Public Health Nurse

IOWA COUNTY • Dodgeville, WI • 8h ago

JOB REQUIREMENTS: JOB SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Director/Health Officer, the Public Health Nurse provides public health nursing services to individuals, families, and population groups. Nursing actions are directed toward the goals of prevention, assessment, risk reduction, and health status improvement for individuals, families, and communities. Nursing activities include but are not limited to monitoring health status to identify community needs and strengths, preventing epidemics and the spread of communicable diseases, protecting against environmental hazards and injury, promoting, and educating the population in healthy behaviors, linking people to health services, actively participating in emergency preparedness response and recovery/resiliency, and promoting community partnerships. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Under general supervision and/or as part of various workgroups and teams, the Public Health Nurse performs the following essential functions within the framework of Iowa County Health Department\'s provision of the core functions and essential services of public health including the foundational areas and foundational capabilities. -Performs professional public health nursing services focusing on assessment and surveillance of communicable disease and infectious disease control using epidemiological principles. -Uses public health surveillance/disease investigation methods in community outreach, screening, and case finding of communicable and infectious diseases that threaten the health of the community. This includes the provision of care coordination for those in vulnerable populations and/or high-risk groups and the use of the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS). -Provides vaccination clinics and addresses emerging public health issues. -Conduct risk assessment, perform screening tests, and administer treatment per protocol. -Plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates immunization programs. -Performs professional public health nursing services focusing on prevention including family and child health, adult health, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), preparedness, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, tuberculosis (TB), communicable disease, immunizations, and primary care. -Promotes Public Health prevention programs on a variety of health topics, including community education in a variety of settings. -Provides health counseling, screening, education, support, and guidance to client/family/community in a variety of community settings, in person, over the phone, and/or electronically to promote optimal health and promote disease. -Collaborates on environmental health and human health hazard situations. -Assists in investigating complaints regarding environmental health problems and environmental health hazards and initiates enforcement or corrective actions as required in collaboration with the Environmental Health Coordinator. -Conducts assessments, home visits, screening, education, and counseling on environmental health topics including health hazards related to lead, radon, air, and water quality. -Water Lab- Provides well water education to county residents. Performs well water testing onsite and maintains a relationship with our partner lab for tests sent offsite. Communicates well water testing results and contamination mitigation options with well owners. -Provides public health nursing assessments and care for individuals and families through home, office, or telephone visits. -Provides screening, referral, and follow-up to identify health needs. -Provides education and counseling on a wide variety of maternal, infant, and child health topics including pre/postpartum care, breastfeeding, safe sleep, and child development. -Participates in ongoing community assessment program planning and implementation. -Delivers targeted culturally appropriate information to help individuals and groups understand health promotion and disease prevention information, policies, regulations, and local code. -Participates in emergency preparedness planning, response, and recovery. -Contributes to a work environment that fosters ongoing educational experiences regarding public health nursing for colleagues, nursing and other health-related students, healthcare professionals, and members of the community. - Participates in professional development programs and ongoing education to maintain current knowledge of public health issues and current nursing practices. -Coordinates assigned grant activities, as directed by the Director or Public Health Nurse Lead. -Assists in the collection of data for statistical information/analysis. -Participates in health-related community partnerships and networks locally and statewide. -Performs other duties as assigned. -Must demonstrate regular and dependable attendance. ** OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor\'s Degree in Nursing from a National League for Nursing accredited program, one to two years of professional nursing experience related to the position, current license to practice professional nursing in WI at time of hire. Candidates must have excellent oral and written communications skills, must be proficient in the use of personal computers and contemporary pc software, and have the ability to establish proficiency with Health Department database programs. Candidates must have the ability to transport self to required meetings or appointments that occur outside of the Iowa County Health Department. Final candidate will be subject to thorough background check. ** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: https://iowacountywi.tylerportico.com/tess/citizen/jobs/job-list/ Other: Required employment application and job description, which includes a more detailed list of qualifications, is available at the Iowa County web site at www.iowacounty.org or available at the Iowa County Employee Relations Department., at 222 N. Iowa St., STE 102, Dodgeville, WI 53533 or call (608) 935-0374.

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