Public Health Nurse

1 month ago


Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States Virginia Jobs Full time
Job Title: Public Health Nurse

We are seeking a highly skilled Public Health Nurse to join our team at the Virginia Department of Health. As a Public Health Nurse, you will play a critical role in providing professional nursing care to patients in clinics, homes, and schools, and other community or congregate care settings.

Job Duties:
  • Independently provides professional nursing care to patients in clinics, homes, and schools, and other community or congregate care settings.
  • Performs nursing assessments, lab tests, takes measurements, develops and implements care plans, including the administration of medication and case management.
  • Participates in public health emergencies and community health assessments.
  • May supervise support staff.
Requirements:
  • Communicates verbally and in writing, analyzes problems, situations, and suggests solutions, leadership, follow directions, and establishes priorities.
  • Skills in physical examination, health assessment, and interviewing and counseling techniques.
  • Ability to function independently, prioritize and organize work, solve problems, adapt to change, function as a team member, and relate to the public.
  • Knowledge of public health concepts, principles of public health nursing, principles of epidemiology, immunizations, basic nursing science, medical terminology, and case management.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Additional study in health promotion or public health is preferred.
  • Experience in a public health setting or one related to disease prevention and health promotion.
  • Experience in vaccine administration to children and adults.
What We Offer:
  • A front-loaded amount of 40 hours annual leave.
  • 12 paid holidays.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Retirement plans (including 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan).
  • Sick, family/personal, and annual leave.

Please note that employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service's Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion List check, employment reference check, and E-Verify.

The Virginia Department of Health is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment and encourage individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process.


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