PH Registered Nurse 3

Georgia Department of Public Health; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

13 paid holidays

Vacation & sick leave

Dental

Vision

Long term care insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Fulton County Board of Health seeks five highly qualified candidates for the PH Registered Nurse 3 position within the Nursing & Clinical Services Division. The role focuses on professional nursing care, disease prevention, and health promotion for populations, including disaster response.

Qualified candidates hold an Associate Degree in Nursing, Georgia RN license, CPR, and PHN coursework; or have two years of experience at PH RN 2 or equivalent. Competitive benefits accompany the role.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in nursing; one year nursing experience and PHN course within one year of hire; current Georgia RN license and CPR certification; or two years experience at PH RN 2 or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care under broad supervision according to protocols and procedures.
• Promote prevention of illness and health of populations; focus on health maintenance.
• Care for populations with special needs during disasters, emergencies, and biological/chemical protocols.

Skills

Data utilization

Human interaction

Equipment operation

Verbal aptitude

Mathematical aptitude

Functional reasoning

Situational reasoning

Education

Associate degree in nursing

PHN course completion within one year of hire

Georgia RN license & CPR

Job description

Description

Pay Grade: M

Connect passion with purpose. The Fulton County Board of Health provides a variety of services that help protect residents from health threats, increase access to health services to improve health outcomes, and provide information that assists Fulton County citizens in living healthier lives.

The agency is seeking five (5) highly qualified candidates for the position of PH Registered Nurse 3 within the Fulton County Board of Health in the Nursing & Clinical Services Division.

Standard Benefits for FULL Time Salaried Employees

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package that includes a flexible schedule, training opportunities, health insurance, employee retirement plan, deferred compensation, 13 paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, dental, vision, long term care, and life insurance.

www.fultoncountyboh.com

Job Responsibilities

Under broad supervision, provides professional nursing care in accordance with nurse protocols, policies and/or procedures. Focuses on the prevention of illness, injury, or disability, the promotion of health and maintenance of the health of populations. Cares for population with special needs during disasters/emergencies and biological and chemical protocols.

Minimum Qualifications

Associate degree in nursing from an accredited college or university and one (1) year of nursing experience and completion of a PHN course within one year of hire and current Georgia Registered Professional Nurse license and CPR certification; or two (2) years of experience at the lower-level PH Registered Nurse 2 (HCP191) or position equivalent.

Performance Aptitudes

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to synthesize, hypothesize, and/or theorize concerning data involving modification of existing policies, strategies, and/or methods to meet unique or unusual conditions. Requires the ability to do so within the context of existing organizational theories and management principles.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to function in a managerial capacity for a division or organizational unit; includes the ability to make decisions on procedural and technical levels.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment and machinery, requiring the monitoring, adjustment, regulation, and/or setting of multiple conditions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of references, descriptive, advisory, and/or design data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform moderately complex algebraic and geometric operations; ability to utilize principles of basic probability and statistical inference.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions; deal with concrete and abstract variables; and analyze major problems that require complex planning for interrelated activities that can span one or several work units.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in critical and/or unexpected situations involving moderate risk to the organization.

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or email. All qualified applicants will be considered but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for the next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive a notification.

This position is subject to close at any time, once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.

*District 3-2 is an Equal Opportunity Employer*

The State will not unlawfully consider an applicant’s race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, genetic information, political affiliation, protected uniformed service, or other legally protected categories when making selections.

The candidate chosen for employment will be subject to Criminal Background Check/Fingerprinting, Reference Checks.