Public Health Registered Nurse

3 weeks ago

Tucson, United States Pima County Full time

**Position Description**:
**OPEN UNTIL FILLED**

**Salary Grade: 15**

**Pay Range**
**Hiring Range: $31.99 - $38.39 Per Hour**
**Full Range: $31.99 - $44.78 Per Hour**

The Pima County Health Department is seeking a dedicated Public Health Registered Nurse to join our team. In this intermittent role, you will be responsible for delivering professional nursing care to clients in a variety of settings, including homes, clinics, schools, libraries, and other community environments. Your clients may be individuals, families, or groups/populations.

Under the general supervision of the Clinic Nurse Manager, you will be an integral part of the healthcare team, assessing, planning, and providing nursing care within the Pima County Health Department (PCHD) clinical setting. As part of the clinic-based nursing services, you will offer direct patient care, including immunizations and sexual and reproductive health services.

This position requires close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, community partners, and residents. Your efforts will focus on providing vaccines and other health-related services, prioritizing the needs of Pima County residents and neighborhoods with the greatest need.

**Duties/Responsibilities**:
(Work assignments may vary depending on the department's needs and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.)

Administers general nursing care to patients in an assigned area including clinics and homes;
Maintains and interprets standards of public health nursing programs;
Gives medications and treatments under physician's orders;
Reviews medical claims for appropriateness of charges relating to care and payment;
Observes, records and reports patient's reactions, responses and general condition;
Conducts utilization reviews and/or quality assurance surveys and prepares related reports;
Confers with physicians, managers or department heads regarding Quality Assurance/Utilization Management (QA/UM) problems and recommends alternative solutions;
Identifies patients who have physical and emotional illnesses or disabilities, through observations and analysis of records, and assists families to secure appropriate medical, hospital and other needed care;
Plans, authorizes and coordinates medical equipment and medical services for patients;
Collects data, compiles statistical information, and prepares records and reports for use in program planning and evaluation, and in health-related surveys and studies;
Receives and reviews emergency notifications from area hospitals and health care facilities;
Ensures the maintenance of proper standards of nursing;
Coordinates nursing care with other activities and programs;
Demonstrates and teaches nursing care techniques and orients new personnel;
Assists in setting standards and evaluating personnel performance;
Participates in maintaining a safe, orderly and therapeutic environment;
Writes reports or conducts surveys as required;
Supervises assigned personnel in a specialized patient-care function or unit;
Assumes responsibilities of higher level nursing personnel in their absence.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
Knowledge of:

- the principles, practices and techniques of nursing and public health nursing;
- public health programs and public health science;
- methods and practices of QM/UM in health care;
- billing practices and procedures of health care providers;
- the principles and practices of supervision.

Skill in:

- providing professional nursing and public health nursing services in an assigned area;
- evaluating medical situations and making appropriate decisions;
- analyzing appropriateness of medical charges;
- communicating effectively, both orally and in writing;
- planning, organizing and assigning the work of others.

**Minimum Qualifications**:
**Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with an associate degree and a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Arizona.**
- Minimum one (1) year experience in a clinical setting.
- Experience working with low-income, multi-cultural populations.
- Experience working with electronic health records.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish).

**Selection Procedure**:
**Supplemental Information**:
Special Requirements: Certain positions or functional assignments within this category require a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Nursing and/or varying levels and degree of directly related experience consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position as defined by the Appointing Authority.

Physical/Sensory Requirements: Physical and sensory abilities will be determined by position.

EEO Information**:Pima County Government is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. **We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce and will not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, kinship, polit

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