Public Health Nurse

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.

Position Highlights:

Position Title: Public Health Nurse

Location: Remote

Position End Date: 2/5/2024

Salary: $85,000 plus benefits

Overview:

The CDC Foundation is seeking a Public Health Nurse to provide nursing consultation to health care professionals and provide technical epidemiologic assistance to local Tuberculosis (TB) personnel.

Qualifications:

Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college, preferably with courses in nursing or public health.
Requires prior experience equivalent to three years of progressively responsible administrative experience in community/public health nursing.
Requires maintained licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.
Two years’ experience in tuberculosis case management system, health care delivery systems, and/or managed care programs.
Two years’ experience in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating health care systems.
Two years’ experience with exercising judgment and discretion on developing, implementing, and interpreting programmatic departmental policies and procedures.
Three years’ experience with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
One year of experience presenting training materials.
Willing and able to travel to LHDs for onsite technical support and conduct regional conferences.
Passionate and solution oriented.
Possesses and maintain a valid, current Driver’s License, automobile insurance, and reliable private transport.
Occasional travel for conferences and meetings required.

Responsibilities:

Travels to provide nursing consultation to health care professionals. Oversees and evaluates nursing case management of persons with TB. Reviews and evaluates treatment regimens. Monitors response to treatment and adverse reactions. Reviews medical records. Provides training to licensed personnel on TB testing, case management, and other topics.
Plans, coordinates, and implements training programs for professional and non-professional staff involved in TB control and management.
Works with Southeastern National Tuberculous Center (SNTC) and develops training programs to address program weaknesses based on training needs assessment. Develops and presents training presentations to implement training plans developed.
Facilitates and conducts one regional conference annually for counties in region(s) supported.
Serves as the TB program liaison to Illinois State Board of Education, schools of medicine, local school systems, and other professional organizations.
Plans, directs and coordinates the implementation of program activities. Provides technical supervision to professional staff within local health agencies in complying with program guidelines. Makes recommendations to the TB Program Manager for improvement of various program functions.
Functions as the program liaison to health providers documented as being out of compliance with recommended diagnostic, therapeutic, or patient management procedures; conducts on-site problem-solving visits.
Responds to requests from significant public groups, such as medical societies, educational associations, etc., for a speaker or resource person.
Provides technical epidemiologic assistance to local TB personnel with problem situations such as epidemiologic investigations of problem patients. Provides epidemiologic investigations in areas where no local agency has responsibility for TB control activities.
Contributes to the development of the TB program budget with regard to fiscal requirements for maintenance of educational and printing needs. Monitors expenditures of allotted educational and printing funds.