Community Health Nurse - Extra Help Community Health Nurse

Registered Nurse

This recruitment is being established to obtain a current eligible list for both Full Time and Extra-Help vacancies. Extra-Help are not entitled to county benefits and are limited to a maximum of 25 hours per week. Extra-Help pay is $33.93 per hour. Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provides nursing advice to patients; administers medications and performs assessments.
• May provide case management services and utilization review for programs including CSS, CHDP, MCA, Outreach, Medi-Cal Targeted case management, Indigent Health Care and other programs.
• Will assist clients to gain access to needed medical, social, educational and other services.
• Promotes the control of communicable disease by early detection and preventive treatment.
• Records communicable diseases as prescribed by State and County laws and regulations.
• Makes home visits to follow up on identified at-risk mother and infants; teaches parenting skills.
• Functions as an "On-Call" nurse to give information and make appropriate referrals by telephone.
• Explains physician's instructions and recommendations to patient and patient's families.
• Promotes preventative medicine by providing health education and conducting presentations.
• May provide grief counseling to parents in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
• Engage in outreach and other activities to enhance services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience: One (1) year of professional nursing experience. (Possession of a Bachelor's degree in Nursing, or a closely related field may be substituted for the one (1) year of required experience.) License: Possession of a valid California Registered Nurse license. Possess a valid California driver's license at time of appointment and maintain. SOME POSITIONS IN THIS CLASSIFICATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS PURSUANT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECTION 2, B

Essential Functions:

• Operate a personal computer and other office equipment.
• Communicate effectively with others in person and over the telephone.
• Analyze data, interpret directions, procedures and regulations, and develop appropriate responses.
• Perform job duties under stressful conditions and respond appropriately to situations.
• Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
• Frequent use of depth perception, peripheral vision and color perception.
• Frequently lift, carry, reach, push, pull, twist and manipulate large and small objects.
• Frequent use of hand-eye coordination; Normal dexterity, frequent holding and grasping.
• Frequent use of data entry device including repetitive hand and arm motion.
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
• Frequent public contact, concentration in noisy conditions, exposure to emergency situations.
• Occasional exposure to hazardous materials, cold and heat.
• Regular attendance is an essential function.

Knowledge of:

• Principles, methods, and procedures of general nursing and of public health nursing.
• Causes, means of transmission, and method of control of communicable disease, including venereal disease, AIDS, and tuberculosis.
• Means of promotion child and maternal health and life, including the care of handicapped children.
• Sociological and cultural problems involved in public health nursing.
• Community resources and demography.
• State laws relating to reporting child/adult abuse cases.

Ability to:

• Educate and work with patients and their families in the various Public Health Program.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Effectively communicate in writing to develop reports and complete patient charts.
• Effectively communicate orally to make presentations to patient, families, and community groups.
• Listen and counsel patients and families on sensitive and confidential issues.
• Detect health problems and assist in intervention to promote optimal health care.
• Administer and review results of skin test for tuberculosis.
• Administer hearing, vision, EKG and blood pressure testing and record results.
• Draw blood for laboratory testing.
• Maintain confidential material.

Holidays & Leaves Vacation: 10 days the first 5 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 160 hours), 15 days in the second 5 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 240 hours), and 20 days after 10 years of continuous employment (limited to a maximum of 320 hours). Sick Leave 0.0625 hours sick leave for each paid regularly scheduled work hour. 16 days (130 hours per year) with unlimited accumulation. Optional annual buy back of a portion of accumulated sick leave hours upon meeting certain criteria. Holidays Twelve paid holidays annually plus two optional holidays. Bereavement Leave Five (5) regularly scheduled workdays.

Insurance:

Health Insurance Medical Insurance - Merced County offers multiple Medical Plans and contributes towards employee and dependent premiums.

• Anthem 500 EPO
• Anthem 1500 EPO
• Anthem HDHP (High Deductible Medical Plan) with Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Anthem HDHP (High Deductible Medical Plan) without Health Savings Account (HSA)

Dental Insurance - Delta Dental

• County pays 100% of the premium for employees and 50% for dependent(s)

Vision Insurance - VSP

• County pays 100% of the premium for employees and 50% for dependent(s)

Disability Insurance State Disability Insurance (SDI) Merced County non-management employees are enrolled in the State Disability Insurance Program (SDI). Premiums for this insurance are paid by the employee. This insurance is administered solely by the State, who determines eligibility and payments. Benefit amounts are based on the quarter with the highest wages earned within the base period.

Life Insurance County-paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

• Represented Employees $10,000

Voluntary Term and Whole Life Insurance are available - premium paid by employee

Retirement Deferred Compensation The County offers a 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan. Employees choose their investment funds and can make pre-tax or post-tax contributions to the plan up to the maximum allowable. MERCED COUNTY EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION The retirement plan is a defined benefit plan administered pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 and other provisions of the California Government Code. MCERA members also pay into Social Security. The applicable benefit formula is dependent upon your hire date with an MCERA employer; your pension amount will be determined by your age, years of service and final compensation amount.

Employee Programs Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Anthem EAP services provide up to five face-to-face counseling sessions per incident and provides a toll-free "800" hotline available 24/7 for emergencies and crisis intervention. EAP services include counseling services, legal services, financial services and work-life resource services. Employee Tickets, Coupons, and Discounts The County of Merced has partnered with Employee Savings Tickets to provide discounted coupons and tickets for all county employees to attractions throughout the state and out-of-state. The discounts and coupons are available for shopping, movies, sporting events, theme parks, zoos and aquariums and much more.