What are the responsibilities and job description for the COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE - HEALTH position at City of Manchester, NH?
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE - 7070
GRADE 20
PAY RANGE - $62,192 - $88,712/yr - plus a comprehensive benefits package
Competitive starting salary based on experience - Plus generous benefits package
General Statement of Duties:
Performs community health nursing duties, including case management and immunizations. Completes other public health duties such as communicable disease investigation and follow-up, public health education and screenings, and public health and department public relations and public health promotional activities. Performs related community health duties.
Examples of Essential Work:
- Plans, directs and evaluates community health programs across numerous program areas, including but not limited to, communicable disease investigation, clinical services for STDs and HIV/HCV, immunization services, and home visiting for chronic conditions and environmental exposures;
- Ensures all programming and services are consistent with Federal and State guidelines, regulations and statutes governing nursing practice, as well as local policies and ordinances;
- Compiles, analyzes and interprets narrative, statistical and program reports and records;
- Assists with preparing grant applications as needed and assigned;
- Manages patient caseloads and communicable disease investigations including individuals with severe medical, behavioral and/or psychological health concerns requiring trauma informed practices to meet their complex health needs;
- Completes community and/or public health investigations, including documentation and reporting;
- Monitors disease cases for compliance with isolation and quarantine; including properly using personal protective equipment when required;
- Performs complex medical procedures consistent with individualized health care plans as dictated by medical orders;
- Assures that standing medical orders and public health counter measures are deployed as directed by the Medical Director and State;
- Performs public health and department public relations and public health promotional activities;
- Provides specialized nursing consultative services, public health education, and recommendations to physicians and other health care providers;
- Performs immunizations, testing, health screening and assessments;
- Provides expanded off-site clinical services to reach vulnerable populations, such as immunization clinics in homeless shelters and via mobile outreach;
- Coordinates services and information with other agencies in order to provide clinical case management for clients, including referrals to primary care practices and other specialty services and community-based services as needed;
- Develops and maintains medical records and other related confidential documentation of case management for clients receiving direct nursing care services; including utilizing multiple confidential databases to record communicable disease cases;
- Collects and maintains data relating to public health issues;
- Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions; and more...
Acceptable Experience and Training:
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing; and
- Some experience in community health or general nursing; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.
Required Special Qualifications:
- Registered Nurse in New Hampshire.
- Possession of a Valid New Hampshire Driver's License.
- CPR & First Aid Certification.
Salary : $62,192 - $88,712
