Community Health Nurse – Part-Time

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Job Description:

This is a part-time position.

Under the supervision of the Administrator, the Community Health Nurse
performs general nursing duties relating to public health in Butler
County. The employee in this position performs physical assessments,
administers screening procedures, makes referrals to physicians and
screens individuals for proper health care placement. The Community
Health Nurse administers immunizations and prescriptions as ordered by
physicians. Work is performed with professional independence and in
accordance with established department policies, protocols and
procedures.

Job Duties:

100%-

Administers immunizations, prescriptions, testing and screening, as
ordered by physicians.
Assists with multiphasic programs including vision and hearing
screenings.
Performs physical assessments, administers screening procedures, makes
referrals to physicians and screens individuals for proper health care
placement.
Counsels patients and families in meeting nursing and related health
needs.
Provides family planning services and physical assessments.
Provides vision and hearing screenings for schools.
Demonstrates and implements nursing procedures in clinic.
Evaluates patients nursing needs and initiates nursing/treatment plans.
Gives instruction concerning nursing care.
Maintains clinic records and provides follow-up.
Makes home visits and performs skilled nursing procedures when
necessary.
Participates in service programs, supervises and teaches other personnel
or nursing students.
Performs physical examinations on patients.
Performs screening tests for TB, anemia, urinalysis and blood pressure.
Provides guidance incommunicable disease areas; Investigates
communicable disease outbreaks, reports with the state, confers and
coordinates with director for public communication.
Provides nursing supervision and care for grant programs.
Takes health histories and performs physical assessments for children on
Medicaid and Head Start and other individuals.
Investigates animal bites, potential for rabies; reports with the state,
confers and coordinators with the director for public communication.
Investigates food borne illnesses, reports with the state, confers and
coordinates with other agencies, provides the director with public
communication.
Performs other duties as deemed necessary or as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Community Health Nurse-

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and
proportions to practical situations.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from
groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of communication,
conveying and receiving detailed or important instructions and
information to and from other workers and the general public.
Ability to give injections, take blood pressure, and perform various
blood and urine tests.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written,
oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to make fine discriminations in sound.
Ability to operate a hemoglobin analyzer, stethoscope, blood pressure
cuff, audiometer and other related medical equipment as required by the
job.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals,
professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental
regulations.
Ability to reliably and predictably carry out duties.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete
variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and
statistical inference.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure
manuals.
Knowledge of public health related issues.
Skill in interpersonal, oral and written communication.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that
must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential
functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly
required to sit; use hands to finger, grasp, handle, or feel; reach with
hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required
to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. L