Summit County Government Public Health Full Time Public Health Nurse This is an opportunity to work in a flexible, challenging and rewarding environment. Primary responsibilities are Immunizations, Consultation and General Public Health. BS in nursing required. Bilingual helpful English/ Spanish.

Benefit package includes health insurance, vacation and retirement. Open until filled. EOE.

Registered Nurse Job Duties:

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.

• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.