Public Health Nurse
Location: Barrow Alaska
Description: North Slope Borough, AK is looking of Public Health Nurse right now, this career will be placed in Alaska. For detail informations about this career opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Provide basic public health nursing services in the examination, assessment and treatment of patients to promote, maintain and restore good health in support of the goals of the Department.
[ Sub! stitute employees will work on an as-needed basis ]
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification. Shown are duties intended to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.
Develop skills in the techniques required to provide medical assessments, treatments and counseling to residents within scope of authority.
Assist in providing consultation and nursing services to special patient categories; provides general and special health counseling, patient care instructions, and treatment services, and family planning counseling.
Assist in providing infant and child health assessment, screening and immunization services; educates parents on child development issues ! and refers clients to other community services.
Support an! d enhance the patients’ physical and emotional stability; explains nature of illness, plan of care, procedures and treatments to patients, family and significant others
Prepare correspondence, referrals, social histories, narrative nursing activity reports; updates and maintains a variety of files, records, charts and other documents; gathers, compiles and synthesizes data; maintains appropriate records, prepares reports as required, and maintains patient confidentiality.
Present outreach programs; talks to community groups regarding program services.
Confer and collaborate with other professionals to provide continuum of care.
Present patient and family teaching programs based on identified health care goals.
In the event of an emergency, will follow responsibilities as outlined in the North Slope Borough and program policies and procedures and the CEMP manual.
Respect clients by recognizing their rights and maintaining confidentiality, including ! HIPAA requirements.
Protect self, co-workers and consumers by following policies and procedures to prevent the spread of blood borne and/or airborne diseases.
Travel to the villages within the North Slope Borough.
May be required to work a non-traditional work schedule to include evening, holidays and weekends and may be subject to 24 hour on-call status.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of Department and Borough policies and procedures.
Knowledge of nursing principles and practices of Health teaching, counseling and interviewing.
Knowledge of local community resources.
Demonstrated work experience using PC and common software applications.
Education, Experience, Certifications and Licenses Required:
RN Program Diploma or Associate Degree
Must be a Licensed Registered Nurse.
This is a career ladder position; the incumbent must obtain certification as ! required by and within time periods specified in the attached chart for! advancement.
For each requirement obtained based on the attached schedule, the incumbent will receive pay increases for levels within each level. If the incumbent fails to renew certifications as required, the North Slope Borough will consider expired certificates as not valid; therefore, the incumbent’s rate of pay will be adjusted accordingly.
Note: Public Health Nursing Substitute employees work on an as-needed basis as nonpermanent employees for the borough and therefore have no assurance of continued employment, nor are substitute employees guaranteed future scheduling based upon satisfactory performance. The Borough may release substitute employees without cause, effective upon oral notice by the supervisor.
Substitute employees must maintain all required licensure and certification requirements.
THE NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH IS AN ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE WORKPLACE.
This Job Description reflects North Slope Borough’s best effort to de! scribe the essential functions and qualifications of the job described. It is not exhaustive statement of all the duties, responsibilities or qualifications of the job. This document is not intended to exclude an opportunity for modifications consistent with providing reasonable accommodation. This is not intended to be a contract.
NSB DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING CAREER LADDER
Description
Range
Rate of Pay/Increase
% of Increase
PHN I (Base Rate, Minimum of Range)
31
RN Program Diploma or Associate Degree, Licensed RN
$2,813.36
Bi-Weekly
***Years of RN Experience
$0.35/yr/max 20 yrs
- PHN- Related Certifications
- BSN, MSN, or MPH
- ANP (Advanced Nurse Practitioner)
Arctic Experience
$0.35/yr/max 20 yrs
PHN II
33
PHN experience: ! One Year Required
** Competency in PHN Practice as substantiated by! References (New Hire) or Evaluation/Observation
$3,101.73
Bi-Weekly
***Years of RN Experience
$0.35/yr/max 20 yrs
- PHN-Related Certifications
- BSN, MSN or MPH
- ANP (Advanced Nurse Practitioner)
Arctic Experience
$0.35/yr/max 20 yrs
PHN III
35
PHN Experience: Two Years Required
$3,419.66
Bi-Weekly
** Proficient to expert in PHN Practice as substantiated by References (New Hires) or Evaluation/Observation
***Years of RN experience
$0.35/yr/max 20 yrs
- PHN-Related Certifications
- BSN, MSN or MPH
- ANP (Advanced Nurse Practitioner)
Arctic Experience
$0.35/yr/max 20 yrs
Satisfactory Yearly Evaluation
Yearly evaluation demonstrates continuing progression from proficient to expert PHN level ! performance as defined by evolving leadership capacity in planning and coordinating work with PHN team in building successful community partnerships with the goal of increasing community capacity via creative, targeted, effective, and sustained population based interventions.
3%
- Increase applies at the time of new degree, certification, or ANP is obtained.
*** Increase by additional $0.35 per year of confirmed work experience in any nursing field.
****Must demonstrate continuing progression from proficient to expert PHN level performance as defined by : evolving leadershi! p capacity in planning and directing work with PHN team in building suc! cessful community partnerships with the goal of increasing community capacity via creative, targeted, effective, and sustained population-based interventions. Increased in combination with 3% annual increase cannot exceed Maximum of range 34.
NSB DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING CAREER LADDER
Level
Description
Rate of Pay/Increase
% of Increase
PHN I
BSN
$0.70/hr
2%
PHN II
BSN
$0.77/hr
2%
PHN III
BSN
$0.85/hr
2%
PHN I
MSN
$0.70/hr
2%
PHN II
MSN
$0.77/hr
2%
PHN III
MSN
$0.85/hr
2%
PHN I
MPH
$0.70/hr
2%
PHN II
MPH
$0.77/hr
2%
PHN III
MHP
$0.85/hr
2%
PHN I
ANP
$1.75/hr
5%
PHN II
ANP
$1.93/hr
5%
PHN III
ANP
$2.12/hr
5%
PHN I
PHN Related Certifications
$0.35/hr
1%
PHN ! II
PHN Related Certifications
$0.38/hr
1%
PHN III
PHN Related Certifications
$0.42/hr
1%
Arctic Experience
$0.35 per yr of Experience (max of 20 yrs)
- 10% increase from current placement on current range when progressing from PHN I to PHN II or to PHN III
- Maximum range of 34 is the maximum pay allowed
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If you were eligible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to North Slope Borough, AK.
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This career starts available on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:00:43 GMT