Public Health Nurse (Senior)

Public Health Nurse (Senior)

The Public Health Nurse (Senior) promotes community health maintenance and provides specialized support, service, and education to facilitate the public health nursing service; supervises a group in the delivery of services in an assigned health program working with clients of multi-cultural, high risk, disabled, elderly and other special needs groups; supervises the performance of specialized services within the program as assigned. The Public Health Nurse (Senior) is responsible for the full scope of public health nursing activities at the advanced professional level, which include supervising nursing services for an assigned public health program and perform special assignments requiring more sophisticated health assessment and evaluation techniques.

The eligible list established from this recruitment will be used to fill full-time regular, part-time, limited-term or extra-help positions as vacancies occur or the need arises.

Education and Experience: Five (5) years public health and clinical nursing experience that demonstrates possession of and competency in requisite knowledge and abilities. A Bachelor's degree is required in Nursing from a nursing school accredited by the National League for Nursing or equivalent.

Licensing, Certification and Registration Requirements:

• Possession of valid Registered Nurse license issued by the California State Board of Registered Nursing and certification in Public Health Nursing.
• Possession of a current CPR certificate.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid Class C California driver's license maybe required.

Applications must be submitted through the NeoGOV system. Paper copies of applications are not accepted. All additional application materials as requested in the job announcement (e.g.: degree/transcripts, certificates, licenses, DD-214, ADA Accommodation Request, etc.) must be submitted by the date indicated above. Resumes are not accepted in lieu of completing the application. You will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application. Please ensure any experience you believe qualifies you for the job is reflected in your application's employment history. When completing employment details and/or responding to supplemental questions, do not write "see resume," as resumes will not be reviewed and this will be considered an incomplete application.

Previously submitted application materials (e.g., copies of diploma and/or transcripts, etc.) for prior recruitments will not be applied for this recruitment but must be re-submitted for this recruitment.

Any further questions can be directed to the Department of Human Resources at View phone number on click.appcast.io, business hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EOE/AA

Please note that all dates/times listed in the job announcement are Pacific Time.

All candidates must submit a copy of the following required documents by the application review date:

• Bachelor's Degree: Diploma (verifying the degree, date earned and area of specialization) or official/unofficial transcripts (verifying the degree awarded, courses and units completed)
• Current CPR certification
• Valid certification in Public Health Nursing.
• Valid Registered Nurse license issued by the California State Board of Registered Nursing

Candidates who fail to submit their diploma/transcripts, license/certifications and/or CPR certifications by the application review date will be disqualified from the recruitment.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Candidates who attended a college or university that is accredited by a foreign or non-U.S. accrediting agency must have their educational units evaluated by an educational evaluation service. The result must be submitted to the Human Resources Department no later than the close of the recruitment. Please contact the local college or university to learn where this service can be obtained.

In addition to uploading attachments when applying online, candidates may submit documents by fax to View phone number on click.appcast.io, or by email to View email address on click.appcast.io. Be sure to include (Public Health Nurse (Sr)) and the recruitment number (25-534050-01) in your email or fax.