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Public Health Nurse | Case Manager

Location:	Tuba City, AZ Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
Type:	Tribal
Salary Range:	$39 to $61 / Per Hour
Open Period:	2/28/2025 to 3/29/2025
Summary:	TCRHCC is continuously challenged to meet the needs of a growing population, to keep pace with perpetual advances in medical knowledge and technology, and to deal with limited space – very close quarters. We are bursting at the seams and looking toward the future with hopes and dreams of all new facilities, in order to always deliver the best healthcare – the healthcare you deserve! LOCATION AND LIFESTYLE: • Live and work on the beautiful Navajo Reservation, near national parks and forests, canyon country, ski area a day trip away • The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment and a rewarding career in an underserved area • Easy drive to Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Snowbowl ski area, Las Vegas • Easy access to hiking, biking, fishing, skiing • Excellent work/life balance • Very close, collaborative professional staff The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community. The incumbent will provide quality comprehensive public health nursing services to individuals, families, communities and schools supported by evidence based practice. The Public Health Nurse Case Manager will be responsible to assist with development and coordination of services with a multi-disciplinary care team to positively impact services to high-risk groups to contain communicable disease outbreaks including foodborne illnesses, immunization preventable illnesses, TB, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Coronavirus. The role of the Public Health Nurse Case Manager includes home visits in the areas of STI case investigation and field treatment. Under the direction of the Director of Public Health Nursing, the Public Health Nurse Case Manager will provide program support by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating a comprehensive community health nursing program to meet the care needs of the patients and clients in the assigned area.
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Duties:	1. Assists with direct patient care and related tasks; provides nursing services and education to patient's one-to-one, group, or in a community setting. Independently makes home visits, elicits or explains medical information, provides basic care and education to patients with a variety of conditions, illnesses and/or injuries. Responsible for obtaining and recording patient information as assigned by PHN policies (i.e., vital signs, blood sugar, pain assessment, medication information, etc.). 2. Assigns STI cases to staff PHNs and Public Health Technicians for case investigation and field-based treatment. Follows quality assurance protocols to ensure high-quality services with documented outcomes. 3. Trains others in a case management model of infectious disease nursing care. Ensures adherence to case management model in public health response to infectious disease. 4. Assists in the implementation of the Express STI testing, also known as 'golden ticket', through promotion to result notification to treatment completion for patients testing positive for a STI. 5. Coordinates and participates in the planning and delivery of health care services through collaboration with various resources to include TCRHCC clinicians, case management, various Tribal, State, and County agencies. Communicates utilizing a variety of tools to effectively convey ideas, updates regarding program goals and objectives to appropriate entities. Develops and maintains knowledge of regulatory agencies within the geographic service area. 6. Coordinates and leads multi-disciplinary care team in the planning and implementation of care for high risk group (Food Borne Illnesses, TB, STD, Vaccine Preventable disease, COVID-19 testing and vaccinations for homebound patients). Collaborates and coordinates care activities with existing County, State and Navajo Nation Tribal programs (TB Technician, Social Hygiene Technician, Community Health Representatives, Community Health Educators, State and County Disease Investigation Specialists). 7. Conduct contact investigations for communicable Disease and provide appropriate testing, treatment and referrals in the clinic and/or in the field within the respective Service Area. 8. Serve as a resource person for staff, physicians, local community programs, and tribal, county and state Health Departments to work collaboratively with these entities to manage, control and prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
Qualifications:	Education: Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited school of Nursing Certification: • A valid, current, full, and unrestricted Professional Nursing License to practice nursing in any state of the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. • Must have and maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by the American Heart Association (AHA) Experience: Two (2) years of acute care hospital or public health nursing experience
Work Type:	Permanent, Full
Announcement #:	2025 - 2862
Who May Apply?	All Groups of Qualified Individuals
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