COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE - 1

Community Health Nurse

This is a professional nursing position at the Florida Department of Health in Suwannee County (DOH-Suwannee) providing clinical services to DOH-Suwannee clients. It is under the supervision of the Senior Community Health Nursing Director. Provides client services at DOH-Suwannee in the general nursing clinic. Services provided will be in the Immunization, STD, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, TB, Family Planning, and Adult Health programs. Provides nursing support in Family Planning clinic, as assigned. Assist ARNP in providing clinical services in accordance with DOH program requirements. Responsible for Epidemiology Program including investigations of reportable diseases and Merlin database input. Attends in-service training and staff meetings as directed. Maintains CPR certification. Orders insulin for clients who receive insulin from the DOH insulin distribution program. Enters Service data into HMS according to DOH standards. Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge of nursing and public health principles, practices and techniques; knowledge of human anatomy and physiology; knowledge of community resources. Ability to administer medications, assist in or provide preventive health care treatment, teach and demonstrate preventive health care, nursing principles and techniques; ability to work with patients having a variety of physical problems, ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments, communicate effectively, ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others and ability to teach basic health care.

Qualifications: Willing to work before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days in the event of an emergency. This position requires current authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. The Department of Health is unable to provide employment visa sponsorship. This is an in-office position only.

Location: Live Oak, FL, US, 32064 Alachua, FL, US, 32315