Public Health Nurse IV - Maternal Child Health (MCH) Nurse Manager

$10,000 Sign-On Bonus*

The Fairfax County Health Department is a progressive public health leader serving 1.2 million residents from diverse ethnic, cultural and economic backgrounds. With more than 100 years of leadership in the field, we are committed to promoting population health, protecting public health and the environment, and ensuring residents' equitable access to health services and information.

Works as part of the Health Services Division and is guides professional and paraprofessional staff across multiple service sites to ensure the overall functioning, efficiency, and effectiveness of home visiting services provided by the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program. Manages material and human resources and provides direction, guidance, and support for staff to ensure consistent delivery of NFP services. Must be able to work with minimal supervision and as a collaborative partner in a Maternal Child Health (MCH) management team. Responsibilities include coordinating referrals for a variety of home visiting services provided by PHN staff (Maternal Child Health Field, Nurse-Family Partnership, Healthy Families); monitoring and evaluating the quality and effectiveness of services provided; guiding and supervising professional and paraprofessional staff; prioritizing assignments and activities in accordance with program, agency goals and objectives; data collection, analysis, and reporting; representing the program on committees and work groups; and collaborating with colleagues and community partners to reach established goals and objectives.

* This position includes a signing bonus for fully qualified new county employees in the amount of $10,000.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home (Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.

Extensive knowledge of nursing theories, principles, practices, methods, processes, and procedures required to provide public health nursing care;
Knowledge of human growth and development, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, preventive medicine, epidemiology, and nutrition;
Knowledge of current practices, literature, and trends in public health nursing to include environmental, economic, psychological, social (e.g., family and group dynamics), cultural and linguistic issues or barriers impacting assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of health services to the community;
Knowledge of consultation, teaching, and supervision methods and techniques;
Knowledge of documentation, nursing diagnosis, and quality assurance;
Knowledge of medical and legal policies, guidelines, principles, practices, and standards governing public health nursing as well as nursing specialization;
Extensive knowledge of available community resources for referral and follow-up;
Knowledge of planning, implementing, and evaluating public health nursing programs;
Knowledge of budget and financial management principles and practices to include assessing costs relative to benefits of interventions and their outcomes;
Knowledge of resources planning, management, and utilization;
Knowledge of County personnel policies and practices governing the management and supervision of employees;
Knowledge of management principles, practices, and techniques to include setting program priorities, assigning projects according to ability level and workload demands;
Ability to perform complex technical nursing procedures and use medical equipment in delivering specialized services to the clients;
Ability to manage human and/or facility emergencies and perform emergency treatments related to life-threatening conditions;
Ability to interpret and apply the professional standards of nursing practice, County Health Department policies and procedures and applicable federal, state and County laws and regulations;
Ability to build and develop relationships and partnerships with individuals and entities within and outside of the County;
Ability to relate well to clients from varied backgrounds and different situations;
Ability to manage or diffuse situations involving clients or County staff who may appear
difficult, hostile or distressed;
Ability to identify problems and make sound, well-informed, and objective decisions or
judgments relating to client health care;
Ability to assess the quality, appropriateness, implications, and impact of decisions or judgments made by others and identify courses of corrective action, where appropriate;
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with individuals and groups of all sizes to include delivery of informal or formal presentations;
Ability to participate in hearings or court cases, as necessary;
Ability to prepare public health communications, technical and non-technical reports, briefings, testimonies, and other written material, for dissemination to media groups and the community;
Ability to prepare written justifications for budget, personnel, or other resource requests and expenditures;
Ability to conduct systematic and objective inquiry or evaluation of public health programs and services through data collection, analysis, and interpretation, and report results;
Ability to apply or introduce technology to facilitate decision-making, enable electronic recordkeeping, and to support collaboration and foster communication across the nursing workforce and with the community;
Ability to deal calmly and effectively with high stress situations, including a fast-paced work environment, hostile, manipulative or potentially dangerous situations, complex caseloads or multiple work sites;
Ability to manage multiple programs, balancing stakeholder, staff, and client needs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduation from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education with a bachelor's degree in nursing; plus, five years of post-licensure experience as a nurse in an equivalent health care setting whose focus was primarily prevention services and community education, including three years in a public health/community health setting. Qualifying experience may include experience in ambulatory care settings such as outpatient clinics that incorporate community outreach/education as part of services or specialty settings that incorporate teaching, community outreach, resource referrals, etc. as part of a health care continuum; plus at least one year of supervisory experience.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• Possession of current license or a multistate licensure privilege to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Valid motor vehicle driver's license
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - CPR (Required within 60 days)
• AED (Required within 60 days)

• Master's degree in nursing, public health, or nursing administration preferred.
• At least two years of management and professional staff supervision experience.
• Two or more years of post-licensure experience providing health services to pregnant and/or post-partum women, infants, and/or children, including at least one year of experience in case management and/or care coordination in a public health/community health setting.
• Highly desirable to have the following professional experience: providing Nurse-Family Partnership services; maternal child home visiting; care coordination for high risk pregnant women and infants; working on multi-disciplinary teams; community partnership development; working with ethnically diverse populations; health education/health promotion, and data management and reporting.
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Job is generally sedentary in nature, and requires walking, standing, sitting (for long periods of time), and kneeling, reaching, bending, climbing stairs; may be required to lift or carry up to 25 lbs. as required for the position. Uses hands to grasp, handle, or feel. Visual acuity is required to read data from paper and on a computer monitor or other electronic device; ability to operate keyboard driven equipment and computer and use of touchscreen; Position frequently communicates and must be able to exchange accurate information with others verbally and in writing. Generally, works in an office environment yet may occasionally be required to perform job duties outside of the typical office setting. Ability to drive a motor vehicle. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include a practical exercise.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home (Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.