Community Public Health Nurse: Impactful Fieldwork & Prevention

Indian Health Service; McLaughlin (SD); On-site; USD 98,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

The Indian Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services seeks a qualified nurse to provide professional community/public health nursing services through direct care to individuals, families, and populations, including home and school visiting and population-based assessment and intervention activities.

Responsibilities include planning and delivering services, conducting population assessments, leading outbreak investigations, and mentoring teams while ensuring documentation and

Responsibilities

• Independently plans, prioritizes, and delivers community/public health nursing services to individuals, families, groups, and defined populations, integrating public health principles with clinical practice (e.g., primary prevention, chronic disease management, maternal/child health, and communicable disease prevention/control).
• Conducts comprehensive population and community assessments by analyzing demographic, clinical, and epidemiologic data to identify trends, priority health issues, high-risk groups, and disparities, and translates findings into targeted prevention and early intervention strategies.
• Leads or coordinates communicable disease investigations and outbreak response activities and develops, implements, and evaluates community-based health programs in collaboration with public health entities and community/tribal partners.
• Serves as a clinical and public health resource through consultation, mentoring, and training, and advances program effectiveness through evaluation, quality improvement, accurate documentation, and adherence to nurse practice acts and public health nursing standards.

Skills

Public health nursing

Population health assessment

Clinical practice integration

Job description

The Indian Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services seeks a qualified nurse to provide professional community/public health nursing services through direct care to individuals, families, and populations, including home and school visiting and population-based assessment and intervention activities.

Responsibilities include planning and delivering services, conducting population assessments, leading outbreak investigations, and mentoring teams while ensuring documentation and