Marathon County-posted 7 days ago
Part-time • Entry Level
Wausau, WI

The public health nurse promotes health and disease prevention through providing a variety of individual, family, and community-based health programs. This position works with the communicable disease team. The work is performed under the direction of the Director of Family Health & Communicable Disease. The position requires primarily weekday hours with some evening and weekend work. Frequent in-state traveling and rare out-of-state traveling for education is required. This is a 32 hour per week position.

  • Conducts disease case investigations.
  • Educates individuals and groups on health and wellness.
  • Provides immunizations, screening, testing and other health services.
  • Responds to urgent public health matters.
  • Utilizes programmatic, community, state, and national data to support community coalition work, quality improvement and for problem solving with individuals, facilities, and communities.
  • Actively contributes to quality improvement activities by proposing ideas for improvement, creating solutions, and actively participating in implementation and evaluation.
  • Strategically outreaches to community agencies to partner around services and referrals.
  • Collaborates with community partners to improve health in the community.
  • Conducts case management of pregnant women, children and families, refugees/immigrants, and individuals with infectious diseases requiring treatment by the health department.
  • Prepares a plan of care with client and provides interventions as outlined in policies and procedures.
  • Responds to reportable communicable diseases as defined by state statues. This may involve investigation, contact tracing, teaching, and collaboration with medical providers.
  • Provides consultation to businesses, long term care facilities, daycares, and other congregate settings to prevent disease transmission in an outbreak.
  • Participates in public health preparedness activities and assumes assigned role within the department's Incident Command Structure.
  • Works in a variety of settings that may include the office, client homes, and the Marathon County jail.
  • Documents all public health interventions using established systems in a timely manner.
  • Develops data focused policies, documents, educational handouts or social media postings to share reputable information with the community.
  • Establishes professional development goals that are supportive of broader County goals.
  • Participates in continuing education activities to update skills and knowledge.
  • Promotes best practices within the organization by bringing forth new knowledge from current research, conferences, and expert consultation to update standards of care.
  • Actively contributes to a positive organizational culture.
  • Performs related work as required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in nursing or an advanced degree in nursing from an approved college/university.
  • License to practice nursing in Wisconsin.
  • CPR certification needed. If the candidate does not possess it at the time of application, it will need to be attained within the first three months of employment.
  • Driver's license and a driving record that meets County standards.
  • Experience with women who are pregnant, postpartum, and/or young children and their families on an inpatient, outpatient, or community setting.
  • Experience with vulnerable populations professionally or as a volunteer.
  • Experience responding to or treating communicable diseases.
  • Previous public health experience.
  • Bilingual.
  • Marathon County benefits (benefits are prorated for this position)
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