Public Health Nurse

North Slope Borough; Utqiaġvik (AK); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

North Slope Borough seeks a Public Health Nurse in Barrow, AK to deliver basic public health nursing, conduct assessments, treatments, and patient education to promote health within the Department's goals.

Responsibilities include immunizations, family planning counseling, and coordination with other professionals to ensure continuum of care; travel to Arctic villages is required, with possible non-traditional hours.

Qualifications

• RN Program Diploma or Associate Degree required.
• Must obtain Alaska RN licensure within 90 days of hire.
• Documentation free from active pulmonary tuberculosis; background check required.
• Alcohol and drug free workplace.
• Housing is not provided; remote arctic conditions require pre-arranged housing by applicant.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical assessments, treatments and counseling to residents within scope of authority.
• Assist in nursing services, health counseling, and infant/child health including immunizations.
• Prepare reports, maintain records, ensure patient confidentiality.
• Travel to villages within the North Slope Borough.
• Confer and collaborate with other professionals to provide continuum of care.
• May work non-traditional hours including evenings, holidays and weekends.

Skills

Nursing principles and practices

Health teaching

Counseling and interviewing

Local community resources

PC and software applications

Education

RN Program Diploma or Associate Degree

Alaska RN Licensure within 90 days

Job description

Public Health Nurse in Barrow, AK

Provide basic public health nursing services in the examination, assessment and treatment of patients to promote, maintain and restore good health in support of the goals of the Department.

Substitute employees will work on an as-needed basis

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification. Shown are duties intended to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Develop skills in the techniques required to provide medical assessments, treatments and counseling to residents within scope of authority.
• Assist in providing consultation and nursing services to special patient categories; provides general and special health counseling, patient care instructions, and treatment services, and family planning counseling.
• Assist in providing infant and child health assessment, screening and immunization services; educates parents on child development issues and refers clients to other community services.
• Support and enhance the patients' physical and emotional stability; explains nature of illness, plan of care, procedures and treatments to patients, family and significant others
• Prepare correspondence, referrals, social histories, narrative nursing activity reports; updates and maintains a variety of files, records, charts and other documents; gathers, compiles and synthesizes data; maintains appropriate records, prepares reports as required, and maintains patient confidentiality.
• Present outreach programs; talks to community groups regarding program services.
• Confer and collaborate with other professionals to provide continuum of care.
• Present patient and family teaching programs based on identified health care goals.
• In the event of an emergency, will follow responsibilities as outlined in the North Slope Borough and program policies and procedures and the CEMP manual.
• Respect clients by recognizing their rights and maintaining confidentiality, including HIPAA requirements.
• Protect self, co-workers and consumers by following policies and procedures to prevent the spread of blood borne and/or airborne diseases.
• Travel to the villages within the North Slope Borough.
• May be required to work a non-traditional work schedule to include evening, holidays and weekends and may be subject to 24 hour on-call status.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of Department and Borough policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of nursing principles and practices of Health teaching, counseling and interviewing.
• Knowledge of local community resources.
• Demonstrated work experience using PC and common software applications.

Education, Experience, Certifications and Licenses Required

Documentation that the individual is free from active pulmonary tuberculosis; Applicant must pass a criminal history background check conducted by the State of Alaska Background Check Unit.

RN Program Diploma or Associate Degree

Must obtain State of AlaskaRegistered Nurse Licensure within 90 days of hire.

THE NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH IS AN ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE WORKPLACE.

This Job Description reflects North Slope Borough's best effort to describe the essential functions and qualifications of the job described. It is not an exhaustive statement of all the duties, responsibilities or qualifications of the job. This document is not intended to exclude an opportunity for modifications consistent with providing reasonable accommodation. This is not intended to be a contract.

The North Slope Borough offers the following benefit packages to all permanent full time and permanent part time employees who work at least 15 hours a week.

Health care is provided at no cost to the employee (no premiums). Our Health Care package covers major medical, preventive care, vision, dental and prescription drug benefits.

Benefits do not apply to temporary employees.

This position is NON-Rotational. Housing is NOT provided. Therefore, due to extreme weather conditions in the arctic and for your safety, housing accommodations must be located and pre-arranged by the applicant prior to the start of employment. The applicant must pay for housing; it is not provided by the NSB. Please note: The Borough is currently experiencing a housing shortage. Due to the remote setting, applicants are urged to consider this factor prior to submitting an application.