Registered Nurse I, II, III

Job Description

Registered Nurse I: $31.34 - DOE

Registered Nurse II: $34.55 - DOE

Registered Nurse III: $38.09 - DOE

DEPARTMENT: Weber-Morgan Health

PERSONNEL STATUS: Full Time

BENEFITS: Health, Dental, Vision, Retirement, 401k match, Sick/Vacation, Life Insurance, Short-term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness; Parental Leave; Maternity Leave

JOB OVERVIEW:

Under general supervision of a Nursing Supervisor, performs community health nursing services as a public health nurse to provide preventative medical services.

Positions in this class can be distinguished by the basic nursing duties they perform in the Clinical Nursing Division.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Works clinical nursing programs as assigned.

Including but not limited to Immunizations, Travel Immunizations, Cancer Screening, Targeted Case Management, Prenatal-5, Baby your Baby, Immigration, STD/HIV, Tuberculosis, Viral Hepatitis, Communicable disease.

Provides skilled community health nursing care.

Including but not limited to, assessing individual or family health needs; create nursing care plans and case management using Weber-Morgan Health Department's standing orders and following state, and federal recommendations; making appropriate referrals as necessary; providing community health education.

Provides clinical services including administering immunizations to adults and children.

Performing clinical breast exams and pap smears.

Specimen collection and preparation of specimens for laboratory testing.

Administers appropriate medication and treatments including injections and oral medication administration.

Order additional follow up and treatments ( i.e.

Diagnostics, imaging, medications)

Conduct communicable disease investigations as assigned.

(i.e.

interviews, contact tracing, treatment, and follow-up).

Answers communicable disease questions asked by the public and other health professionals.

Carry out appropriate public health activities according to the specific program contractual requirements.

May conduct home visitation visits per program guidelines to families and individuals deemed eligible.

Evaluates and sets priorities for public health services, participates in specified programs to the community, provides health education in the community as appropriate, works with other agencies as needed to meet objectives.

Supports outreach clinical activities as assigned.

Supports, participates in the response during a crisis events, i.e.

pandemic response, bioterrorism, natural disasters.

Protects client confidentiality, making sure protected health information is secured.

Process departmental actions while maintaining confidentiality.

Types letters, statement, narrative and statistical reports as assigned, record minutes, agendas and other documents as required.

May draft correspondence as needed.

Other duties as assigned.

Any one position may not include all of the duties listed, nor do the listed examples include all duties which may be found in posi...