Public Health Nurse II - Care Management Program
Job description
Suite A (Health)
Morehead City, NC
Carteret County Government
2023-059
Full-Time
03/03/2023
03/12/2023
Public Health Nurse II – Care Management
The Job
Carteret County Government is seeking a Public Health Nurse II to join the Health Department’s Care Management team. Do you have a nursing degree and public health experience? If you enjoy serving your community, the Public Health Nurse II role may be your next career move!
The Location
Office location is Morehead City, NC.
The Details
Hiring range $61,134.84 - $67,248.32
Posting expires 3/12/2023
Full-time with benefits including paid medical, dental and life insurance; retirement and 401(k) plans; and, paid sick, vacation and holiday leave.
Apply online at https://carteret-apply.pdsvista.com
The Job Description
General Statement of Duties
The Public Health Nurse II - Care Management provides case management for a designated caseload of pregnant women, with sometimes complicated pregnancies or critical environmental concerns. This employee collaborates with the client, and other community partners and Health Care Providers to facilitate client access to those health and social services which enhance the patient’s health/wellbeing and her ability to adhere to the prescribed medical treatment regimen in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. The employee provides services to the patient in a variety of Community and Clinical settings.
Distinguishing Features of the Class
This is intermediate level professional nursing work in providing primary, preventive and rehabilitative care to individuals and families in the Public Health Programs. Employees independently demonstrate and implement techniques of Nursing Care and counsel the promotion of health and prevention of disease through outreach. Employees will be expected to assist in the data collection and review in any project they are associated with. Employees may manage a program-level support activity; participate in program or agency-wide planning and quality assurance activities; contribute observations or data related to patient or community trends or practices ideas for improved program performance; participate in record audits and other program reviews. Work is performed under the direct supervision of the Care Management Supervisor and is evaluated by review of records, reports, in conferences, approval of seminars and observation.
Essential Duties and Tasks
- Uses the nursing process to provide Case Management services to an assigned caseload.
- Completes initial patient assessment and identifies problems, needs, and concerns.
- Accurately identifies and prioritizes patient problems using critical thinking skills.
- Collaborates with client, physician, and other providers to develop a comprehensive plan of care.
- Schedules encounter sessions in collaboration with the health care team and informs patient of the encounter schedule.
- Effectively communicates plan of care and other patient related activities both verbally and in writing to appropriate personnel and agencies.
- Utilizes clinical skills and assessments to work autonomously in outpatient, community settings, and to communicate with physicians and other providers regarding alterations to plan of care.
- Demonstrates the ability to use teaching, learning and counseling skills.
- Identification and referral, acts as a liaison with hospital, physicians, and other programs to locate qualified patients for this program. The goal is to contact/visit all pregnant women who qualify for Medicaid within this geographical area who have Priority Risk Factors related to their pregnancy.
- Any other duty as necessary, including assisting with any public health emergency including but not limited to natural disasters, man-made disasters, influenza pandemics (e.g. H1N1) or other outbreaks of communicable diseases, disaster surveillance and response, to ensure the efficiency of the Health Department.
- Serving in the shelters in the event of an opening due to emergency.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Considerable knowledge of and skill in the application of nursing theory, practices, principles, and techniques employed in the field of public health and related programs; general knowledge of and ability to apply the principles and practices of public health, working knowledge of current social and economic problems relating to public health; working knowledge of available resources and organizations. Ability to deal tactfully with others and to exercise good judgment in appraising situations and making decisions, ability to secure the cooperation of clients, to elicit needed information and to maintain effective working relationships; ability to record accurately services rendered and to interpret and explain records. Must have good verbal and written communication skills, possess the ability to work positively as a team member and be culturally sensitive.
- This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force.
- Work regularly requires sitting and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires walking, speaking or hearing, reaching with hands and arms and repetitive motions and occasionally requires standing, climbing or balancing and stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling.
- Work requires close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color perception, and peripheral vision.
- Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly.
- Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound.
- Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating machines and observing general surroundings and activities.
- Work requires occasional exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment and exposure to outdoor weather conditions.
- Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).
Graduation from a four-year college or university with a B.S. Degree in Nursing which includes a Public Health/Community Health rotation and one year’s experience in Public Health Nursing; or graduation from an accredited school of Professional Nursing and two years of Professional Nursing experience, including one year in Public Health or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Individuals employed in a public health department without a B.S. Degree will be required to complete a Public Health Training Program as a condition of continued employment in accordance with Health Services Commission Rule.
Special Requirements
License to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing and CPR certified. Valid NC Driver’s License.
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