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| Assess client health problems and needs, develop and implement |
| nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing |
| care to Health Department clients. May advise clients on health |
| maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Nurse |
| will provide Public Health services to clients on a daily basis.Cares |
| for population with special needs during disasters/emergencies and |
| biological and chemical protocols. |
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| M-F work schedule-13 paid holidays-Excellent benefit |
| package |
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| 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. |
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| Job Responsibilities: |
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| 1. Provides comprehensive assessment of client's health care needs |
| 2. Provides treatments, administers medications/vaccines, and |
| preventative/maintenance care to clients and families |
| 3. Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, |
| plan, implement and evaluate client care plans |
| 4. Maintains accurate, detailed reports and client records |
| 5. Modifies client treatment plans as indicated by clients responses |
| and conditions |
| 6. Monitors all aspects of client care, including diet and physical |
| activity |
| 7. Monitors, records and reports symptoms and changes in clients |
| conditions |
| 8. Prepares clients for, and assists with, examinations and |
| treatments |
| 9. Prepares rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and |
| ensures that stock of supplies is maintained |
| 10. Provides education to clients, families, and community service |
| providers |
| 11. Provides health care, first aid, and immunizations |
| 12. Provides school related health care services. |
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| Minimum Qualifications: |
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| Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited college or |
| university AND Current Georgia license to practice as a Registered |
| Professional Nurse AND CPR certification OR Associate's |
| degree/diploma in Nursing from an accredited college AND One year of |
| PHN experience AND Completion of a PHN course within one year of hire |
| AND Current Georgia Registered Professi nal Nurse license AND CPR |
| certification. |
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| Preferred Qualifications: |
| BSN; Previous Public Health experience strongly preferred.Applicants |
| hired for the position with an ASN degree will be required to |
| successfully complete an approved School of Nursing BSN Level Health |
| Assessment Course if they have not previously done so. |
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