Public Health Nurse

4 days ago

Omaha, Nebraska, United States Douglas County Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Public Health Nurse to join our team at Douglas County. The successful candidate will provide nursing services in various community, office, and clinic locations, assessing individual and community health status, identifying current or potential health risks and conditions, and planning and implementing appropriate individual or community level interventions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide nursing services, including assessing individual and community health status, identifying current or potential health risks and conditions, and planning and implementing appropriate individual or community level interventions.
  • Execute nursing plans and/or treatment regimens, referrals, and follow-ups, collaborating with supervisors or other staff.
  • Establish and maintain effective work relationships with clients, supervisors, County employees, elected officials, attorneys, law enforcement, judges, other agencies, and the public.
  • Comply with Civil Service policies and regulations, collective bargaining agreements, County policies, department policies, and laws to create a cooperative, safe, respectful, and quality work environment.
  • Conduct educational sessions, including presentations, lectures, workshops, classroom training, videos, and one-on-one sessions.
  • Respond to inquiries, supply current health condition information, and provide educational information promoting good hygiene, lifestyle changes, optimum health maintenance, disease prevention, and other appropriate health care practices.
  • Track and maintain reported communicable disease cases/data, immunization history/status, feto-infant death, and STI Clinic client activity, creating reports.
  • Be familiar with local, state, and national communicable disease statistics and current communicable disease trends, preparing for possible local outbreaks.
  • Implement current disease control measures during local disease outbreaks and public health emergencies, coordinating and performing nursing functions.
  • Prepare and maintain information, including records, reports, and documents.
  • Assist with program evaluation, recommending methods to maximize program efficiency.
  • Assist in developing, writing, implementing, and reporting of grants/other funding requests.
  • Maintain job knowledge and skills, including research, meetings, trainings, seminars, webinars, conferences, and continuing education.
  • Assist in training and orientation of new employees and assigned staff.
  • Serve on internal and community committees.
  • Collaborate with internal and community agencies regarding domestic preparedness with public health emergencies.
  • Participate in public health emergency response planning and training, responding during emergencies.
  • Safely operate a motor vehicle when required to travel on County business.
  • Report to assigned work location with regular, consistent attendance.
  • Perform other duties as assigned and directed.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Nursing required.
  • Registered Nurse (RN) with a current Nebraska license required upon hire and maintained in good standing throughout employment.
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
  • Experience in public health, nurse case management, and communicable disease control preferred.
  • One (1) year of MSOffice, database, and graphics experience/training preferred.
  • Valid driver's license and own transportation upon hire and maintained throughout employment required.
  • Completion of a pre-employment criminal record check, conditional offer drug screen, and physical assessment required.

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