Clark County Public Health
Cowlitz County Nurse Home Visitor (0.75 FTE)
Clark County Public Health administers Nurse-Family Partnership programming and services in Clark and Cowlitz Counties. The service region for this 1.0FTE posting is for Cowlitz county. The Nurse-Family Partnership nurse home visitor (NHV) is responsible for providing comprehensive nursing services to pregnant individuals and their families who are categorically eligible for the Nurse-Family Partnership Program. The NHV is responsible for maintaining the highest standards in clinical and public health nursing practice and adherence to the Nurse-Family Partnership model, policies, procedures, Visit-to-Visit Guidelines, and standards of Nurse-Family Partnership and of Clark County Public Health. This position receives specific direction and assignments from, and reports to, the Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor assigned to Cowlitz county.
The Public Health Nurse II classification emphasizes health promotion and prevention. Job tasks and activities may be focused on the individual-, community-, or the systems-level, depending on how the issue may best be addressed to improve health outcomes.
Organizational responsibilities include understanding and promoting Clark County Public Health’s mission; providing courteous, respectful, efficient customer service to all department clients; honoring diversity of all department employees and constituents; participating in department training; and striving for personal excellence in public health work.
Our Public Health Department values our community’s diversity and seeks ways to promote equity and inclusion within the organization and with the public. Our department also encourages applications from candidates with knowledge, ability and experience working with a broad range of individuals and communities with diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds.
This position is represented by Local 335 Union, Laborers’ International Union of North America Health Care Division.
This position is on site. More details available in job posting.
| Salary Range: $36.00 – $51.56- per hour
Clark County provides regular full-time and part-time employees with a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, vision and dental insurance, paid leave, flexible spending accounts, life insurance and long-term disability, retirement, and deferred compensation. Some types of employees in some positions and bargaining units might have different benefits and additional compensation. More specific benefit information for the different bargaining units can be found at https://clark.wa.gov/human-resources/employee-benefits. Also please refer to the specific bargaining unit contract for additional compensation at https://clark.wa.gov/human-resources/documents. All Clark County employees must participate in a WASHINGTON STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN (PERS, PSERS or LEOFF).Employee contributions begin the first day of work. Current contribution rates vary by plan but could range from 5% to 15% of gross pay, depending on the plan choice. For additional information, check out the Department of Retirement Systems’ web site here: http://www.drs.wa.gov/ |
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