Public Health Nurse

Campbell County, WY; Wyoming; On-site; USD 62,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Campbell County, WY seeks a Public Health Nurse to assess health needs of individuals and communities, provide nursing, teaching, and health counseling to prevent disease. Care is delivered through home visits and in-office settings, with careful documentation and reporting to state agencies.

You will perform tests and treatment of communicable diseases and operate at a professional journey level, collaborating with local health programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Nursing or a related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in public health nursing.
• Any equivalent combination of training, education, and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assess the health needs of individuals and groups within the locality.
• Provide nursing care through home visits and in-office care.
• Document client care, collect data, and report to the state as necessary.
• Test and treat communicable diseases.
• Perform work at the professional journey level.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Medical terminology

Data collection

Writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

1–3 years public health nursing experience

Equivalent combination of training and experience

Job description

Assesses the health needs of individuals and groups within the locality. Provides nursing, teaching, and health counseling services to the community to prevent or control diseases or adverse health conditions. Provides nursing care both through home visits and in-office care. Documents client care, collects data, and reports to the state as necessary. Tests and treats communicable diseases. Performs work at the professional journey level.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Nursing or a related field
• One (1) to three (3) years of experience in public health nursing
• Any equivalent combination of training, education, and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities

Required Licenses or Certifications:

• Class C driver's license
• License to practice as professional Registered Nurse in the state of Wyoming
• CPR certification

Knowledge of:

• English grammar, spelling, and punctuation
• Principles and practices of basic bookkeeping
• Modern office procedures, methods, and computer equipment
• Principles, procedures, methods, and techniques of physical, biological, behavioral, and nursing sciences and health care
• Principles and practices of public health nursing
• Nursing Code of Ethics
• Techniques and methods of assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation
• Principles and practices of nutrition
• Causes and methods of control of various communicable diseases
• Principles of child development
• Medical terminology
• Principles and methods of training and instruction

Skill in:

• Interpersonal skills necessary to develop and maintain effective and appropriate working relationships
• Performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature
• Performing basic mathematical functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and ratios
• Communication, both oral and written
• Operating a variety of medical and laboratory tools and equipment

Ability to:

• Meet schedules and deadlines of the work
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions
• Accurately organize and maintain paper documents and electronic files
• Maintain the confidentiality of information and professional boundaries
• Collect, compile, and analyze information and data
• Apply medical diagnosis and treatment to patient care
• Interpret medical data and prepare medical reports

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The position involves heavy physical demands, such as exerting up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or up to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects.

Campbell County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.