Public Health Nurse Cover Letter

Please consider me for the public health nurse opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

Previously, I was responsible for care management and coordination across the primary care team for aging, chronically ill, those with increasingly complex health needs; strategically providing care with team members functioning at the top of their license/responsibilities.   .

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Experience as a school nurse or in a related field
• Experience with community-based nursing
• Experience working as a public health nurse with MCH populations
• Experience coordinating and facilitating meetings and conducting webinars, including training others
• Experience working with data systems
• Experience in policy development and program implementation on the county or state level
• Experience in consensus-building, collaboration-building, and strategic planning
• Experience working in a team environment that supports collaboration

I would like to submit my application for the public health nurse opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for for the educational needs of the health care team regarding Case Management and/or topics specific to designated clinical care.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Skill in communicating effectively, both orally (including public speaking) and in writing
• Skill in administering medication and vaccines and performing phlebotomy
• Skill in conducting patient assessments, TB skin tests, screening procedures, case management, and investigational interviews with patients, contacts, and healthcare providers
• Skill in developing and conducting individual and group training and continuing education workshops
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse by the State of Texas or a state with recognized reciprocity through the Nurse Licensure Compact
• Valid Class C Texas driver's license or equivalent license from another state
• Previous experience with Communicable Disease and/or Outbreak
• Active New York State Licensed Practice Nurse

I am excited to be applying for the position of public health nurse. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for expertise in new areas of interest to public health including the information available from managed care organizations.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Of a Registered Nurse (RN) Supervisor to serve the citizens of Portsmouth
• Experience conducting health assessments and treatments
• Experience conducting visits in client’s homes
• Proficiency using Cornerstone Information Management System
• Previous experience supervising Nurses
• Experience in Public Health/Community based setting
• Experience managing grants and budgets
• Have a wide range of nursing and PHN theories, principles, concepts and practices

In response to your job posting for public health nurse, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for comprehensive case management and care coordination for a panel of frail elderly patients.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Have basic knowledge of project management concepts, techniques and automation tools, resource interpretation and forecasting
• Knowledge of public health nursing and public health principles/practice including epidemiology, surveillance, disease prevention, health promotion, health and community assessment, and community collaboration
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal laws and ordinances pertaining to tuberculosis and other public health concerns
• Knowledge of CDC's TB treatment protocols and guidelines including DOT, targeted screening for TBI, and contact investigation
• Knowledge of the natural history and epidemiology of TB
• Knowledge of infection control practices and procedures
• Knowledge of medical terminology and medical records
• Knowledge of QA principles, evaluation methods, and data analysis

In response to your job posting for public health nurse, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for patient and family teaching, staff education, and consults with other health care team members that include explanation of the role of palliative care.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Medicare and Medicaid knowledge- highly preferred
• Able to coordinate outreach to members in the community to attend local events and maintain a partnership
• Background in Community/Public Health experience- highly preferred
• Bilingual- Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese or Korean-highly preferred
• Bilingual- Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese or Korean
• Experience administering vaccines, including the MMR vaccine
• Experience with communicable disease and/or outbreak response and control activities
• Experience administering vaccines to children