SUMMARY:
Public Health Seattle-King County is looking for a self-motivated, flexible, and compassionate Public Health Nurse (PHN) to increase nursing capacity on the Mobile Medical Program’s Street Medicine Team as well as provide support to the Mobile Medical Vans. In this role, the PHN will work with a multidisciplinary street team that addresses the medical, behavioral health care and harm reduction needs of people living homeless. The Street Medicine Team is currently comprised of a nurse practitioner, public health nurse and behavioral health focused outreach worker. A second PHN will allow the team increase capacity for conducting nursing assessments, street based wound care, COVID testing, STD testing, and provision of test results. The role will work with the Street Team three days a week and support the Mobile Medical Vans 1 to 2 days per week to support primarily COVID testing. This schedule is subject to change.

Commitment to Equity and Social Justice:
As the only jurisdiction in the world 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.

We have 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 vulnerable communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

Applicants should be committed to working with diverse populations throughout King County to provide excellent customer service to a broad range of cultures, in accordance with the King County Equity and Social Justice Ordinance and the King County Strategic Plan.


Job Duties:
The Street Medicine Team seeks out and brings care directly to people living outside and in encampments. The team aims to engage people in health education, professional and peer support, and treatment for their medical and behavioral health conditions via a trauma-informed and harm reduction approach. The Street Medicine team has been in operation for approximately a year and this new PHN will have a unique opportunity to inform and shape program development. Job duties include:

• Provide training, orientation and education to staff, clients, students and the community.
• Participate in quality assurance activities to meet laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Provide birth control and pregnancy options counseling (including referrals for pregnancy termination services).
• Assist with tracking client engagement and connections to community health agencies.
• Participate in professional development opportunities and attends staff/team meetings as deemed necessary.
• Provide support to the Mobile Medical Vans up two days per week in order to support COVID and STD testing, provision of results and nurse triage.

• Experience providing health education and nursing care to individuals who are living homeless with substance use and mental health conditions
• Ability to apply concepts of harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and equity & social justice principles to nursing practice
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, independently manage time and handle multiple tasks
• Personal flexibility, a sense of humor and the ability to accept feedback while working with a highly collaborative team
• Skilled in Motivational Interviewing (MI) or willing to become trained in MI
• Experience in verbal de-escalation and physical interventions in emergent situations to maintain a safe and secure environment
• Bilingual language skills desired.
• Bicultural desired

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing
• Washington State Driver’s License or ability to travel to various sites throughout Seattle-King County.
• Current CPR-BLS for healthcare providers
• Willing to provide options counseling
• Letter of interest that speaks to why you want to do this work.

• NEOGOV/Government Jobs on-line or paper application
• Completed supplemental questions that are supported in your application. These answers will be reviewed to determine competitiveness. Please do not use "see resume" in your answers as these will be considered incomplete.
• Letter of interest which details how you meet or exceed the qualifications.

• The selected candidate will be required to submit a background check. Records are not automatically disqualifying.
• Employees are required to protect the privacy and security of protected health information as defined in State and Federal Law.
• Employees are required to adhere to OSHA/WISHA guidelines including but not limited to completing required trainings on time.

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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.

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