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State of Virginia Palmyra, VA 22963, US
$60,000 - $84,460 / year

Title: Public Health Nurse Sr.

State Role Title: RN II/Nurse Prct I/Phy Asst

Hiring Range: $60,000 - $84,460

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: BLUE RIDGE-FLUVANNA

Agency Website: www.vdh.virginia.gov/bluerige

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

This position may offer up to (80) hours of annual leave frontloaded for a highly qualified candidate with a (1) year commitment with VDH-Blue Ridge Health District (BRHD).

Are you interested in a full-time nursing position that emphasizes wellness across the lifespan for members of your community? Do you enjoy a job with lots of variety, where you will care for individuals, children, and families all on the same day? Blue Ridge Health District is the place for you! Blue Ridge Health District (BRHD) serves the people of the following counties: Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, and the city of Charlottesville.

We are in need of a new Public Health Nurse Sr. (PHN Sr.), based in our Fluvanna County Health Department. Our ideal candidate would be a practicing nurse with public health or community outreach experience, and program leadership capability. This position is highly mobile, where you will work throughout all district clinics providing immunization, tuberculosis screening and management, communicable disease investigation, Newcomer Health assessments, and contraception and sexual health services for our community members. This PHN Sr. role also conducts in home screenings for adults and children to determine eligibility for Medicaid long term services, in addition to providing clinic-based childhood school and sports physicals. If you are an energetic team player who would like a regular schedule, excellent health benefits and a caring dynamic work environment this is the job for you!

The Virginia Department of Health offers 12 paid holidays, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, retirement plans (including 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan) as well as sick, family/personal, and annual leave.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be certified in Basic Life Support (BLS)/CPR, able to be fit tested and perform fit testing for other staff in accordance with OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) [Ref.2] regulations

• Requires licensure as an RN in the state of Virginia.

• Experience functioning in a leadership role; experience and ability to function independently in the home/clinic/community/school settings and prioritize workload

• Exercises sound nursing judgment; effective verbal, written, interpersonal/physical assessment skills

• Experience and ability to enter, review, analyze data and statistics and produce reports and/or recommendations from such information; ability to work in a fast paced, data driven environment

• Experience and knowledge of nursing process, health maintenance, disease processes, physical and behavioral sciences, case management process and basic principles of epidemiology

• Work effectively as a member of the multidisciplinary health care team

• Knowledge and experience in use of computers and computer applications; including Internet, Microsoft Office, and Google Mail applications

• Experience and ability to work with diverse cultural backgrounds

• May travel and some weekend and/or evening hours may be required

• Excellent communication, data interpretation and computer skills

• Must be able to demonstrate decision making skills, teaching, interviewing, counseling skills and the ability to analyze problems/situations and problem solve

Additional Considerations

• Public health experience

• If working with the EPI response team, Certified in Infection Control (CIC) preferred and experience in hospital or long-term care facility infection control

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDH accepts only on-line applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position. Supplemental questions are encouraged to be answered in a comprehensive manner and reference any pertinent knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as any previous experience that relates to the position.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service’s Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion List check, employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions.

It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. VDH employees have a shared Code of Ethics, which can be found in the bottom banner of our website: www.vdh.virginia.gov.

If you have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.30 layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card), you must submit the card before the closing date for this position. The Card may be submitted with the state application as an attachment.

As a V3 (Virginia Values Veterans) employer VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply!

VDH requires all Health-Care Personnel (HCP) to provide documentation of immunization or evidence of immunity to the following: hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella; a one-time dose of tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine regardless of the interval since the last dose of tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine was administered (Td or Tdap boosters shall be received every 10 years); and the current year’s seasonal influenza vaccination.

Contact Information

Name: Tammy Richardson / Richard Bolden

Phone: 434-422-4556 / 434-972-6271

Email: Tammy.Richardson@vdh.virginia.gov / Richard.Bolden@vdh.virginia.gov

 

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

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