in the clinical services unit of the Leon County Health Department. The role promotes and maintains the health of individuals, families, and the community through appropriate preventative and rehabilitative measures. It involves providing comprehensive nursing services in various clinics, including Immunization, Refugee, Integrated (Family Planning/Title X), and Sexually Transmitted Disease clinics. Responsibilities include childhood and adult immunizations, growth and development monitoring, vital signs assessment, counseling, health screening, referrals, follow-up, and maintaining quality records. The position also serves as Lead Nurse for students/residents, trains new staff, and acts as a positive role model. Additionally, the role involves maintaining comprehensive quality records, collecting and reporting data, providing case follow-up, participating in case conferences, conferring with other professionals, formulating and evaluating care plans, assisting in record reviews and QI projects, and recognizing changes affecting community health programs. The nurse will also serve as a staff advisor to student affiliates and new nurses, and follow CDC guidelines for vaccine storage and handling, assisting with vaccine monitoring and inventory. Other duties may include clinic and emergency assignments as required.

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.
Ability to assist in or provide preventive health care treatment to groups.
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.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Ability to teach basic health care.
Registered Nurse License; Florida Statutes Chapters 464
Must be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual, Spanish speaking

Responsibilities

Promotes and maintains health of individuals, families and community through appropriate preventative and rehabilitative measures.
Provides comprehensive nursing in Immunization clinic, Refugee Clinic, Integrated Clinic (Family Planning/Title X), and Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic.
Services include childhood and adult immunizations, growth, and development monitoring, assessing of vital signs, counseling, health screening, health education, referrals, and follow-up of the referrals, maintaining quality records in the clinic or community setting and collecting of laboratory specimen.
Serves as Lead Nurse for the Leon students/residents and trains new staff as requested by supervisor.
Acts as a positive role model to other Leon CHD staff.
Assists with other clinic duties as assigned.
Maintains comprehensive quality records, collects and reports pertinent data to nursing and department supervisors and physicians; provides appropriate case follow-up; participates in case conferences; confers with other professionals; formulates and evaluates care plans, assists in record reviews and QI projects.
Recognizes and understands the changes in the community and nursing practice which affects community health unit programs/plans.
Serves as a staff advisor to student affiliates and new nurses.
Follow the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Vaccine Storage and handling guidelines and assist with Vaccine monitoring and inventory duties.
Other related duties, which may include clinic and emergency assignments as required.