Mobile Public Health Nurse — Home & Community Care

Baltimore County Government; Towson (MD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Baltimore County Government seeks a Public Health Nurse for the AERS program in Towson, MD. Under general supervision, the nurse plans, coordinates, and provides professional nursing assessments and person-centered care planning in home and community settings.

The role includes reviewing LTSS assessment requests, contacting clients timely, conducting home visits, and ensuring compliance with state and Medicaid regulations while delivering health screening education and counseling.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in nursing.
• OR Graduation from an accredited diploma school of nursing.
• Plus at least one-year of professional nursing experience.
• Additional qualifying education may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
• OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate in arts degree in nursing; Plus two years' professional nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing assessments, person-centered care planning and referral services to individuals, families, groups, and institutions.
• Reviews Maryland Department of Health LTSS assessment requests upon assignment of cases.
• Contacts assigned clients/representatives timely.
• Conducts home visits.
• Completes nursing assessments and high-quality person-centered care planning timely to ensure timely access to home and community-based services.
• Provides case management, ongoing monitoring and evaluation of person-centered care plan.
• Assesses and monitors clients' physical and mental states of health and determines need for community-based resources.
• Ensures compliance with state, federal and Medicaid regulations.
• Provides health screening education and counseling in the areas of disease prevention, health maintenance, and mental health.
• Participates in the instruction and orientation of new public health nurses.
• Prepares and maintains nursing records and reports.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care planning

Public health nursing

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Diploma in nursing

Associate in arts degree in nursing

Job description

Baltimore County Government seeks a Public Health Nurse for the AERS program in Towson, MD. Under general supervision, the nurse plans, coordinates, and provides professional nursing assessments and person-centered care planning in home and community settings.

The role includes reviewing LTSS assessment requests, contacting clients timely, conducting home visits, and ensuring compliance with state and Medicaid regulations while delivering health screening education and counseling.