Public Health Nurse II

This position will assist in all clinic areas:   TB, STD/HIV, Communicable Disease, Immunizations, Family Planning, and Preparedness.  May coordinate a specific program and/or work as an enhanced role nurse in a specific program. Provides clinic services for health department personal health programs. 

• May train for and practice as enhanced role nurse in one or more programs, especially STD ERRN
• Interviews clients for all programs - obtaining complete patient history, vital signs and assessment for problems
• Counsels patients appropriately ensuring thorough understanding of all clinic procedures, treatments, medications, instructions 
• Distributes educational information based on client need and/or preventive health issues
• Explains birth control methods, administers/dispenses medications, explains lab and/or exam findings, documents in chart 
• Assists in communicable disease/HIV/STD, TB  by giving and reading tuberculin skin tests, helping provide directly observed therapy, investigating, reporting and treating communicable disease, HIV pre- and post-test counseling, and other duties as needed
• Provides adult and childhood immunizations
• Assists with pharmacy inventory and pharmacy duties, packaging and dispensing as needed
• Assists all clinic programs in the follow-up of clients with abnormal labs, pap smears, etc.
• Assists with Preparedness activities such as communicable disease follow-up and/or delivery of DOT, mass prophylaxis, etc. where extra nursing support is needed 
• Acts as a backup for employee health in relation to maintaining employee immunization records and ensuring employees are up-to-date
• Other duties as required and within registered nurse scope of practice.

Graduation from a four-year college or university with a B.S. in Nursing which includes a Public Health Nursing rotation and one year of Public Health Nursing experience; or Master’s in Public Health and graduation from a school of professional nursing and one year of professional nursing experience; or graduation from a school of professional nursing and two years of professional nursing experience including one year of Public Health Nursing experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.