JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
Perform any variety of public health, home visits, clinic nursing activities to improve the health outcomes of pregnant women and their infants; and to perform related work as required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Provide professional nursing care to clients in their homes and/or clinic.

• Make home visits in connection with enforcement of communicable disease control program, newborn visits, conduct public health teaching.

• Assist and advise mothers in prenatal and postnatal care, care of newborns and parenting skills.

• Dispense medications and/or vaccines as directed by Medical Director or attending physician.

• Proficient at weighing, measuring and obtaining hemoglobin on pregnant women and infants.

• Administer tuberculin tests and/or immunizations in clinic, home or school.

• Good working knowledge of community resources to facilitate assisting families through home visits and coordination of services.

• Help secure needed medical and financial assistance

• Knowledge of WIC program benefits to facilitate enrollment of pregnant women and their infants.

• Formulates a written care plan with assigned patients and/or significant other.

• Orients new clients to health department policies and services. Patient’s rights, client concerns, ER plan, etc.

• Provides health care teaching in relation to client’s condition/needs.

• Reports adverse or unexpected developments to physician and/or supervisor.

• Ensures client identification prior to the administration of drugs, treatments, or immunizations. Adheres to the five rights of medication administration: drug, client, time, dose, route.

• Ensures the collection, labeling, and delivery of specimens.

• Implements Universal Precautions, infection control and isolation procedures when appropriate.

• Participates in implementation of new policies and procedures, forms and other planned changes to improve client care.

• Participates in resolution of problems affecting quality of nursing care.

• Responds with professional judgment in emergency situations and in accordance with policy.

• Contributes to the evaluation of staff members and volunteers.

• Participates in record review.

• Participates in staff meetings, patient conferences, nursing committees, task force activities, and discharge planning.

• Participates in weekend and evening work, as needed, for client services.

• Confers with other disciplines, coordinates client care and team function, and refers to community resources according to prioritized needs.

• Speaks to groups in area to increase visibility of Health Department services and to meet area needs.

• Represents Health Department in community at designated conferences, workshops, professional meetings, health fairs, etc. utilizing Health Department booth display where appropriate.

• Participates in required and voluntary continuing education programs to reach professional growth objectives.

• Prepares and provides appropriate material for educational workshops, lectures, and training events.

• Provides or assists with in-service education and orientation of new and existing staff, and students.

• Provides for client safety/ease of care through preventive measures.

• Identifies the health status of assigned clients including physical, social and emotional needs. Identifies and evaluates patient and family learning needs, ability and readiness to learn and documents appropriately.

• All other duties as assigned.

Other Functions:
• During a public health emergency, the employee may be required to perform duties similar to but not limited to those in his/her job description.

• Recognizes that positive employee relations are a necessary precedent for positive client relations. Provides assistance when seeing another in need. Contributes to the team effort of providing superior customer service to enhance the image of the Health Department. Refrains from holding negative conversations about duties, assignments, co-workers and clients. Adheres to Health Department telephone courtesy standards for answering, placing and transferring calls, as well as general telephone use. Does not allow personal telephone calls or visitors to interfere with telephone responsibilities, public encounters or customer courtesy to others. Demonstrates an effort to assure that customers/clients wait in definite expectations of when and how they will be served. Professionally addresses others (smile, handshake, eye contact, voice, posture, grammar, grooming and dress). Responsible for promoting and securing potential clients and referrals.

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the above tasks. (These examples do not include all of the tasks which the employees may be expected to perform.)
The qualifications listed above are intended to represent the minimum skills and experience levels associated with performing the duties and responsibilities contained in this job description. The qualifications should not be viewed as expressing absolute employment or promotional standards, but as general guidelines that should be considered along with other job-related selection or promotional criteria.

EMPLOYMENT QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing; Current State of Michigan nursing licensure, or eligibility for licensure with application for temporary license; Public Health nursing experience; ANA CHN Certification preferred, but not required.

Experience: Two year experience providing community health, pediatric, and/or maternal infant nursing service.

Other Requirements: Current CPR certification. Possession of a valid Michigan driver’s license, auto insurance, and ability to provide own transportation. Strong interest and comfort level working with pregnant women, infants and children to improve maternal infant health outcomes.

The qualifications listed above are intended to represent the minimum skills and experience levels associated with performing the duties and responsibilities contained in this job description. The qualifications should not be viewed as expressing absolute employment or promotional standards, but as general guidelines that should be considered along with other job-related selection or promotional criteria.
Physical Requirements: [This job requires the ability to perform the essen
tial functions contained in this
description. These include, but are not limited to, the following requirements. Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants unable to fulfill one or more of these requirements]:
• Stooping and bending to examine children and adults.
• Climbs stairs to access clients in their homes.
• Ability to travel throughout the county to various clinic locations.
• Ability to access clients in their homes.
• Ability to access office files.
• Ability to enter and access information using a computer.
• Lifts and carries various materials and supplies to locations where services are delivered.
• Ability to carry and lift small children and equipment such as computers weighing up to 40 lbs.
Working Conditions:
• Frequent exposure to inclement weather conditions.
• Irregular work hours
• Works in office conditions and significant travel throughout community to work in homes and other locations where services are delivered.
• Exposure to environmental hazards.
• Handles household hazardous waste materials.
• Exposure to communicable diseases and blood and other bodily fluids.
Interested applicants may apply by submitting an application and a resume to Jill Schaefer, Executive Assistant, jschaefer@chipewahd.com. The application may be found on our website at https://www.chippewahd.com/general-5