Public Health Nurse (2830) - Communicable Disease Control & Prevention Section

The City and County of San Francisco is accepting applications for permanent Clinical 2830 Public Health Nurse positions. Rather than publishing separate job ads, this ad collects applications for all of them. The Department of Public Health can then review your application and contact you directly with details about specific positions.

• Application Opening - April 25, 2024

• Application Deadline - the application filing will be open continuously at least through May 10, 2024 and will close any time thereafter.

• Salary: $156,884 - $210,002 Annually. Click here for more information.

• Appointment Type: Permanent Civil Service

• Recruitment ID: CBT-2830-H00106

The list resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill 2830 Public Health Nurse positions for the next six months.

As of April 25, 2024, in order to place you at the appropriate salary step, please include your complete and verifiable registered nursing employment history (up to 21 years) on our application. The information that you provide on the application will be used to determine your salary step. For additional information please see paragraph 414 of the collective bargaining agreement. To see a copy of the 1021 MOU click here.

Role description

The 2830 Public Health Nurse in Communicable Disease Control and Prevention is a highly skilled professional nurse who possesses a variety of skills and knowledge directed at the identification, characterization, control, and prevention of communicable diseases of public health importance, to include in-person field nursing such as vaccination, testing, outbreak investigation and response, training, and infection control and prevention assessments. May work part time in a mobile or field operation or in the Adult Immunization and Travel Clinic as required.

Under general supervision of the Nurse Manager, the 2830 Public Health Nurse performs the following duties:

• Investigates and respond to communicable diseases and outbreaks of public health importance.

• Assists with informing local medical providers, affected populations, community organizations, and the general public of relevant disease trends, alerts, and outbreaks in a timely manner through informational bulletins, routine reports, trainings, exposure notices, advisories, public meetings, and other means.

• Investigates and documents communicable disease cases and outbreaks promptly. This includes phone interviews, reviewing medical records, working with partners, and doing field visits. Tasks involve confirming diagnoses, identifying exposed contacts, assessing risks, ensuring treatment, collecting specimens, enforcing infection control, offering education, filling out forms, and reporting to agencies.

• Maintains close collaboration with other jurisdictions, agencies, city departments and healthcare facilities. Answers questions, provide technical support and training, and collaborate on complex health issues.

• Provides lead direction to other nurses, clinical staff, or paraprofessional staff for broader outbreak investigation and preparedness and implementation of disease control and prevention measures.

• Monitors contact with patients having communicable diseases through phone, email, video conference, or field visits.

• Participates in preparation and/or service of Health Officer Orders.

• Helps new staff, students, interns, and preceptees get familiar with Disease Control and Prevention programs and activities.

• Develops and updates standard work, protocols, procedures, and policies.

• Stays updated on specialized areas like disease trends, vaccination guidelines, and professional standards.

• Plans, organizes, and staffs vaccination events including those based in facilities, schools, the community, and the field/street. Administers vaccines, monitors vaccine recipients, and responds to adverse events.

• Maintains expertise in vaccine storage, handling, and administration.

• Receives training in, and complies with, infection control procedures and personal protective equipment use.

• Receive training in other Disease Prevention and Control Branch activities to improve cross-branch capacity, emergency preparedness, and surge.

• Participates in emergency surge activities to respond to emerging communicable disease cases and situations.

The 2830 Public Health Nurse performs other duties as assigned/required.

How to qualify

• LICENSE: Possession of a valid permanent/temporary California license as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing; AND
• CERTIFICATE: Possession of a valid Public Health Nurse Certificate issued by the California State Department of Health; AND
• EXPERIENCE: One (1) year (equivalent to 2,000 hours*) of verifiable experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute hospital, primary care facility, home health agency, and/or public health agency within the last five (5) years; AND
• LICENSE: Possession of a valid current California Driver's License issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. (Possession of a valid California Driver's License is required at the time of appointment.)

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Possession of Master's level education in nursing or public health.

• Experience in communicable disease control, epidemiology, and/or outbreak management.

• Experience applying infection control principles in a healthcare setting.

• Possession of a Certification in Infection Control (CIC).

• Experience handling, analyzing, and reporting data on cases, outbreaks, and high-risk environments.

Note on Experience: One year of full-time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours (2,000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week). Any overtime hours that you work above 40 hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Some positions may require special conditions, including but not limited to Bilingual Proficiency: Some positions may require bilingual fluency in a variety of languages depending upon the department's bilingual needs. Only those eligible candidates who pass the bilingual proficiency test will be considered for bilingual positions. Applicants must indicate on the application form the language(s) in which they claim proficiency. Special conditions associated with the position(s) to be filled may differ from the standard minimum qualifications associated with this classification.

Important Note: Please make sure it is absolutely clear in your application exactly how you meet the minimum qualifications. Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Please be aware that any misrepresentation of this information may disqualify you from this recruitment or future job opportunities. For more information, click here.

What else should I know?

Selection Procedures:

After submitting an application, qualified candidates must complete all subsequent steps to progress in this selection process. These steps include:

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ): Candidates will be required to complete an MQSQ as part of the employment application. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications. Please provide proof of your licenses and certifications by uploading them to your application.

Training and Experience Evaluation/Supplemental Questionnaire (SQ) (Weight: 100%): The SQ will be sent to those qualified candidates who demonstrate they meet the minimum qualifications. Candidates will be required to submit the completed SQ in the time frame indicated and responses on the SQ cannot be changed once submitted. A passing score must be achieved on the SQ in order to be placed/ranked on the Eligible List. Candidates will be placed in rank order according to their final score on the SQ. After the confidential eligible list/score report is adopted, the department may administer additional selection procedures to make a final hiring decision. The SQ is designed to measure knowledge, skills and/or abilities in job-related areas that have been identified as critical for satisfactory performance in this position. All relevant experience, education and/or training must be included in the application to be reviewed during the scoring process. The department may administer additional position-specific selection procedures to make final hiring decisions.

Candidates must achieve a passing score on the Training and Experience exam in order to continue in the selection process and will be placed on the confidential eligible list in rank order according to their final score.

Additional selection processes may be conducted by the hiring department prior to making final hiring decisions.

Certification

The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be the Rule of 10 Scores.

Eligible List/Score Report:

Once you pass the exam, you will be placed onto an eligible list and given a score and a rank. For more information, visit here.

The duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be 6 months and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

How to apply:

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit careers.sf.gov and begin the application process.

Our e-mail communications may come from more than one department so please make sure your email is set to accept messages from all of us at this link.

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment therefore, it is their responsibility to contact the Analyst if they update their email address.

Applicants will get a confirmation email acknowledging the receipt of their online application for each filed announcement. It's essential to keep this email for records. If the email is not received, it indicates that the online application was not submitted or received.

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:

Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. [Note: The correction of clerical errors in an announcement may be posted on the Department of Human Resources website here. The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 110.4. Such appeals must be submitted in writing to the Department of Human Resources, 1 S Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103-5413 by close of business on the 5th business day following the issuance date of this examination announcement. Information concerning other Civil Service Commission Rules involving announcements, applications and examination policies, including applicant appeal rights, can be found on the Civil Service Commission website here.

DPH Health Critical Requirements and Information: Please review the following policies regarding DPH employment requirements that safeguard yourself and others.

• COVID-19 Policies

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Medical Examination Prior to Hiring

• Electronic Health Record (EHR)

• Licensure/Certification/Registration : search.dca.ca.gov/results.

• Note on ICARE

Additional information regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information about the Hiring Process

• Conviction History

• Employee Benefits Overview

• Equal Employment Opportunity

• Disaster Service Workers

• Reasonable Accommodation

• Right to Work

• Copies of Application Documents

• Diversity Statement

• Veterans Preference

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst, Margarita.gonzalez-d@sfdph.org or 628-271-6834.

We may use text messaging to communicate with you on the phone number provided in your application. The first message will ask you to opt in to text messaging.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT: All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.