Community Health Nurse

at Butler County Courthouse in El Dorado, Kansas, United States

Job Description

Position Summary: Under the supervision of the Administrator, the Community Health Nurse performs general nursing duties relating to public health in Butler County. The employee in this position performs physical assessments, administers screening procedures, makes referrals to physicians and screens individuals for proper health care placement. The Community Health Nurse administers immunizations and prescriptions as ordered by physicians. Work is performed with professional independence and in accordance with established department policies, protocols and procedures.

• Administers immunizations, prescriptions, testing and screening, as ordered by physicians;
• Assists with multiphasic programs including vision and hearing screenings;
• Performs physical assessments, administers screening procedures, makes referrals to physicians and screens individuals for proper health care placement;
• Counsels patients and families in meeting nursing and related health needs;
• Provides family planning services and physical assessments;
• Provides vision and hearing screenings for schools;
• Demonstrates and implements nursing procedures in clinic;
• Evaluates patient’s nursing needs and initiates nursing/treatment plans;
• Gives instruction concerning nursing care;
• Maintains clinic records and provides follow-up;
• Makes home visits and performs skilled nursing procedures when necessary;
• Participates in service programs, supervises and teaches other personnel or nursing students;
• Performs physical examinations on patients;
• Performs screening tests for TB, anemia, urinalysis and blood pressure;
• Provides guidance incommunicable disease areas; Investigates communicable disease outbreaks, reports with the state, confers and coordinates with director for public communication;
• Provides nursing supervision and care for grant programs;
• Takes health histories and performs physical assessments for children on Medicaid and Head Start and other individuals;
• Investigates animal bites, potential for rabies; reports with the state, confers and coordinators with the director for public communication;
• Investigates food borne illnesses, reports with the state, confers and coordinates with other agencies, provides the director with public communication;
• Performs other duties as deemed necessary or as required.

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations;
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public;
• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of communication; conveying and receiving detailed or important instructions and information to and from other workers and the general public;
• Ability to give injections, take blood pressure, and perform various blood and urine tests;
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form;
• Ability to make fine discriminations in sound;
• Ability to operate a hemoglobin analyzer, stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, audiometer and other related medical equipment as required by the job;
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations;
• Ability to reliably and predictably carry out duties;
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists;
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference; 
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals;
• Knowledge of public health related issues;
• Skill in interpersonal, oral and written communication;