Immunization Public Health Nurse

Primary Responsibilities for Success

The Immunization Public Health Nurse is responsible for providing direct patient care at ACHD immunization clinics in compliance with ACHD and Adams County policies, procedures, standing orders, professional standards, and program protocols.

This immunization nursing position maintains working knowledge and expertise about immunization best practices and program deliverables. This role serves as an integral part of the clinical team to provide quality nursing care and services at clinics, home visits, and community outreach events.

The Immunization Public Health Nurse focuses on improving individuals, families, and population health by emphasizing vaccinations, preventive health services and attending to multiple determinants of health. This position is the public face and community expert for immunization best practices and decreasing community spread of vaccine preventable disease for Adams County Public Health.

This position requires evening, weekend, and occasional on-call duties.

To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application.

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• Works as part of a team to deliver care in a culturally appropriate and client-centered manner to diverse populations.
• Provides safe, effective, evidence-based client care, including clear, accurate documentation, and referrals.
  
  Uses critical thinking skills and nursing expertise to effectively assess clients and care for their health.
• Performs direct client care by screening immunization records, educating clients and parents or guardians about vaccine effectiveness, safety, and potential reactions. Makes strong vaccine recommendations for all eligible vaccines and administers immunizations to infants, children, teens, and adults during clinic visits, or at outdoor community clinics, fairs, and outreach events.
• Maintains up to date knowledge on vaccine recommendations, safety, administration along with storage, and handling best practices, procedures, and protocols.
• Maintains specialty practice within nursing and public health, promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences.
• Collaborates with team members to provide resources and care/treatment options within the client care setting. Identifies the need for consultation and referral as necessary.
• Maintains working knowledge of agency-wide services and provides appropriate agency-wide referrals as necessary. Links people to needed personal health services and assures the provision to health care when otherwise unavailable.
• Maintains up to date knowledge and performs safe vaccine, medication and medical supply use, storage, and handling, including the “7 rights” of Vaccine Administration.
• Serves as a liaison or lead within clinic or at an off-site community clinic or event.
• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis or data requires a review of various factors.
• Exercises judgement within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Conducts various diagnostic tests, needs assessment interviews, medical histories, and vital measurements to determine appropriate health care measures or coordination of care.
• Applies agency policy and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.

• The Immunization Public Health Nurse attains knowledge and stays up to date and maintains clinical competence that reflects current nursing practice.
• Proficiently documents client visits within the Electronic Health Record and complies with timely documentation standards for clients and employees.
• Maintains custody and quality of cold chain management according to CDC, CDPHE and manufacturer guidelines.
• Regularly attends and actively participates in team meetings and professional development opportunities.
• Supports a team culture of ongoing learning, growth, and collaboration. Assures mentorship and professional support and identifies learning opportunities for the team.
• Assess community needs and collaborate to develop program objectives.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
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