PH Staff Nurse

FOREST COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Job Description

Position Title: Staff Nurse

Reports to: Health Department Director

FLSA Status: Nonexempt

County Status: Regular Full Time Employee (40 Hour Work Week)

Pay Grade/Pay Structure: $27.29 per hour

I. Position Summary

Provides support to population-based programs and services at the individual and family, community, and systems level in cooperation with public health nurses. Works collaboratively on the core public health functions of assessment, policy development, and assurance. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing services delivered to individual clients with the goal of maintaining optimal health. Performs other duties as required.

II. Essential Functions and Primary Duties

This list of duties is not to be construed as all-inclusive, and may be modified as agency programs change and as agency need requires.

− Assists in the monitoring of the health status of individuals and families and develop appropriate health plans.

− Assists with the investigation of health problems and health hazards in the community, including assistance with prevention and control of communicable diseases.

− Promotes the health of individuals and families through informing, educating, counseling, and appropriate intervention.

− Assists with efforts to mobilize community partnerships to address public health issues.

− Assists with the development of policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts, and communicate and interpret such policies and plans to the public and other community agencies. This also includes planning and managing a client caseload, including coordination of intra- and inter-agency services.

− Assists with enforcement of public health laws and regulations under the direction of the

Health Officer and/or public health staff.

− Links individuals, families, and the community with needed resources. This also includes: o Providing population-based public health nursing services in schools, homes, jail, offices, worksites, clinics, community health fairs, and other settings in the community, based on nursing and public health principles, concepts, and practices and under the direction of a public health nurse. o Providing services aimed at the promotion of health and the prevention of disease in individuals, families, and groups under the direction of a public health nurse.

− Assures a competent public health workforce by assisting with and participating in training, advising, and orientating public health staff and other community professionals. This also includes:

o Participation in provision of clinical educational experiences for students in professional and allied health. o Participation in professional development. o Carrying out public health nursing functions according to standards set forth by the

Nurse Practice Act, ANA Code of Ethics, and the Scope and Standards of Public

Health Nursing Practice.

− Participates in the evaluation of the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal health services. This includes accurate and appropriate documentation of individual and family interventions.

− Assists with researching for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.

− Assures access to primary health care for all residents through referral or actual provision of the service.

− Fosters the understanding and promotion of social and economic conditions that support good health.

− Other duties as assigned within the scope of responsibility and skill requirements for the job.

− Available to report to work outside of regular hours in case of public health emergency.

III. Supervision

Works under the supervision of the Forest County Health Department Director.

IV. Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of

those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the

essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear; reach with hands and arms; stand and walk. The employee is frequently required to sit, bend, and push and pull; and occasionally stoop, kneel, and crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally exert force in excess of 100 pounds and transfer patients with weights greater than 100 pounds. Frequently performs tasks, which require hand-eye coordination. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Ability to wear gloves, masks and other protective equipment.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to weather conditions; hazards of driving; unclean inside environmental conditions; and difficult interpersonal interaction with exposure to potentially violent patients. May be exposed to infections, contagious diseases and the risk of blood borne pathogens. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

V. Minimum Qualifications

Education: Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing from an accredited program. Graduation from a school of nursing which is accredited by the national professional nursing accrediting program.

Experience: At least one year experience in the community is preferred.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

- Analytic Assessment Skills- Define a problem for individuals, families, communities, and systems using relevant data.

- Policy Development/Program Planning Skills- Collect, summarize, and interpret information relevant to an issue. Implement under supervision, public health laws, regulations, and policies related to specific problems.

- Communication Skills - Communicate effectively both in writing and orally.

- Use the media, advanced technologies, and community networks to communicate information.

- Cultural Competency Skills - Utilize appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic, and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences.

- Community Dimensions of Practice Skills – Identify community assets and available resources.

- Nursing and Basic Health Sciences Skills - Identify responsibilities within the context of the Essential Public Health Services and Core Public Health Functions.

- Financial Planning and Management Skills - Assist with the management of programs within budget constraints.

- Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills - Help create key values and a shared vision and use these principles to guide action.

Licenses and Certifications: Current Wisconsin License to practice as a registered professional nurse. Must possess and maintain a valid Wisconsin driver’s license, maintain minimum county insurance requirements, and have availability of a reliable vehicle.

Forest County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with

Disabilities Act, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals

with disabilities and encourages both prospective employees and incumbents to discuss

potential accommodations with the employer.

THIS DESCRIPTION DOCUMENTS THE GENERAL NATURE AND LEVEL OF

RESPONSIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS POSITION. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A

COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL ACTIVITIES, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

REQUIRED OF INCUMBENTS. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO LIMIT OR MODIFY THE RIGHT

OF ANY SUPERVISOR TO ASSIGN, DIRECT, AND MONITOR THE WORK OF

EMPLOYEES UNDER SUPERVISION.

Approvals: Approved by Full County Board on September 21, 2022

Department Head: ____________________________________ Date: ___________________

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $27.28 - $27.29 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Medical Specialty:

• Public Health

Physical Setting:

• Community health center

Ability to Relocate:

• Crandon, WI 54520: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $27 - $27