SUBSTITUTE – Public Health Nurse

Provide basic public health nursing services in the examination, assessment and treatment of patients to promote, maintain and restore good health in support of the goals of the Department.

[Substitute employees will work on an as-needed basis]

The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification. Shown are duties intended to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

Develop skills in the techniques required to provide medical assessments, treatments and counseling to residents within scope of authority.

Assist in providing consultation and nursing services to special patient categories; provides general and special health counseling, patient care instructions, and treatment services, and family planning counseling.

Assist in providing infant and child health assessment, screening and immunization services; educates parents on child development issues and refers clients to other community services.

Support and enhance the patients’ physical and emotional stability; explains nature of illness, plan of care, procedures and treatments to patients, family and significant others

Prepare correspondence, referrals, social histories, narrative nursing activity reports; updates and maintains a variety of files, records, charts and other documents; gathers, compiles and synthesizes data; maintains appropriate records, prepares reports as required, and maintains patient confidentiality.

Present outreach programs; talks to community groups regarding program services.

Confer and collaborate with other professionals to provide continuum of care.

Present patient and family teaching programs based on identified health care goals.

In the event of an emergency, will follow responsibilities as outlined in the North Slope Borough and program policies and procedures and the CEMP manual.

Respect clients by recognizing their rights and maintaining confidentiality, including HIPAA requirements.

Protect self, co-workers and consumers by following policies and procedures to prevent the spread of blood borne and/or airborne diseases.

Travel to the villages within the North Slope Borough.

May be required to work a non-traditional work schedule to include evening, holidays and weekends and may be subject to 24 hour on-call status.

Perform other duties as assigned.