Public Health Nurse Senior - 08028

Title: Public Health Nurse Senior - 08028

State Role Title: Registered Nurse II/ Nurse Practitioner I/ Physician Assistant

Hiring Range: $56,051 - $62,582

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: CUMB PLATEAU-TAZEWELL

Agency Website: www.vdh.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: State Employee Only - E

Job Duties

The Cumberland Plateau Health District is currently seeking a Public Health Nurse Senior (Registered Nurse) based at the Tazewell County Health Department, to join our dedicated team of Public Health Nursing Professionals.

Provides non-supervisory leadership and serves as a nursing program expert in one or
more nursing services/programs district wide. Develops program goals, objectives,
policies and procedures, reports program performance to funding sources and agency
staff, serves as primary contact for staff and external inquirers about the
program/service, monitors service delivery for compliance to applicable policies and
procedures, and promotes the program to increase utilization and public awareness.
Performs nursing assessments, may perform lab tests, take measurements, develop
and implement care plans, including the administration of medication and case
management. May supervise support staff. Actions require licensure as a RN by state
code.

1. Program Leadership
 Provides leadership by supporting the State and District visions, missions and
goals; complies with organizational procedures and policies
 Develops policies and plans that support individual and community health
efforts
 Develops quality improvement indicators and core measures as part of the
process to enhance public health programs and services
 Supports research across disciplines related to public health priorities and
population-level interventions
 Applies the requirements of patient confidentiality, human subject protection
and research ethics into data collection and processing
 Identifies opportunities to use public health informatics skills to improve public
health programs and business operations
 Demonstrate ethical standards of practice in all aspects of public health and
public health nursing as the basis of all interactions with individuals,
communities, and organizations
 Recommends a course of action in response to identified ethical issues
 Supports the development of interprofessional teams and workgroups
 Uses a comprehensive set of relevant variables within and across systems to
measure health and public health conditions.
 Uses policy analysis methods to align with public health nursing practice and
public health issues
 As required monitors VEDSS, ESSENCE and other epidemiology technology to
identify trends/outbreaks and participates in vaccine preventable illness
response and may collect specimens and/or administer vaccinations to children
and adults
 As required in support of an emergency, serves as a key member of the
emergency epi response team and assists the local emergency planner in
responding to outbreaks and other “all hazards” incidents
 May be responsible for communicable disease investigations and assisting with
outbreaks in schools, the community, nursing facilities and other congregate
care settings (including but not limited to prisons and homeless shelters)
 May serve as the subject matter nursing expert for communicable disease
issues in the district
2. Community Liaison
 Promotes public health awareness, health risk reduction and preventative
health in the community through community screenings, mass clinics,
community programs, and community events
 Informs, educates and empowers the community regarding health issues
 Maintains knowledge of current community resources and provides inter and
intra agency collaboration to meet needs
 Serves as community liaison by meeting with community groups, employers,
committees and task forces to promote public health awareness, risk reduction
and resource development
 Identifies/participates in community activities that enhance public knowledge
of services
 Assists with the community health assessment and improvement planning
processes through partnerships with community services, and providing
information regarding the locality; assess the quality of various data collection
methods used to conduct a comprehensive community/population assessment
 Assist with obtaining and maintaining health-related data about social a