SENIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE - 64006220 1 1

Requisition No: 840913 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: SENIOR COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE - 64006220 1 1

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64006220 

Salary:  $2,614.40 Biweekly 

Posting Closing Date: 11/20/2024 

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Job Posting Category:  Open Competitive

 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This is a professional nursing position within the Clinical Department of the Department of Health in Charlotte County (DOH-Charlotte). The incumbent in this position is responsible for providing direct clinical services to clients accessing Immunizations, Family Planning, Sexually Transmitted Infections/Diseases (STI/STD)/HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and Refugee Health Programs. These activities include provision of adult and childhood immunizations according to CDC/ACIP guidelines, provision of contraceptive methods, family planning counseling and referral services, STD/HIV testing and counseling, TB disease investigation and case management. This position requires knowledge of the public health system and the professional skills to interact with patients, health care providers and community partners along with the ability to interact with people with diverse social, economic, and cultural lifestyles and characteristics.  This position also requires communication skills to interview, counsel, and provide client education. This position reports directly to the Public Health Services Manager B-SES.

 

Immunizations

• Administers child and adult immunizations according to ACIP and CDC guidelines
• Remains current with vaccine updates and ensures colleagues receive current information
• Ensures all vaccines are entered and tracked in Florida Shots
• Ensures safe handling and storage of vaccines according to VFC protocols
• Engages in child and adult vaccination promotion and advocacy in the community
• Provides outreach vaccination services for adults and children 

 

Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Provides STI/HIV counseling and testing
• Administers STI treatments (oral, IM, SQ) per provider’s orders
• Provides Nurse Issuance medications according to protocol
• Documents health history, assessments, plan of care in the Health Management System
• Provides health education using evidence-based educational programs in a variety of community settings

Family Planning

• Educates and provides family planning services according to Family Planning Title X Administrative and Clinical Manuals and protocols
• Documents health history, assessments, plan of care in the Health Management System
• Documents and tracks information requested by the Healthy Start program
• Educates and refers for tubal ligations and vasectomies according to protocol
• Provides Nurse Issuance medications according to protocol
• Tracks and reconciles Nurse Issuance medications
• Consults with clinical providers as needed

 

Tuberculosis Control

• Provides backup TB case management services for TB and LTBI patients

• Implements and coordinates interventions identified in a case management plan
• Delivers continuous TB care by linking patients with appropriate service providers
• Ensures ongoing evaluation of the case management plan regarding patient treatment adherence and adjusts the plan accordingly

• Performs contact investigation around infectious TB cases
• Documents HIV results for TB cases in HMS and RVCT

• Provides targeted TB testing and complete treatment for latent TB Infection (LTBI) among populations at high-risk for TB