Public Health Nurse II - Sexual Health

Public Health Nurse II

The Adams County Health Department (ACHD) Nursing Division is comprised of Nurse Family Partnership, Nurse Support Program, Harm Reduction, Sexual Health, Immunizations, Child Maltreatment and Fatality Prevention, and Care Coordinator for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs. The Nursing Division is made up of clinical support staff, medical assistants, harm reduction specialists, operations support, nurses, advanced practice nurses, and midwives. As a Public Health Nurse II on the Sexual Health Program team you'll work closely with our Nurse Practitioner to deliver comprehensive sexual health services including contraception, STI testing, treatment, and education. You'll have the opportunity to independently screen and test clients for STIs, administer prescribed medications, and provide vital post-examination education. Key responsibilities include triaging clients, offering guidance on contraception effectiveness and usage, and educating on STI risk factors and prevention. If you're passionate about promoting sexual health and wellness, possess strong communication skills, and thrive in a dynamic healthcare environment, we want to hear from you! Apply now to make a positive impact in our community.

Examples of duties for success include administering or dispensing medication prescribed by a Nurse Practitioner, performing appropriate testing in the clinic including pregnancy testing, HIV, Hepatitis C, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, providing post examination education to clients, triaging client for STI infections and issues with contraception, providing education related to effectiveness of contraception, side effects and appropriate use, providing education related to Sexually Transmitted Infection, risk factors and prevention, following up on referrals, providing test results and appropriate education, performing Quality Assurance tasks as assigned, providing safe, effective, evidence-based patient care, performing direct patient care during home visits, clinic visits, or at outdoor community clinics, fairs, and outreach events, maintaining specialty practice within nursing and public health, promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences, collaborating with team members to provide resources and care/treatment options within the patient care setting, maintaining working knowledge of agency-wide services and providing appropriate agency-wide referrals as necessary, maintaining up to date knowledge and performing safe medication and medical supply use, storage, and handling, serving as a liaison or lead at a clinic or off-site community event, applying agency policy and procedures to resolve a variety of issues, conducting various diagnostic tests, needs assessment interviews, medical histories, and vital measurements to determine appropriate health care measures or coordination of care, program operations, attaining knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice, proficiently documenting patient cases and complying with timely documentation standard for patients and employees, regularly attending and actively participating in team meetings, assisting in conducting epidemiological investigations related to disease control and infectious diseases, conducting interviews of individuals and families, documenting relevant information, and providing direct client care by administering vaccinations and medications, developing and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, communicating effectively in various formats in all areas of practice, guiding professional nursing staff and paraprofessional employees who provide public health nursing services, participating in planning and implementation of public health nursing programs for communities, families, and individuals; and performing related work as required, and performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications for success include humility and experience working in different and a variety of environments, including the ability to work with different staff and partners from community-based organizations, government staff, and elected officials, demonstrated ability to exercise tact, discretion, and sound judgement, outstanding skills and abilities in verbal and written communications that lead change and direction for programs and divisions; ability to adapt a style to fit audiences of varying technical levels, and at various levels within an organization, in groups and individual settings, working knowledge of the principles of health equity and how it is applied, including an understanding of oppression, privilege, and social justice, knowledge of current conditions influencing health in Adams County communities, use professional concepts and agency objectives to resolve issues creatively and effectively, routinely demonstrate a collaborative leadership style that embraces a diversity of opinion that will lead to clear outcomes, ability to solve problems and provide exceptional customer service, determination to achieve outcomes, complete tasks, and deliver on professional commitments, commitment to Adams County communities experiencing health equity challenges.

Working conditions and physical abilities include occasional physical activities such as ascending/descending stairs; moving oneself into different positions to provide patient care; standing, walking, squat, and sitting for extended periods of time; moving about to accomplish tasks from one worksite to another; moving people or objects as heavy as 100 pounds; communicating with others to exchange information verbally and in writing, operating medical equipment and keyboards/data entry devices. Requires constant physical mobility to prepare, sterilize, and clean clinic areas, assist patients in the reception and treatment areas, and to negotiate around equipment and chairs in the examination room. This position requires travel to clinics and outreach events throughout the Metro Denver area on an as-needed basis with reliable transportation. This position may expect environmental conditions as work can be performed in patient's homes, outdoors at outreach events and health fairs, as well as in an office building. Emergency preparedness and response duties include completing trainings identified as appropriate for this level employee. Employee participates in all exercises and drills on emergency preparedness and response, as required. Employee responds, as required, to support emergencies, incidents and events with a public health and medical impact. Some clinical areas may require on-call duties.

More qualifications for success include experience, education, and training: requires a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) from a school accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission or the American Association of Colleges of Nursing AND a minimum of 3 years professional nursing experience, preferably in the area of public health nursing. OR requires a minimum of an Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN) from a school accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission or the American Association of Colleges of Nursing AND a minimum of 5 years professional nursing experience, preferably in the area of public health nursing. License or Certificate: must have active Colorado Nursing license, must possess a current BLS certification, possession of a valid driver's license and access to dependable transportation for business purposes as needed. Background Check: must pass a criminal background check. Other: must be proficient in use of on-line meeting platforms and Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Flexibility in work hours may be required to accommodate community events, meeting, and outreach activities. Travel within the community and participation in evening and weekend duties required. Spanish speaking ability is preferred. ACHD has a policy to provide additional compensation for employees who can demonstrate bilingual language skills.