Public Health Nurse - Nurse Family Partnership Program, Downtown Public Health Center

Summary

The Department of Public Health has an opening for a Public Health Nurse (PHN) to join our Downtown Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Team. Nurse-Family Partnership is a community health program that partners a person pregnant with their first child with a registered nurse. The nurse provides home or community visits from pregnancy through the child's second birthday. Through this transformative and challenging life phase, our nurses offer the support, information, and resources their clients desire as they build the lives, they want for themselves and their children.

Components of the program include a provision of home visiting services to a caseload of 25 families per PHN, engagement in weekly reflective supervision sessions, and participation in weekly team meetings.

If not currently trained, the selected candidate for this project will participate in a weeklong training on the Nurse-Family Partnership Program in Denver, CO.

This position is designated as bilingual Spanish English.

Commitment To Equity and Social Justice

Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.

The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all - in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.

To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx

Job Duties

• Obtain and document health history and make nursing diagnosis based on nursing assessment.

• Documentation requires electronic charting: EPIC, and in an NFP database.

• Provide expertise regarding public health nursing scope, practice and policy at many levels.

• Provide support services to the client that links/refers, to other Health Department staff and community providers/partners, while assuring access and continuity of care.

• Provide program planning, monitoring local work plans and progress toward program goals.

• Participate in quality assurance activities to meet laws, regulations, policies and procedures.

• Provide training, orientation and education to staff, clients, students and the community.

• May provide birth control and pregnancy options counseling.

• Other duties as assigned.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing science or a graduate level nursing degree of MSN, DNP or PhD from an accredited school of nursing.

• Current Washington State license as a Registered Nurse or Multi-State Licensure.

• Documentation of current BLS-CPR for Health Care Providers. CPR/AED HeartSaver courses do not meet this requirement.

• Washington state driver's license or ability to travel to sites within the county.

• Ability to read, write and speak Spanish.

Work Schedule: This position is a 1.0 FTE, fully-benefited position with a typical work schedule of Monday

• Friday, 8 a.m.

• 5 p.m. May work outside typical days/hours to meet operational needs. This position is subject to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is overtime eligible.

Work Location: Downtown Public Health Clinic located at 2124 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121 but will work in various locations within Seattle-King County as a field visiting nurse.

Interviews for this opportunity will be held on August 13, 2024.

Who May Apply: This position is open to all minimally qualified nurses which includes new to practice and re-entry nurses.

Union Affiliation: Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA). Public Health

• Seattle & King County (staff nurses) - WSNA

Contact: Amy M. Curtis, BSN, RN, Nurse Recruitment Manager at amy.curtis@kingcounty.gov with any questions.

Supplemental Information

Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.

Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer

No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

To Apply

If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions, please contact Amy M. Curtis who is on this job announcement.

The following items are required to be considered for this vacancy:

• NeoGov Job Application (The responses on your job application should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)
• Supplemental Questions (The responses to the supplemental questions should be thorough and complete and will be used in the screening process)

Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state "see my resume" or "see my personnel file" are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

Necessary Special Requirements

• The selection process may include evaluation of application materials and supplemental questions, interviewing, and testing. You must completely fill out the application with your relevant education and work experience.

• The selected candidate must be able to pass a thorough background investigation and Pre-Employment Physical, but findings may not necessarily disqualify an applicant for employment.

• For more information on our selection process, please refer to www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/jobs/hiring. For tips on interviewing, please visit https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/audience/employees/learning-and-development/Interview_Tips.ashx?la=en.

• Employees are required to protect the privacy and security of protected health information as defined in State and Federal Law.

• Public Health relies on office automation (Microsoft Office) and web-based enabled tools; therefore, candidates must be proficient and comfortable with computer use to perform functions associated with on-going work.

• Employees are required to adhere to OSHA/WISHA guidelines including but not limited to completing their mandatory trainings on time and obtaining required immunizations.

• Regular and reliable attendance, effective communication skills, and development of effective working relationships are requirements of all Public Health positions.

• When Public Health responds to an emergency, and in accordance with relevant CBA language and/or KC policy and procedures, we may assign duties outside your regular job description. This may involve responding at any time, including nights and weekends, with possible deployment to locations other than the department.

• If you need a disability accommodation in the application or testing process, please call the contact number listed on the job announcement.