Clinic Nurse Managers

Overview

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Company: Unclassified

Department: Health & Community Wellness

Location: Division of Environmental Health/Childhood Lead Unit, Newark, NJ

Salary Range: $59,539.28 – $62,968.73

Employment Type: Full-time

Seniority Level: Entry level

Registered Nurse case manager in the Division of Environmental Health. The RN will visit clients in their homes to provide nurse case management services on a regular and emergency basis, depending on the child's Blood Lead Level. RN may be re‑assigned to perform other related duties within the Department of Health as needed.

• Perform home visits
• Prepare health assessments
• Prepare comprehensive health care plans
• Provide health counseling and teaching in the patient's primary language on lead poisoning prevention
• Determine whether the child has a primary care pediatrician or a health care facility for primary care
• Follow up in NJIIS to determine the child's immunization status
• Refer child to the immunization clinic as needed
• Monitor blood lead retesting and results, making referrals as needed
• Arrange lead screening for siblings and other children in the household aged six months to 72 months
• Assess need for emergency relocation funding and collaborate with appropriate agencies
• Assist family in obtaining cleaning supplies
• Learn to utilize Electronic Health Record systems including Welligent
• Close cases and discharge when all case management components are met

Licenses:

• Current and valid registration as a Professional Registered Nurse in New Jersey
• Valid driver's license (NJ) and personal vehicle to perform essential duties

• Knowledge of nursing principles, standards, and methods
• Knowledge of immunization and diagnostic procedures
• Knowledge of medical and laboratory procedures, tests, and analyses
• Ability to analyze, comprehend, and interpret nursing principles and case management practices
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with coworkers and stakeholders
• Ability to provide nursing care, first aid treatments, and perform laboratory duties (venipuncture)
• Ability to observe and report patient symptoms and conditions
• Ability to prepare comprehensive nurse case manager reports

Submit resume and cover letter to Michael Wilson (wilsonmark.nj.us) and Sandra Williams (williamssark.nj.us).

The CITY OF NEWARK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.