Public Health Nurse III Communicable Disease Liaison Bureau of School Health

*** OPEN TO APPLICANTS WHO ARE PERMANENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE ***

Established in 1805 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. We strive to protect and promote the health of all New Yorkers. Our core values are science equity and compassion with a vision to be a city where all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential regardless of who they are where they are from or where they live.

As a worldrenowned public health agency responding to urgent public health crises from New York Citys yellow fever outbreak in 1822 to the COVID19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation expertise and programs for accessing services. We have a vast impact on national public policy including programs and services focused on food and nutrition antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and racial justice work among others.

Our 6000plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racisms impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021 the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power opportunity and access the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.

Program Description:

The Division of Family and Child Health (DFCH) of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is charged with the creation and oversight of programs policies services and environments that support physical and socioemotional health and promote primary and reproductive health services health equity social justice safety and wellbeing for New York City families and children. The Division is comprised of the Bureau of Maternal Infant and Reproductive Health the Bureau of Early Intervention the Office of School Health and the Bureau of Administration. The vision of the DFCH is that every child woman and family recognizes their power and is given the opportunity to reach their full health and development potential. We encourage qualified applicants with demonstrated commitment to social justice particularly racial gender and LGBTQI equity to apply.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Under the direct Supervision of the Director; Deputy Assistant Director of Nursing Services; and under the clinical direction of the Medical Director; specifically concerning issues related to communicable immunization and environmental matters the Communicable Disease Nurse Liaison will be responsible for the following duties: Serving as the Office of School Health (OSH) Nurse Liaison on all matters related to communicable and vaccine preventable disease outbreaks/environmental investigations and interventions in the school setting
Participating/contributing to the development and implementation of Office of School Health Continuous Quality Improvement Program which analyzes data from incidents and occurrences
Participating/contributing to the development and implementation of Office of School Health Continuous Quality Improvement Program which analyzes data from incidents and occurrences
Working in conjunction with BNDs Nursing Supervisors SMDs Nurses and in Consultation with other DOHMHs bureaus to provide clear instruction for OSH staff and DOE personnel in the necessary protocols/policy/procedure related to the specific concern
Transmitting electronically at the end of each workday a complied Sign Out Report to BNDs SMDs Nursing Supervisors and Key Central Office personnel
Participating/contributing to the development and implementation of OSH Continuous Quality Improvement Program which analyzes data from incidents and occurrences
Participating in the reviewing of occurrences to provide analysis and development of needed action plans
Collaborating with the Staff Development and Central Office Nursing Units to develop appropriate training programs to help determine areas needing improvement
Serving as the OSH Nurse Liaison for compliance regarding Suspected Child Abuse and EMS Reporting
Assuming short and longterm projects as required and directed by the Director of Nursing Participates in team development; assisting the Director of Nursing as needed
Preparing oral and written reports as required.

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Qualifications :

1. A Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing from a regionallyaccredited college or university or one recognized by the New York State Education Department as following acceptable educational practices;
and
2. A license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.

Medical Requirement: Medical guidelines have been established for the position of Public Health Nurse. Candidates will be examined to determine whether they can perform the essential functions of the position of Public Health Nurse. Where appropriate a reasonable accommodation will be provided for a person with a disability to enable him or her to take the examination and/or to perform the essential functions of the job.
SPECIAL NOTE B
For assignment to Assignment Levels II and III in addition to meeting the Qualification Requirements described above individuals must meet the supervisory level qualification requirements set forth in Section 11.42 of the New York State Sanitary Code.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime