Job Summary:

The Public Health Nurse I will perform basic public health nursing service work in a local or regional health department. Under administrative direction the Public Health Nurse I will provide nursing care and related nursing services in a public health agency.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Participates in analyzing and planning coordinated nursing services in an assigned area.
• Gives skilled nursing care to patients requiring professional nursing service; gives prescribed medications and other treatments.
• Interprets care plans and demonstrates appropriate procedures to licensed vocational nurses, nursing aides, and other staff.
• Participates in coordinating total clinic services in the interest of the patient.
• Provides for continuity of effective patient and family care by exchanging information and cooperating with workers of other community health and welfare agencies concerned such as hospitals, schools, and industries.
• Assists families in achieving healthful, safe living for all age groups by giving instructions and guidance in the basic principles relating to accident prevention, communicable disease control, nutrition, child growth and development, and physical and emotional fitness.
• Aids individuals and families to accept and adjust positively to physical, mental, and social limitations.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of professional nursing principles, techniques, basic sciences, and of community health and welfare resources.
• Ability to apply professional nursing principles, techniques, and basic sciences in homes, clinics, and the community.
• Ability to carry out written and oral instructions and to exercise judgment in the application of nursing care.
• Ability to work cooperatively with people and to maintain an objective attitude.
• Ability to exercise tact and initiative.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education and Experience:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Licensed to practice as a registered nurse (RN) in the state.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Prolonged periods of standing, bending and reaching.
• Must be able to lift up to 70 pounds at times.