Job Information
County of Gaston Public Health Nurse I in Gastonia, North Carolina
Examples of Duties
The duties listed below are not all of the duties that may be assigned but are those that are considered as essential for an employee to perform.
- Clinic Duties: Utilizes the Nursing Process to assess, interview, triage, educate and implement the plan of care. Examples: complete vital signs, interviews, and patient / family education. Administers immunizations per CDC guidelines and documents in NCIR. Assists with procedures and provides treatments per clinic guidelines. Participates in all clinical programs: Family Planning, STD, CD, Immunizations, Teen Wellness, Maternity and other areas as needed. Other duties as assigned.
- Assigned Follow-Up: Nursing team members will be assigned specific tasks by Nursing Supervisor or Charge Nurse to assure that contract addenda requirements and clinic specific needs are met. Examples: Lab review and follow-up of positive results, AED and Code Cart monitoring, Immunization refrigerator temperature monitoring, follow-up of missed appointments, positive pregnancy tests and other miscellaneous tasks as needed.
- Education: Participates in yearly competence activities for PHS Division staff. Participates in in-services, trainings and meetings. Serves as a preceptor to new staff. Completes required competencies per NC Board of Nursing to ensure compliance with nursing license.
- Disaster Response: Assists the community during emergencies such as natural disasters, pandemics, and/or bio-terrorism events by delivering services in the field as needed. Participates in staffing emergency shelter, administering vaccinations to the community and providing nursing care to assure community safety.
- Carryout Performance Management (PM) roles and responsibilities, including identifying and communicating performance improvement opportunities and adjusting performance and practice to achieve established PM goals.
- Implement strategies aimed at achieving Health Equity, including but not limited to: attending trainings to better understand inequities, identifying and addressing barriers to health, serving on the Health Equity Team or its subcommittees, engaging in internal or external efforts to eliminate health disparities.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing which included a Public Health Rotation; OR graduation from an accredited school of nursing and one (1) year of professional nursing OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
No previous experience required for Bachelor's Degree Nurses.
For Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing, one year of professional nursing experience required. Current RN license valid for practice in the state of North Carolina; Valid CPR Certification; Valid vehicle operator's license
Additional Information
Applicants with less than 5 years of applicable experience will start at 25% of the salary range.
The applicant selected must undergo a criminal background check and pass a drug screening test prior to employment