at Cochise County in Douglas, Arizona, United States
Job Description
NATURE OF WORK: Under general supervision, performs professional nursing care of routine difficulty within the scope of practice for RNs or LPNs in a public health program; performs related work as assigned.Performs Public Health nursing work in a specific population-focused geographical area. The focus of this classification is the practice of promoting and protecting the health of client populations using knowledge from nursing, social and public health disciplines. This classification is distinguished from other Patient Care Services and nursing classifications by its primary focus on the prevention of illness and the promotion and maintenance of health of client populations.
Essential Functions
As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class.
TYPICAL DUTIES: (Illustrative Only) Applies principles of epidemiology in disease investigations, community assessments and determining service needs of individuals, families or communities; maintains appropriate confidentiality of all information encountered in performance of duties ;instructs individuals, families and community groups in health education and disease prevention; participates in documentation and reporting of grant deliverables for grant funded program; administers medications and immunizations, following physician's instructions and/or standing orders; decides which vaccines a patient needs when they are significantly behind schedule (RN only); participates in community education and individual patient/client education (LPN may provide health information to clients as directed by supervising RN or physician or as indicated in standing orders to standard protocol/established educational plans; participates in the provision of public health and related medical services at neighborhood, mobile and outreach clinics; plans for and participates in field research related to public health nursing.
