Public Health Nurse

Department:Community Health Services

Job Status:Full Time

FLSA Status:NonExempt

Reports To:Community Health Services Director

Grade/Level:C42/43

Amount of Travel Required: 90

Job Type:Regular

Positions Supervised:None

Work Schedule: 8 am 4 pm MF with onehour unpaid lunch. Adjustments to schedule with supervisor approval. Some evenings may be required.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Provides public health nursing services and actions directed toward the goals of prevention assessment risk education and health status improvement for individuals families and the community.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully an individual must be able to perform with or without reasonable accommodation each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Timely regular and consistent attendance.

• Project a positive and professional Provide respectful customer service to external and internal clients.
• Assess the needs of individuals families or communities including assessment of individuals home or work environments to identify potential health or safety issues.
• Provides public health information to others either through formal training or informal communications in the most effective manner for that individual or group; distributes educational pamphlets brochures and booklets to the public; utilizes various types of communication to convey information.
• Interview people to obtain health and program specific information; handle complaints inquiries and emergencies as required by state and health district protocol.
• Instruct individuals families or other groups on topics such as health education disease prevention or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
• Work with individuals groups or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of the community.
• Utilize appropriate methods for interacting effectively and professionally with people of all ages and diverse cultural socioeconomic educational racial and ethnic backgrounds sexual orientations lifestyles and physical abilities.
• Follow federal state and local laws regulations rules and/or regulations including HIPPA and grant requirements and health district policies and procedures.
• Perform client assessments by acquiring health and family histories and conducting routine medical tests and makes appropriate referrals; utilize a variety of nursing and counseling skills; provide client education; prepare and maintains patient records; perform laboratory and diagnostic workups providing followup and referrals based on findings; instruct and counsels parents and clients regarding normal anatomy and physiology.
• Use public health surveillance/disease investigation methods in community outreach screening and case finding of communicable and infectious disease and environmental health problems. Assist in the initiation of enforcement or corrective action as required.

• Use quality improvement (QI) and performance management (PM) processes and/or techniques to improve the effectiveness of environmental health programs and services including but not limited to creating implementing and evaluating performance standards and identifying implementing and assessing QI processes.
• Responsibilities include other duties as assigned including but not limited to Accreditation requirements and responding to emergency events.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Bachelors Degree (fouryear college or technical school): Required

Field of Study: Nursing

Experience:

Six 6 plus months of experience in public health or equivalent.

One registered nurse without a BSN is grandfathered into the position of public health nurse as per the classification series adopted by Greene County Board of Health Resolution #1701059.

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office required. Health District Information System (HDIS) Ohio Impact Statewide Immunization Information System (Impact SIIS) and Ohio Department of Health Gateway programs (e.g. Early Intervention Data System (EIDS) Medicaid A Claiming MATCH Ohio Comprehensive Home Visiting Integrated Data System (OCHIDS AHLERS etc. Microsoft Teams SharePoint Adobe Acrobat Pro and video conferencing training including Cisco WebEx GoToMeetingk Zoom and Microsoft Teams to be obtained upon hire.

License & Certifications:

Current and valid Registered Nursing License (RN) as issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing; current CPR certifications; Must possess and maintain a valid drivers license.

Other Requirements:

National Incident Management System (NIMS)/Incident Command System (ICS) 100 200 and 700.a to be obtained within six 6 months of hire.

COMPETENCIES/KNOWLEDGESKILLSABILITIES (KSAs):

A. Public Health Tier: 1 Front Line and Program Support Responsibilities

B. Organizational Competencies

All GCPH employees are expected to adhere to the mission of: Prevent disease Promote health and wellness in Greene County and Protect the quality of our environment. In addition all GCPH employees are expected to meet specified competencies in the following areas:

• Dependability: Demonstrates reliability and trustworthiness and being consistent in performance or behavior.
• Judgement: Ability to apply critical thinking adapt to change and make evidencebased decisions or form opinions while maintaining ethical performance.
• Communication: Communicate in a respectful manner both written and orally in person and through electronic means with linguistic and cultural proficiency.
• Customer Satisfaction: Ensure the health and safety of our community within my abilities and resources and treat our many diverse customers with thoughtful listening and respect.
• Quality: Establish and maintain organizational capacity and resources to support continuous quality improvement.
• Equity: Ability to interact with clients community partners and coworkers with absence of unfair avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people whether those groups are defined socially economically demographically or by other dimensions of inequality.
• Inclusion: Demonstratesthe practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized such as those who have physical or intellectual disabilities and members of other minority groups.
• Community Partnership Skills: Works collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by special interest geographic proximity or similar situation to address issues affecting the wellbeing of our community
• Data Analytics and Assessment Skills: Ability to identify collect and evaluate data as it affects the health of our community or population.

C. Job Specific Competencies

Descriptions of each competency can be found at:

2021 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (phf)

• Data Analytics and Assessment Skills: 1.1T1 1.2T1 1.3T1 1.4T1 1.5T1 1.6T1 1.7T1 1.8T1
• Policy Development and Program Planning Skills: 2.1T1 2.2T1 2.3T1 2.4T1 2.5T1 2.6T1 2.7T1
• Communication Skills: 3.1T1 3.2T1 3.3T1 3.4T1
• Health Equity Skills: 4.1T1 4.2T1 4.3T1 4.4T1 4.5T1 4.6T1 4.7T1
• Community Partnership Skills: 5.1T1 5.2T1 5.3T1 5.4T1 5.5T1
• Public Health Sciences Skills: 6.1T1 6.2T1 6.3T1 6.4T1
• Management and Finance Skills: 7.1T1 7.2T1 7.3T1 7.4T1 7.5T1 7.6T1 7.7T1 7.8T1 7.9T1 7.10T1 7.11T1 7.12T1 7.13T1
• Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills: 8.1T1 8.2T1 8.3T1 8.4T1 8.5T1 8.6T1 8.7T1 8.8T1

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) Position requires this activity up to 33 of the time 0 2.5 hrs./day)

F (Frequently) Position requires this activity from 33 66 of the time 2.5 5.5 hrs./day)

C (Constantly) Position requires this activity more than 66 of the time 5.5 hrs./day)

Physical Demands

Stand O

Walk O

Sit F

Manually Manipulate O

Reach Outward O

Reach Above Shoulder O

Climb N

Crawl N

Squat or kneel O

Grasp O

Speak F

Lift/ Carry

10 lbs. or less O

1120 lbs. O

2150 lbs. O

51100 lbs. N

Over 100 lbs. N

Push/Pull

12 lbs. or less O

1325 lbs. O

2640 lbs. O

41100 lbs. O

50 pounds or more you may request assistance.

Other Physical Requirements

• Vision (Near Distance Color Depth)
• Sense of Sound Sufficient to communicate inperson and on the telephone
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Glasses and gloves

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Employees may be exposed to negotiate use or work with or in the vicinity of blood bodily tissues and fluids; may be exposed to potentially dangerous/fatal infectious diseases.

Workrelated travel may subject employees to conditions that range from inclement weather to dangerous conditions such as snow/ice heat noise and sudden temperature changes. Travel may subject employees to increased risk of driving hazards.

Employees in this classification may occasionally need to relate to members of the public who exhibit challenging atypical or hostile behavior and/or communication.

Contact Information:

For general questions regarding the position please contact:

Evan Dillahunt