Maternal Child Health (MCH) Home Visiting Public Health Nurse II

*$10,000 Sign-On Bonus

Are you looking for a career that offers you:

• A robust one-year orientation designed to support your professional success.
• The opportunity to make a difference by serving those most in need in our community.
• The chance to work collaboratively with community partners to address public health priorities.
• A learning culture that values growth, flexibility, and work-life balance.
• Amazing benefits and a supportive team environment.

• Knowledge of nursing and public health theories, principles, practices, methods, processes, and procedures required to provide public health nursing;
• Knowledge of human growth and development, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology (e.g., side effects, contraindications), preventive medicine, epidemiology, and nutrition;
• Knowledge of current practices in public health nursing service delivery;
• Knowledge of available community resources for referral or the ability to rapidly acquire such knowledge;
• Knowledge of documentation, nursing diagnosis, and quality assurance;
• Knowledge of professional standards of nursing practice;
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and county laws and regulations;
• Knowledge of county Health Department policies and procedures;
• Ability to perform technical and complex nursing procedures (e.g., injections, venipuncture, blood pressure screening, STD check, tube feeding, nebulization), administering treatments and medications, and using medical equipment in delivering services to clients;
• Ability to perform emergency treatment(s), with limited supervision, for life threatening conditions;
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with others, including those from varied backgrounds and different situations, in individual and team-based settings;
• Ability to handle contentious interactions, especially with those who may appear difficult, hostile, or distressed;
• Ability to identify problems and make sound, well-informed, and objective decisions or judgments relating to client health care;
• Ability to assess the quality, appropriateness, implications, and impact of decisions or judgments made by others and identify courses of corrective action, where appropriate;
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with individual or small and large group interactions;
• Ability to provide health training to clients and families with complex, multiple health needs, using knowledge of adult learning concepts;
• Ability to accurately maintain client medical records and information (e.g., filing, retrieval, recording, and archiving) and to protect the privacy of clients served;
• Ability to use technology to document, file, retrieve, make adjustments to medical records or information, and communicate or share public health information in the appropriate format;
• Ability to assign paraprofessionals, volunteers and students according to ability level and set work priorities according to clinic and/or caseload demands.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduation from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education with a bachelor's degree in Nursing; plus one year post-licensure nursing experience.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• Possession of current license or a multistate licensure privilege to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Valid driver's license.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification (Required within 60 days).
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) certification (Required within 60 days).

• Two years of post-licensure experience working with pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children.
• One year of experience in home visiting case management in a public health/community setting serving culturally diverse families.
• Strong interpersonal abilities and experience communicating effectively and clearly with culturally and ethnically diverse populations.
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative connections with internal and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and on interdisciplinary teams.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and other software applications.