Guilford County Public Health will consider upcoming graduating Nursing Students for vacant Nursing positions. A contingent job offer will be made, based on receiving a Nursing licensure (RN).
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES
The Nurse Specialist provides intermediate level professional nursing work in providing primary, preventive and rehabilitative care to individuals in a public health clinical or community setting. Work is performed under the direction of a Nursing Services Supervisor.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS
The Nurse Specialist independently assesses patient needs for nursing care or medical intervention. Work is performed in a clinical setting, in homes, schools, day care centers and business and industry. Employee assesses needs, develops basic nursing care plans and patient goals, explains physician findings and ascertains that instructions are being followed. Employees must differentiate levels of patient criticality to identify crisis situations requiring physician or agency intervention. Nurse may be assigned as a lead worker from time to time.
TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED
Copy of transcript must be submitted with online application. Official college transcripts required at time of hire. Please send transcripts to: Guilford County Public Health/HR, c/o
Robin Reynolds, 201 South Greene Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 or attach a copy to your online application.
NURSE LICENSURE REQUIRED
Copy of nursing license must be submitted with online application. Please attach a copy to your online application.
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The Nurse Specialist provides public health nursing services to individuals, families and population groups. Nursing actions are directed toward goals of prevention, assessment, risk reduction, and health status improvement for individuals, families and communities. Nursing activities include, but are not limited to, systematic analysis of health data, care plan development, health education and advocacy, coalition building, and collaborating with community partners to promote the health of a population. PHNs often collaborate and consult with multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams in order to achieve desirable outcomes for families and communities. The Nurse Specialist interventions occur at individual, family, community and system levels depending upon the responsibilities of the position and the issues involved.
Examples of Duties
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Utilize skills of a registered nurse in promoting wellness in a fast-paced clinic setting including Family Planning, STD, Primary Care, Maternal Health, and JustTEENS Clinics.
• Interpret physician findings and provide prescribed treatments and medications.
• Follow-up of communicable diseases in Guilford County
• Immunization administration for children and adults
• Provide ongoing surveillance and monitoring of activities related to communicable diseases following CDC, North Carolina, and Guilford County guidelines/protocols.
Recruitment Standards
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Good knowledge of the methods and techniques of general nursing care and their relation to medical and surgical practice.
• Good knowledge of methods and techniques used in the prevention of communicable diseases.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with recipients of public health care, other public employees and the general public.
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed instructions of a technical or professional nature.
• Ability to interpret and explain public health laws and regulations.
• Ability to keep records and complete reports.
• Ability to make independent assessments and nursing judgments.
• Ability to apply nursing theory principles, and techniques employed in the field of public health and related programs.
• Good individual patient and family teaching skills.
• Working knowledge of social and economic problems relating to public health, including social determinates of health and health equity.
• Adequate computer skills to allow communication, patient record documentation and accessing information.
Guilford County Public Health will consider upcoming graduating Nursing Students for vacant Nursing positions. A contingent job offer will be made, based on receiving a Nursing licensure (RN).
Necessary Special Qualifications:
Possession of a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the North Carolina Board of Nursing or another Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact State (eNLC) and such other qualifications which may be prescribed by the State Department of Public Health.
Individuals, employed in a local health department, without a BS Degree which includes a Public Health Nursing rotation will be required to complete a Public Health Nurse training program as a condition of continued employment in accordance with Health Services Commission Rule.
Documentation of immunity to: measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenp
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posted: Oct. 22, 2024, 10:40 p.m.
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