Advanced Registered Nurse

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

The Georgia Department of Public Health is the lead agency entrusted by the people of Georgia to proudly protect lives and promote healthy lifestyles in diverse communities statewide. We are committed to preventing disease, injury, and disability; promoting health and well-being; As a member of the Georgia Department of Public Health team, you will join a passionate group of individuals who are dedicated to making an impact. Make a Professional Impact Build your career where it matters and protect lives in the community where you live, work, and play

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Under limited supervision the APRN will perform advanced nursing functions in specialized areas to include but not limited to women's health, PrEP for HIV prevention, communicable diseases, and immunizations. The APRN will operate under written nurse protocol and prescriptive authority agreements with their delegating physician to conduct physicals, provide treatment, counsel clients, complete referrals, perform case management/clerical tasks, prescribe medication, and perform additional tasks/duties as assigned.

All Coastal Health District County Health Department employees are deemed essential employees in the event of an emergency. As such, you may be called on to participate in an event not limited to but including, staffing a shelter, a Specimen Point of Collection Site (SPOC) and/or Point of Dispensing site (POD). When you are called on to participate, you are expected and it will be a part of your job requirement to participate, whether the emergency occurs during or outside regular work hours.

Nurse Practitioner 1-$74,758

Nurse Practitioner 2-$84,477

Develops comprehensive plans of care

Instructs and counsels clients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance

Obtains compiles and records client medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examination

Performs therapeutic procedures, such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, infection management, colposcopy, IUD implantation, etc.

Prescribes therapy or medication with physician approval

PH Nurse Practitioner 1-Master's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university and/or other education requirements approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing and certification in the specialty area(s) approved by Georgia Board of Nursing and Georgia license as a Registered Professional Nurse and Georgia license as an APRN and CPR certification.

PH Nurse Practitioner 2-Master's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university and/or other education requirements approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing and certification in the specialty area(s) approved by Georgia Board of Nursing and two (2) years of nursing experience and Georgia license as a Registered Professional Nurse and Georgia license as a APRN and current certification in specialty area and CPR certification; or two (2) years of experience at the lower level PH Advanced Practice RN 1 (HCP200) or position equivalent.

Prefer at least four years experience working in Women' health and with HIV/PrEP services.

Benefits for Full Time Eligible Employees:

• 13 Paid Holidays
• Defined Benefit retirement plan
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Health Care Spending Account
• Dependent Care Spending Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Legal Insurance
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Physical Activity Breaks
• Employee Assistance Program
• Criminal Background Check/Fingerprinting
• Reference Checks & Immunizations Required
• * Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or email. Coastal Health District is an Equal Opportunity Employer*

The State will not unlawfully consider an applicant's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, genetic information, political affiliation, protected uniformed service, or other legally protected category when making selections. If you require accommodations under the American Disability Act (ADA), notify this agency of your request by the closing date of this announcement.