Public Health Nurse

Job title: Public Health Nurse

Job description: Employer Job Number: GO-00684768
Facility: Idylwyld Centre
Job Description: Reviews, develops and evaluates educational material to achieve program objectives. Assists in program planning, implementation and evaluation of activities that are based on health determinants, best practice literature and community assessment. Maintains accurate client records, statistics and workload measurement tools. Provides health information, counseling, and referral through telephone and one on one contacts in a clinical, home and community setting. Assesses for continuing risk and immunization/prophylaxis of at-risk contacts. Provides individual client education and group educational programs related to program objectives to community groups and agencies. Assists in the investigation and control of foodborne illness outbreaks including case identification, collection of human and food samples, and implementation of control measures as needed. Participates in long term care outbreak management. Uses strategies to reduce communicable disease such as surveillance, immunization, early case identification, timely follow-up and prophylaxis/treatment. Provides consultation to health care professional regarding specific communicable diseases. Provides observational experiences for medical students and precepts nursing students. Influences politicians and community leaders to make decisions that address communicable disease issues. Assists in program planning, implementation and evaluation of program activities that are based on health determinants, best practices literature and community assessment. Participates in writing articles, preparing bulletin board displays and appearing in television interviews related to program objectives.
Required Qualifications

Bachelor Degree in Nursing
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Registered or eligible for
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