+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Assess client health problems and needs, develop and implement | | nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing | | care to Health Department clients. May advise clients on health | | maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Nurse | | will provide Public Health services to clients on a daily basis.Cares | | for population with special needs during disasters/emergencies and | | biological and chemical protocols. | | | | M-F work schedule-13 paid holidays-Excellent benefit | | package | | | | All Coastal Health District, County Health Department employees | | are deemed essential employees in the event of an emergency. As such, | | you may be called on to participate in an event not limited to but | | including, staffing a shelter, a Specimen Point of Collection Site | | (SPOC) and/or Point of Dispensing site (POD). When you are called on | | to participate, you are expected and it will be a part of your job | | requirement to participate, whether the emergency occurs during or | | outside regular work hours. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Job Responsibilities: | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. Provides comprehensive assessment of client's health care needs | | 2. Provides treatments, administers medications/vaccines, and | | preventative/maintenance care to clients and families | | 3. Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, | | plan, implement and evaluate client care plans | | 4. Maintains accurate, detailed reports and client records | | 5. Modifies client treatment plans as indicated by clients responses | | and conditions | | 6. Monitors all aspects of client care, including diet and physical | | activity | | 7. Monitors, records and reports symptoms and changes in clients | | conditions | | 8. Prepares clients for, and assists with, examinations and | | treatments | | 9. Prepares rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and | | ensures that stock of supplies is maintained | | 10. Provides education to clients, families, and community service | | providers | | 11. Provides health care, first aid, and immunizations | | 12. Provides school related health care services. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Minimum Qualifications: | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited college or | | university AND Current Georgia license to practice as a Registered | | Professional Nurse AND CPR certification OR Associate's | | degree/diploma in Nursing from an accredited college AND One year of | | PHN experience AND Completion of a PHN course within one year of hire | | AND Current Georgia Registered Professi nal Nurse license AND CPR | | certification. | | | | Preferred Qualifications: | | BSN; Previous Public Health experience strongly preferred.Applicants | | hired for the position with an ASN degree will be required to | | successfully complete an approved School of Nursing BSN Level Health | | Assessment Course if they have not previously done so. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+