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JOB TITLE: Public Health Nurse

MUSTS: Must have one or more years experience as a professional nurse, public health or community nursing experience preferred. Must have a current Colorado Registered Nurse License and a valid Colorado Driver's License. Must be culturally competent and willing to work with individuals, families, and groups of varying ages, and economic and cultural backgrounds. Must have knowledge of and the ability to plan, develop, implement, modify, and evaluate public health programs. Must also have skills using computers and other electronic communication devices (such as Word Processing, Excel Spreadsheets, PowerPoint, email, Google Docs and Google drive, social media, and other data applications, programs and tools). Will need to have the ability to adapt to unforeseen circumstances especially during an emergency, disaster, or disease outbreak.

SKILLS: Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school is preferred, with knowledge of the principles and practices of public health and public health nursing. Clinical skills including physical assessment, injections and medication administration, interviewing and counseling. Ability to effectively express ideas orally and in writing as well as make effective oral presentations before groups of people. Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment, as well as exercise tact, courtesy, and discretion. Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Bilingual skills are preferred, but are not mandatory.

DUTIES: Provides education to the community on health topics and available services. Prepares promotional materials and conducts presentations.

Collaborates with others in the community such as, schools, community agencies, service organizations, etc. to achieve public health goals.

Participates in health policy development and health data collection and analysis.

Provides consultation and immunizations to international travelers.

Performs appropriate nursing assessments, screening tests, and care coordination to individuals, groups of individuals, and families. Provides appropriate individualized health education, counseling, and referrals.

Investigates incidents and outbreaks of reportable communicable disease. Follows appropriate reporting procedures. Provides interventions and education to prevent spread of disease. Participates in outbreak response teams as necessary.

Provides case management to clients with tuberculosis (latent and active). Conducts contact investigations. Performs disease control activities. Administers TB skin tests.

Administers immunizations to infants, children, and adults in office and community settings. Participates in mass immunization campaigns. Promotes immunizations within the community.

Actively participates in emergency/disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Attends training, drills and exercises.

Assists in addressing social determinants of health through developing, implementing, and evaluating community health programs, including identification and management of grant funding.

Acts as a mentor to students. Assists in the orientation of new staff. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

May occasionally oversee work of support staff, particularly at off-site activities.

WAGES: Negotiable. Salary to be discussed further with the employer.

BENEFITS: Full package of benefits to be discussed with the employer.

JOB TO START: As soon as a qualified applicant is hired.

DURATION: This is a permanent position.

SHIFT: This is a full-time, 40 hours per week position. The exact days and hours are to be determined by the Employer.

JOB SITE: Del Norte, Colorado, Rio Grande County

HOW TO APPLY: HOW TO APPLY: If you meet the minimum requirements for this position, please click on How to Apply to view application information. You must be registered with Connecting Colorado to view the a plication information (registration is available at no cost).