Public Health Nurse III

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate for this position in Children’s Medical Services (CMS) has experience working with
community partners and community resources. The candidate supervises multiple programs. The ideal
candidate has knowledge of health equity, social determinants of health, and quality improvement processes.
THE POSITION
This is a lead Public Health Nurse position under the general direction of the CMS manager to support the
staff within the following programs: Childhood Lead Poisoning Program (CLPPP), and Health Program for
Children in Foster Care (HCPCFC). Respectively, these programs promote the reduction and elimination of
lead in children and provide oversight of children in foster care getting medical/dental care routinely with
emphasis on psychiatric medication oversight and monitoring. This position provides diverse leadership
working with community partners, public health nurses, community health workers, administrative and health
education staff. The position entails enforcing policies and procedures looking through a lens of
collaborations, quality improvement, process change, and effectiveness of services on the clients served. The
role is characterized by flexibility, accountability, integrity, ingenuity, responsibility, social justice and
professionalism.
The Public Health Nurse (PHN) III position in Public Health can involve planning, coordination,
implementation, and assistance with the administration and direction of staff in various Public Health
programs. These programs provide population-based services in clinical and community settings focused on
illness and injury prevention, health promotion through education, case management, direct care, and
community collaboration. Areas of practice may include but are not limited to maternal and child health,
communicable disease, chronic illness, and HIV/STD.
This specific PHN III position is primarily assigned to the Children’s Medical Services department. The PHN III
is responsible for supervising and directing nursing and case management staff, as well as planning,
coordinating, and implementing program activities within the CLPPP and HCPCFC programs.