CATCH School Nurse Bureau of School Health

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. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential regardless of who they are how old they are where they are from or where they live.

As a worldrenowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge and 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 and services. We serve as the population health strategist and policy and planning authority for the City of New York while also having a vast impact on national and international 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 and social justice work among others.

Our Agencys five strategic priorities building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency are:
1) To reenvision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies with a focus on building a responseready organization with faster decisionmaking transparent public communications and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and dietrelated disease including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths strengthening our youth mental health systems and supporting people with serious mental illness
4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for womens health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change

Our 7000plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City 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 advance antiracist public health practices that 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 AND JOB 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 recognize 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:

In addition to CATCH services the Public Health Nurses:

Perform as a member of a health team in the New York City schools both public and nonpublic.

Perform case findings referrals and followup in conjunction with audiovisual screening team doctors and other health providers in the schools and community.

Provide health education to students and staff in schools and advise families on proper health practices.

Responsible for maintaining school records and prepare monthly reports to be used by nursing supervisors.

Responsible for establishing contacts and build collaborate working relationships with the school administrators and community.

To ensure that these schools/communities continue to receive high quality sexual and reproductive health services as well as other clinical services the Office of School Health currently has several open Public Health Nurse (PHN) positions.

PHNs are the core of the CATCH program by providing daily contact with students and developing the trust and care necessary for best practice adolescent health care. Filling these positions is in keeping with the goals and values of the NYC DOHMH to promote sexual and reproductive health and justice.

**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:

Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation such as:
A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility such as: A Valid U.S. Passport Permanent Resident Card/Green Card or Drivers license.

Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.

Current Resume

Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone Cable Mobile Phone)

Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this postings Minimum Qualification Requirements section. Examples of additional documentation may be but not limited to: college transcript experience verification or professional trade licenses.

If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an onboarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.

**LOAN FORGIVENESS

As a prospective employee of the City of New York you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information please visit the U.S. Department of Educations website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.

FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE (SCHOOL HE 51022

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.

SPECIAL NOTE A
For appointment to School Health individuals must be able to perform CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

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 :

Parttime