PH Nurse Sr. (VDHRN031)

DHRM • Salem, VA

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About The Position

The Public Health Nurse Senior serves as the lead nurse for Family Planning and STI services at the Salem and Vinton offices of the Roanoke City/Alleghany Health District. The position provides comprehensive public health nursing services and ensures high-quality clinical care, coordination of services, and adherence to program guidelines. It provides non-supervisory leadership and expertise in one or more district-wide nursing programs, including developing program goals, policies and procedures; reporting performance; serving as a primary program contact; monitoring compliance; and promoting program use and public awareness. The position performs nursing assessments, may conduct laboratory tests and measurements, develops and implements care plans, administers medication, and provides case management. It may supervise support staff. RN licensure is required by state code.

The role combines program leadership, community liaison work, and direct patient care. It contributes to public health planning, quality improvement, research, ethical practice, informatics, and interprofessional collaboration. It provides care and case management in clinics, homes, schools, and community settings and uses epidemiological data and evidence to plan and evaluate population-level services. Other duties may be assigned. The employee may be asked to assist the agency or state government during an emergency declaration, and VDH may adjust work hours, location, and duties or require training to meet public health needs. If designated a mobile worker, the position may include field work and telework at an alternate location, with periodic attendance at the assigned office for meetings or training.

The Virginia Department of Health serves communities through its Central Office and 35 local health districts. The Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts employ approximately 140 staff and serve a combined population of more than 278,400 across rural and urban communities from nine office locations. VDH offers paid holidays, insurance, retirement plans, and leave. Health-care personnel must provide documentation of specified immunizations or evidence of immunity.

Requirements

• Must hold RN licensure as required by state code.
• Must be certified in Basic Life Support (BLS)/CPR.
• Must be able to be fit tested and perform fit testing for other staff in accordance with the OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134).
• Experience functioning in a leadership role.
• Ability to work independently in home, clinic, community, and school settings and prioritize workload.
• Sound nursing judgment and effective verbal, written, interpersonal, and physical assessment skills.
• Ability to enter, review, and analyze data and statistics and produce reports or recommendations; ability to work in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
• Knowledge and experience in the nursing process, health maintenance, disease processes, physical and behavioral sciences, case management, and basic epidemiology.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary health-care team.
• Knowledge and experience using computers and applications, including the Internet, Microsoft Office, and Google Mail.
• Ability to work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Excellent communication, data interpretation, and computer skills.
• Decision-making, teaching, interviewing, and counseling skills, and ability to analyze and solve problems or situations.
• May travel; some weekend and/or evening hours may be required.
• Must provide documentation of immunization or evidence of immunity to hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella; a one-time Tdap dose and Td or Tdap boosters every 10 years; and the current seasonal influenza vaccination.
• Employment is contingent on satisfactory background and other applicable checks, including criminal history, child abuse and neglect registry, HHS OIG Exclusion List, employment references, and E-Verify.

Nice To Haves

• Public health experience.
• If working with the EPI response team, Certified in Infection Control (CIC) is preferred, along with experience in hospital or long-term-care-facility infection control.

Responsibilities

• Provide lead nursing support for Family Planning and STI services at the Salem and Vinton offices, ensuring clinical quality, service coordination, and compliance with program guidelines.
• Provide non-supervisory leadership and serve as a nursing program expert in one or more district-wide nursing programs.
• Develop program goals, objectives, policies, and procedures; report performance to funding sources and agency staff; serve as a primary contact; monitor service compliance; and promote program utilization and awareness.
• Support State and District visions, missions, and goals while following organizational policies and procedures.
• Develop policies and plans supporting individual and community health efforts and quality-improvement indicators and measures for public health programs and services.
• Support interdisciplinary public health research and apply confidentiality, human-subject protection, and research ethics to data collection and processing.
• Identify opportunities to use public health informatics to improve programs and business operations; uphold ethical practice and recommend responses to ethical issues.
• Support the development of interprofessional teams and workgroups.
• Promote public health awareness, risk reduction, and prevention through screenings, mass clinics, programs, and community events.
• Educate and empower the community regarding health issues; maintain knowledge of community resources and collaborate within and across agencies.
• Serve as a community liaison with groups, employers, committees, and task forces to promote health awareness, risk reduction, and resource development.
• Participate in community activities that increase knowledge of services and assist with community health assessment and improvement planning.
• Assist in obtaining and maintaining health-related data about social and cultural environments, needs, and interests, and assess the quality of data collection methods used for community and population assessments.
• Provide direct patient care and case management in clinics, homes, schools, and community settings.
• Independently perform nursing assessments and administer patient care services.
• Use established concepts, models, theories, policy, evidence, planning models, epidemiology, and analytical methods to plan, conduct, and evaluate population-level interventions.
• Use epidemiological data and other evidence to analyze health determinants and tailor population-level health services.
• Plan health service delivery that integrates cultural perceptions of health and disease and addresses the needs of culturally diverse populations.
• Perform other duties as assigned and assist the agency or state government during emergencies when required.
• Adjust work hours, location, or duties and participate in training as required to meet public health business needs; if designated a mobile worker, work in the field and telework from an alternate location as applicable.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Retirement plans, including a 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan.
• Sick, family/personal, and annual leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed