Public Health Nurse

Job Posting End Date:
01-16-2024
Worker Sub-Type:
Regular
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
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Position Summary:
The Marathon County Health Department is seeking applicants for a Public Health Nurse. Two full-time positions are available, one working primarily with the Nurse-Family Partnership program the other focusing on communicable disease response. Primary activities include:
Nurse-Family Partnership:

• Meet with clients throughout Marathon County to provide support and advocacy throughout pregnancy and early years of motherhood
• Educate clients (parenting skills, taking care of baby, life skills, relationships, breastfeeding)
• Collaborate with health care providers and community partners to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby
• Conduct nursing assessments and complete charting
• For a glimpse into the role, watch: Nurse-Family Partnership Nurses: Changing Lives, Every Day - YouTube

Communicable Disease:

• Conduct disease case investigations
• Educate individuals and groups on health and wellness
• Provide immunizations, screening, testing and other health services
• Respond to urgent Public Health matters

Examples of Work Performed:
The following duties are typical for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Utilizes programmatic, community, state, and national data to support community coalition work, quality improvement and for problem solving with individuals, facilities, and communities.
• Prepares a plan of care with client and provides interventions as outlined in policies and procedures.
• Conducts case management of pregnant women, children and families, refugees/immigrants, and individuals with infectious diseases requiring treatment by the health department (for example: Tuberculosis).
• Develops data focused policies, documents, educational handouts or social media postings to share reputable information with the community.
• Strategically outreaches to community agencies to partner around services and referrals (for example: school counsellors for home visiting referrals or local health care providers to inform of STD clinic services).
• Analyzes program outcomes and client survey data and brings forth ideas for improvement.
• Collaborates with community partners to improve health in the community (ex: actively participates in coalitions by sharing in the work, providing data, and sharing information from practice in the community).
• Responds to reportable communicable diseases as defined by state statues. This may involve investigation, contact tracing, teaching, and collaboration with medical providers.
• Ability to communicate with various audiences on a variety of health-related subjects, including complex communicable disease information.
• Actively contributes to quality improvement activities by proposing ideas for improvement, creating solutions, and actively participating in implementation and evaluation.
• Participates in establishing professional development goals that are supportive of broader County goals.
• Promotes best practices within the organization by bringing forth new knowledge from current research, conferences, and expert consultation to update standards of care.
• Documents all Public Health interventions using established systems in a timely manner.
• Uses guidelines of epidemiological principles and scientific knowledge to collect individual and population data; summarizes, analyzes, and uses data to understand health problems, and designs effective strategies to respond to issues.
• Uses computer programs for data management.
• Collaborates with community partners through referrals and coalitions to promote Public Health.
• Informs, educates, and empowers individuals, families, and population groups about health issues; advocates for individuals, families, and population groups to improve health.
• Provides consultation to businesses, long term care facilities, daycares, and other congregate settings to prevent disease transmission in an outbreak.
• Utilizes appropriate interventions to prevent disease transmission.
• Participates in continuing education activities to update skills and knowledge.
• Participates in Public Health preparedness activities and assumes assigned role within the department's Incident Command Structure.
• Works in a variety of settings that may include the office, client homes, and the Marathon County jail.
• Actively contributes to a positive organizational culture.
• Works well within a team structure, supporting individual and team achievement
• Participates in establishing professional development goals that are supportive of broader County goals.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance; works extra hours as required.
• Performs related work as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of nursing and the medical profession.
• Performs delegated medical treatments within established medical orders. For example: providing immunizations to all age groups, Tuberculosis testing, blood draws, and other sample collection as needed.
• Knowledge of basic sociology as it applies to nursing work.
• Comprehensive knowledge of community resources.
• Ability to understand the relationship among multiple community agencies and their impact on the health of individuals and the community.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to integrate training and experience into practice.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other staff, clients, their families, staff of other agencies, and the public.
• Skill in using a computer for e-mail, calendaring, basic word processing, meeting and learning platforms, and data entry.
• Skill in using a cell phone for texting communication.
• Ability to be flexible and prioritize multiple competing demands.
• Ability to problem solve in practice with groups and individuals.
• Ability to collect and organize data and reflect the nursing process in recording client care.
• Ability to be self-directed, organized, and to work independently and accountably.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Desire to be a life-long learner, expand current knowledge.
• Understand and contribute to the County's and department's mission, core values, plans, and priorities.
• Ability to actively contribute to a positive work culture that fosters excellent customer service, teamwork, and growth.

Qualifications:
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or an advanced degree in nursing from an approved college/university.

Preferred:

• Experience with women who are pregnant, postpartum, and/or young children and their families on an inpatient, outpatient, or community setting.
• Experience with vulnerable populations professionally or as a volunteer
• Experience responding to or treating communicable diseases.
• Previous Public Health experience.
• Bilingual.

NECESSARY SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• License to practice nursing in Wisconsin.
• CPR certification needed. If candidate does not possess at time of application, it will need to be attained within first three months of employment.
• Driver's license and a driving record that meets County standards; OR ability to obtain reliable transportation as needed.

Compensation:
Annual Salary: Min: $62,816; Market: $70,345.60 + Marathon County benefits:
https://www.marathoncounty.gov/about-us/careers/employee-benefits-311
Application Deadline: Monday, January 15, 2024 at 11:59pm
Special Accommodations:
Marathon County will make arrangements to furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary and reasonable to afford an individual with a disability the opportunity to participate in the recruitment process. Please notify the Employee Resources Department office or phone (715) 261-1451 to request special accommodations prior to the application deadline.
Notice to Applicants:
Wisconsin Statutes, Sections 19.36 (7), 64.09 (5), and 64.11 (7) require public employers to treat the following items as a public record: Each applicant's application, records, recommendations, and qualifications except as provided in Section 19.36 (7), Wis. Stats. that allows the identity of an applicant to remain confidential if the applicant requests in writing that the County not provide access to this information. If you choose not to have this information become a public record, you must make such a request in writing to the Employee Resources Department. If you become a finalist for the position, your identity may be disclosed as required by law