What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Health Nurse - Tuberculosis position at Allegheny County Health Department?
How To Apply
Applications are submitted online until the position is filled and/or the posting is closed. After reviewing this job announcement, please click on the link at the bottom of the page to apply online. A resume is required with the application. Further instructions on submission of documents are available in the online application. A resume may not be substituted for an application.
Position Summary
This is advanced professional public health nursing work with team leader components. An employee in this class provides public health nursing services at the full performance level to individuals and their families by teaching and demonstrating principles and techniques of healthful living in clinics and homes. Work is done on a generalized public health nursing basis in an assigned service area or clinic and includes assisting with the guidance of new staff and nursing students. Work is performed independently with guidance and/or advice from a supervisor on unusual or complex problems, who observes work performed and reviews records and reports.
Overview
Fringe Benefits
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Veterans' Preference: Will be awarded to eligible candidates.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - M/F/V/D
Applications are submitted online until the position is filled and/or the posting is closed. After reviewing this job announcement, please click on the link at the bottom of the page to apply online. A resume is required with the application. Further instructions on submission of documents are available in the online application. A resume may not be substituted for an application.
Position Summary
This is advanced professional public health nursing work with team leader components. An employee in this class provides public health nursing services at the full performance level to individuals and their families by teaching and demonstrating principles and techniques of healthful living in clinics and homes. Work is done on a generalized public health nursing basis in an assigned service area or clinic and includes assisting with the guidance of new staff and nursing students. Work is performed independently with guidance and/or advice from a supervisor on unusual or complex problems, who observes work performed and reviews records and reports.
Overview
Fringe Benefits
- Paid holidays, personal days, vacation and sick leave benefits, medical coverage and dental benefits, a retirement plan, life insurance and a deferred compensation plan after eligibility requirements have been met.
- Professional growth through training opportunities (CPR, First AID, Public Health Preparedness, Dignity and Respect, Points of Dispensing, and more); ability to advance in county system; job security; meaningfulness in daily work derived from public service; eligible for federal loan forgiveness; organizational commitment to ACHD’s mission to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable.
- Teaches and demonstrates principles and techniques of disease prevention and health maintenance.
- Takes and evaluates a health history; attains and maintains specific skills in performing basic physical assessments.
- Recognizes health needs, stressing importance of prevention of illness, and giving anticipatory guidance in growth and development.
- Advocates continuing treatment and health supervision in chronic illness and assists patients in securing medical and related services.
- Assists patients in following prescribed health care, assessing family situation and making appropriate nursing care plan.
- Participates in communicable disease programs, doing epidemiologic studies, and assisting with patient care, and interpreting the transmission of disease.
- Coordinates health services in hospitals, other agencies, and the community.
- Works with community groups and organizations on public health nursing aspects of public health programs.
- Participates in planning and conducting educational programs for staff, students, observers, etc.
- Responds to Public Health emergencies as assigned by the Health Department.
- Performs other duties as required or requested.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- The basic principles, practices, and techniques of professional nursing.
- The principles, practices and objectives of public health nursing, their application to specific diseases and their implications of social conditions.
- The resource available to persons in need of health services and ability to use them.
- The effects of illness on patients and family and on home environmental conditions.
- Nursing
- Patient Care
- Patient Interaction
- Case Management
- Interpersonal Communication
- Medical Education
- Nursing Documentation
- Community Engagement
- Data Entry
- Team Building
- Microsoft Office
- Teach basic principles of home nursing care and prevention of disease.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, patients and families.
- Delegate tasks and provide guidance to other staff or students.
- Orient inexperienced staff and other personnel to public health nursing practice.
- Keep accurate records and prepare statistical reports.
- Work with community groups and organizations.
- Travel to and from work locations to carry out assigned responsibilities.
- Microsoft Office programs including Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel and other database programs.
- And use of electronic medical record keeping.
- Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
- Must be able to work in a team environment.
- Respond to public health emergencies.
Veterans' Preference: Will be awarded to eligible candidates.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - M/F/V/D
