Nurse II -Mobile Public Health Clinic Program Travel Nurse Clinic

Job Title

Mobile Public Health Clinic Program Coordinator

Job Description

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is distinctive because we bring public health and environmental protection together, recognizing that healthy people depend on healthy places. Our teams prevent diseases and injury, respond to emergencies ranging from E.coli outbreaks to global pandemics, reduce air pollution, protect water quality, regulate health facilities, manage environmental hazards, and perform advanced laboratory testing. We turn science and data into action, set statewide standards, and work alongside local public health agencies and community partners to meet Colorado's most pressing health and environmental challenges.

This position coordinates and leads patient care services at clinics. Guiding nurses and clinical staff, providing ongoing training to help ensure the team maintains best practices. Traveling to different regions of the State of Colorado, serving underserved populations, bringing public health resources and disease mitigation through vaccinations, testing, and other disease control services. Requiring high levels of engagement with underserved communities, direct patient care for these populations, and managing personal health information.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Residency Requirement: This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Class Code & Classification Description: C6S2XX Nurse II

Minimum Qualifications: NOTE: An applicant may meet the minimum qualifications for this job in one of two ways: They may qualify through their work experience alone or through a combination of education and work experience.

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience: Master's degree from an accredited institution in a epidemiology or nursing, public health, nurse administrator, nurse researcher and Current, valid licensure as a registered nurse from the Colorado Board of Nursing or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) and Two (2) years of professional experience in communicable disease, public health, infection prevention control or in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.

Substitutions: Additional appropriate experience in communicable disease, public health, infection prevention control will substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.

**You must substantiate that you meet the minimum qualifications when filling out the Work Experience section of the application. Failure to do so will result in the application not moving forward in the hiring process. "See resume" will not be accepted. Resumes are considered supplemental information and are not considered in the initial evaluation. In addition, part-time work will be prorated when determining whether minimum qualifications are met.**

Preferred Qualifications: In addition to the minimum requirements, the successful candidate in this position will have the following highly desirable experience and competencies:

• Relevant State of Colorado experience
• Experience coaching/mentoring other nurses
• Working with disproportionally under served communities
• Experience observing, recording, reporting, and documenting changes in a patient's condition

Conditions of Employment: Must match approved PD

• Residency Requirement Options: This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.
• A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.
• Critical Status: This is a critical position and can be expected to work and/or remain at their worksite in delayed start, early release, or closure situations.
• Critical Status: Must be available in the event of an emergency, (e.g., bio-terrorist attack, chemical attack, disease outbreak or all hazards) and be required to report to work immediately at the regular or alternate location. During this time, travel restrictions may be in place.
• Critical Status: Must be available in the event of the activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) and be required to report to work immediately at the regular or alternate location. During this time, travel restrictions may be in place.
• Must possess a Registered Nurse license
• Must possess a current valid drivers license
• Travel to clinics when requested and other travel in or out of state conferences and may require overnight stays.
• Basic Life Support certification (eCard)
• Required vaccination of Hepatitis B, Influenza, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and varicella
• Effective September 20, 2021, this position will require documented proof of full COVID-19 vaccination. New employees will be required to provide attestation to their status with proof of vaccination within three (3) business days of hire.

Religious and medical exemptions and reasonable accommodation shall be addressed as required by law pursuant to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's vaccination guidance.

Appeal Rights: As an applicant who has been removed from consideration during the selection or comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board and/or request a review by the State Personnel Director. A standard appeal form is available on the State Personnel Board website, . If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within ten (10) days of your receipt of this notice: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: View phone number on click.appcast.io. Phone: View phone number on click.appcast.io. Email address: View email address on click.appcast.io. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination. Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures are available at spb.colorado.gov .