About this role
Public Health Nurse
Responsibilities
- assessing clients
- coordinating services
- administering immunizations
Requirements
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Bachelor's degree in nursing
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Minnesota PHN certification or eligibility within six months
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3+ years nursing experience including 1+ year home and community based, and valid Minnesota driver's license
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Technical tools mentioned
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Microsoft Word
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Microsoft Excel
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PHDoc (Public Health Documentation)
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WIC HuBERT
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SSIS (Managed Care Documentation)
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Long Term Care Consultation/MNChoice Assessment
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About the Department
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OPEN UNTIL FILLED; APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED EVERY TWO WEEKS.
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Beltrami County is creating an eligibility list for a full-time, benefited PHN to provide Public Health nursing services which may include WIC, Maternal Child Health Family Home Visiting, Public Health Nurse Clinic, Case Management and Immunizations.
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Performs intermediate professional work assessing the needs of people and the community, functioning as a professional within the Nurse Practice Act, assisting people to recognize, accept and adapt to health problems, increasing knowledge of health through education and health promotion counseling, providing direct public health nursing services, interacting and coordinating with formal and informal service providers, participating in community health planning, program implementation and evaluation, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Public Health Program Manager.
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Preferred hiring salary range is $37.00 to $40.42 per hour with a full range of $37.00 to $46.87 per hour. Placement depends on factors such as qualifications, internal equity, market conditions, and applicable policy guidelines.
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Position Duties
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Education and Experience
Minimum requirements are:
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Bachelor's degree in nursing with Minnesota Certification as a PHN or eligibility to complete PHN within six months of hire.
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Three years or more of nursing experience, at least one year of which is home and community based.
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Valid MN driver’s license.
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Minimum Qualifications
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Qualification Requirements
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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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Essential Functions
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Performs initial and ongoing assessments and evaluations to determine the health status of individuals and families across the lifespan in their home, clinics and community settings; performs a variety of assessments to determine their risk, exposure and treatment options for a variety of health ailments and screenings including long term care consultation, personal care assistant assessments, and prenatal risk management.
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Summarizes and records data; identifies areas of ri