Public Health Nurse Consultant

Overview

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering opportunities across 60+ agencies. You will find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package, and a commitment to work-life balance, with the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

The Indiana Department of Health’s mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and safety of all Hoosiers so that they can reach their optimal health regardless of where they live, learn, work, or play.

In this role you will work for the Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention at the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) on coordinating regional trauma quality improvement efforts. You will report to the Trauma and Injury Prevention Clinical Director, IDOH Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention. You will be responsible for overseeing planning, implementation and assisting the Central region within the state through trauma system-related activities focused on improving the quality of data submitted to Indiana's trauma registry, injury prevention efforts, continuous quality performance improvement, and regional planning & evaluation.

This position will help to support regional coordination of trauma system development and quality improvement projects within both trauma and non-trauma hospitals statewide.

Salary Statement

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $59,800.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Coordinate community health care programs which may involve working with health departments, schools, clinics, public and private childcare facilities, abused or neglected children, home health agencies and rural health care services to improve quality of services.
• Work with community physicians and health care professionals to establish improved reporting and communication between the medical provider community and the state agency staff.
• Coordinate other programs such as school health, migrant health, health promotion and disease prevention programs for children and adults.
• Work in collaboration with other health and social service providers to facilitate the delivery of health and development services.
• Review medical records and provide professional medical opinions and recommendations.
• Visit patients to assess the medical needs, monitor for signs of distress and develop recommendations on how to address any identified needs or concerns.
• Follow up on clients and patients to ensure recommendations are followed and medical needs are addressed.
• Act as a liaison between state agency and community partners to facilitate communication/collaboration and ensure health and medical needs are being addressed.
• Assist in developing diagnostic and treatment plans for clients/patients.
• May provide consultation on communicable disease control and screenings.
• Arrange and conduct in-service and/or continuing education programs.
• Analyze and report on relevant health data.

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

This position is exempt from overtime compensation for additional work hours which may be required to complete essential functions or other assigned work. Exempt employees may work more than 75 hours in a pay period without additional compensation and must report a minimum of 75 hours per pay period of work hours and/or paid leave taken to receive their base biweekly salary.

Registered Nurse (RN) license, active within the state of Indiana.

Additionally, the ideal candidate in this role should minimally have either

• a Bachelor’s Degree with 1+ years of experience, or
• an Associate’s Degree with 3+ years of experience applying the below, outlined knowledge, skills, and abilities in a similar role.

Related certifications and coursework may be considered for education or…