Job Description

Posting number: 26-01439

Department: Health Department

Job classification: PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IV

Posting type: Open

Categories: Public Health, Nursing

Summary

*$10,000 Sign-on Bonus

The Fairfax County Health Department is a progressive public health leader serving 1.2 million residents from diverse ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. With more than 100 years of leadership in the field, we are committed to promoting population health, protecting public health and the environment, and ensuring residents' equitable access to health services and information.

Under the direction of the School Health Division Director and Assistant Director of School Health, provides leadership and program oversight to a group of professional/paraprofessional staff, including Public Health Nurse IIs and IIIs, Licensed Practical Nurses, and School Health Aides. Responsibilities include managerial oversight of a district office school health team, and budget responsibilities for capital equipment, personnel, and physical space to ensure an efficient, high functioning and effective work environment. Leads support activities on population health by utilizing quantitative and analytical methods to collect and analyze data to identify, evaluate and make informed decisions, and by promoting health initiatives designed to engage the community and to advance health equity. Utilizes quality improvement and performance management processes and/or techniques to improve school health services and student health outcomes.

As a member of the School Health Management team, collaborates with colleagues to support and enhance school health services. Demonstrates professionalism when working within multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams to achieve desirable outcomes for students, families, and communities. Promotes individual and population health by assuring the quality and accessibility of school health services, preventing the spread of disease, promoting and encouraging healthy behaviors, and responding to disasters and assisting communities in recovery.

*This position includes a sign-on bonus for fully qualified new county employees in the amount of $10,000.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of nursing theories, principles, practices, methods, processes, and procedures required to provide public health nursing care;
• Knowledge of human growth and development, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, preventive medicine, epidemiology, and nutrition;
• Knowledge of current practices, literature, and trends in public health nursing to include environmental, economic, psychological, social (e.g., family and group dynamics), cultural and linguistic issues or barriers impacting assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of health services to the community;
• Knowledge of consultation, teaching, and supervision methods and techniques;
• Knowledge of documentation, nursing diagnosis, and quality assurance;
• Knowledge of medical and legal policies, guidelines, principles, practices, and standards governing public health nursing as well as nursing specialization;
• Extensive knowledge of available community resources for referral and follow-up;
• Knowledge of planning, implementing, and evaluating public health nursing programs;
• Knowledge of budget and financial management principles and practices to include assessing costs relative to benefits of interventions and their outcomes;
• Knowledge of resources planning, management, and utilization;
• Knowledge of County personnel policies and practices governing the management and supervision of employees;
• Knowledge of management principles, practices, and techniques to include setting program priorities, assigning projects according to ability level and workload demands;
• Ability to perform complex technical nursing procedures and use medical equipment in delivering specialized services to the clients;
• Ability to manage human and/or facility emergencies and perform emergency treatments related to life-threatening conditions;
• Ability to interpret and apply the professional standards of nursing practice, County Health Department policies and procedures and applicable federal, state and County laws and regulations;
• Ability to build and develop relationships and partnerships with individuals and entities within and outside of the County;
• Ability to relate well to clients from varied backgrounds and different situations;
• Ability to manage or diffuse situations involving clients or County staff 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 verbally and in writing with individuals and groups of all sizes to include delivery of informal or formal presentations;
• Ability to participate in hearings or court cases, as necessary;
• Ability to prepare public health communications, technical and non-technical reports, briefings, testimonies, and other written material, for dissemination to media groups and the community;
• Ability to prepare written justifications for budget, personnel, or other resource requests and expenditures;
• Ability to conduct systematic and objective inquiry or evaluation of public health programs and services through data collection, analysis, and interpretation, and report results;
• Ability to apply or introduce technology to facilitate decision-making, enable electronic recordkeeping, and to support collaboration and foster communication across the nursing workforce and with the community;
• Ability to deal calmly and effectively with high stress situations, including a fast-paced work environment, hostile, manipulative or potentially dangerous situations, complex caseloads or multiple work sites;
• Ability to manage multiple programs, balancing stakeholder, staff, and client needs.

Supplemental information

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 five years of post-licensure experience as a nurse in an equivalent health care setting whose focus was primarily prevention services and community education, including three years in a public health/community health setting. Qualifying experience may include experience in ambulatory care settings such as outpatient clinics that incorporate community outreach/education as part of services or specialty settings that incorporate teaching, community outreach, resource referrals, etc. as part of a health care continuum; Plus at least one year of supervisory experience.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• Possession of current license or a multi-state licensure privilege to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Valid driver's license.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification (Required within 30 days).
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) certification (Required within 30 days).

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, Child Protective Services Registry check, driving record check, and sanction screening to the satisfaction of the employer.

This position is emergency/essential services personnel. (Required to report for duty during inclement weather and/or other emergencies.)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in public health, public administration, nursing, or a related field, with at least four years of progressively responsible leadership experience in public or community health, supporting population health initiatives in culturally diverse settings.
• Two or more years of direct experience providing health services to school-aged children in a public-school environment.
• Four years of experience working in public or community health settings, including participation on multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams.
• At least two years of supervisory experience, or equivalent experience providing oversight, direction, and support to staff.
• Two or more years of experience developing staff capacity through coaching, accountability, change management, influence, and effective communication strategies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to engage effectively with individuals from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Experience in care coordination for children with special healthcare needs, along with experience in health promotion, health education, and data management/reporting.
• Proven ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal teams and external community partners to support shared goals and improve service delivery.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Job is generally sedentary in nature, and requires walking, standing, sitting (for long periods of time), and kneeling, reaching, bending, climbing stairs; may be required to lift or carry up to 25 lbs. as required for the position. Uses hands to grasp, handle, or feel. Generally, works in an office environment yet may occasionally be required to perform job duties outside of the typical office setting. Visual acuity is required to read data from paper and on a computer monitor or other electronic device; ability to operate keyboard driven equipment and computer and use of touchscreen. Position frequently communicates and must be able to exchange accurate information with others verbally and in writing. Ability to drive a vehicle. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Panel interview and may include exercise.

Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others.) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov EEO/AA/TTY.

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