Community Nurse Job Description
Community Nurse Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective community nurse job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included community nurse job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Community Nurse Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Community Nurse
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, AHA, FEMA, AED, BCLS, NRP, HIV
Education for Community Nurse
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the community nurse job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Education, Nursing Program, Graduate, Department of Education, Health, Nursing Education, Science, Public Health, Health Care
Skills for Community Nurse
Desired skills for community nurse include:
Desired experience for community nurse includes:
Community Nurse Examples
Community Nurse Job Description
- Perform routine diagnostic tests, including vital signs and body measurements, as needed
- Coordinate and facilitate health screenings, referrals and follow-up of students
- Coordinate necessary medical interventions as needed
- Manage all health problem referrals
- Utilize existing health resources to provide appropriate care to students
- Prepare and provide instruction/education to students, parents, staff and administration on a variety of health messages including, but not limited to, immunizations, healthy weight, physical activity, nutrition, asthma, diabetes, STDs
- Effectively communicate and implement school health services according to the established school health plan, state guidelines, policies and procedures
- Consistently model cooperation and teamwork through professionalism and work toward a school-wide atmosphere of wellness conducive to learning and highest student achievement
- Promote safety measures and programs in the school to assure a safe and healthy environment, including adherence to OSHA guidelines for prevention of exposure to blood borne pathogens, use of universal precautions, and communicable disease surveillance and education to prevent the spread of infections
- Conducts client interviews, performs assessment and provides education and counseling.as indicated
- Issuance of prescribed medications/birth control ECP per FDOH and DOH-Volusia Nurse Issuance guidelines
- Administration of injectable medications/birth control immunizations as prescribed or in accordance with established procedures
- Performs phlebotomy and routine laboratory tests, including pregnancy, rapid Hepatitis C and rapid HIV
- Review of all appropriate electronic health records for accuracy and completion
- Assists providers, as needed
- Assists in the preparation of exam rooms and work areas including cleaning of equipment and restocking of all work area supplies
Community Nurse Job Description
- Accurately documents all client visits in the Electronic Health Record using approved State abbreviations
- Assists in the orientation and/or education of new public health staff
- Assumes the role of preceptor for nursing students
- Maintains current by developing professional competence, including clinical skills, as required by the department and program
- Assists in all other clinics as indicated
- Participates in staff meetings, planning sessions and in-service as assigned
- Assists with data collection to monitor program progress and participates in quality assurance/quality improvement functions
- Preparation of the clinic area and equipment
- Assist physicians and nurse specialists as needed
- Interpret and reinforce their instructions to clients
- Ability to travel extensively within assigned communities in Chester and Delaware counties
- Access to a private automobile may be required to perform the duties of this position
- Some evenings may run past 5pm and Wednesday's are until 6 pm
- Skilled in accurate and detailed record keeping
- Valid Florida driver’s license or able to get one within 30 days of hire
- All employees are expected to complete timesheets and EARs/DARs as required, both accurately and within the required timeframe
Community Nurse Job Description
- Interviewing and triage of patients, documenting health history, objectives data, screenings, and referral to physician for treatment and /or referral to other health resource per program guidelines
- Utilize nursing protocols where appropriate and indicated
- Assist medical providers with exams, provide treatments and administer medications as ordered by medical provider
- Serve as preceptor to new employees or students
- Counsel/educate patients with specific health needs
- Perform field visits/home visits as need indicate
- When needed conduct blood draw for lab work and conduct simple lab tests as ordered
- Provide nursing services for all clients including STD, HIV/AIDS or other communicable diseases
- Assist with Immunization Program activities as required (inventory, module tickler system)
- Provide phone triage and follow up case management as indicated
- Currently licensed to practice professional nursing
- Must have interest, understanding and appreciation of the problems of the elderly and disabled
- Must be able to make independent home visits performing all necessary tasks
- Must have appropriate nursing skills and judgment
- Dependable transportation is essential
- Properly document client services in record
Community Nurse Job Description
- Assist with orientation of new employees and students
- Function as a team member by utilizing effective communication skills, assisting practitioners, and demonstrating leadership skills to support staff
- Required to complete ICS 100 and NIMS 700 with in 3 months of initial employment and provide documentation of successful completion
- Responsible for securing the designated information sets for the purpose of protecting confidentiality, data integrity, and appropriate access of all information, both confidential and public
- Coordinate and act as a liaison to health departments in Charlotte and Desoto Counties to ensure Linkage to Care (LTC) filed records in the PRISM database are followed up on and closed in a timely manner within the PRISM database
- Coordinate with local HIV/AIDs surveillance and STD program staff to ensure Data-to-Care line lists are managed in a timely manner
- Disseminate information on existing community services that would assist HIV-positive individuals with the practical aspects of treatment adherence
- Oversees clinic operations, staff and mandatory program reporting
- Obtains client’s full medical history and assessment and evaluates information
- Counsels and educates clients
- Provides treatment and education for sexually transmitted diseases when indicated from lab results
- Provides pregnancy testing, counseling and referrals
- Assists with medical exams
- Administers medication per practitioner orders
- Administers immunizations as applicable
- Performs lab work when needed
Community Nurse Job Description
- Collaborates with all CHD programs to assure healthy client outcomes
- Contacts physician for clarification and/or orders regarding client symptoms/standing orders/protocol
- Other related duties as required by the supervisor
- All Client Service Records (CSR’s) and Employee Activity Records (EARS) will be coded accurately and submitted within stated time frames
- This position is responsible and accountable for the performance of the staff under their supervision including appraisals, planning and directing their work, approving leave, and having the authority for hiring and taking disciplinary action or effectively recommending such actions
- Works with health care providers in all clinics
- Upon referral by Division Psychiatrist, the PCNP will provide screenings/assessments and some primary care services
- Will provide screenings/assessments for all new admissions to the Community Psychiatry residential program (RRP)
- Will coordinate and arrange for first and follow-up visits to PCPs and/or specialists to assure connection with providers
- Provides health promotion through work with clients on exercise, weight loss, nutrition and safe relations
- Educates clients on self-management of diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia
- Co-leads therapeutic groups with staff
- Provides community education, health promotion and outreach
- Demonstrated success in a leadership role exhibiting teaching, coaching, and development skills
- Technically proficient in Microsoft Office programs and database use
- Ability to provide preventive health care treatment by teaching and demonstration