Bilingual Public Health Nurse English​/Spanish

Overview

Be part of vital public health efforts to protect and promote maternal and children's health in our community! Join the Nurse-Family Partnership Program and help first-time mothers!

Starting salary up to $69.98/hour ($146,056/year), a competitive total compensation package*, AND a fluent bilingual premium**!

The Department of Health Services, Public Health Division, is currently recruiting to fill a Public Health Nurse position at either the I or II level. If you are interested in being considered at the different levels of this opportunity, you must apply to the separate concurrent recruitments being conducted for each level. This recruitment is for a Public Health Nurse I, which is the entry-level position in the Public Health Nurse series.

The position requires candidates to possess a California State Public Health Nursing Certificate. Through on-the-job training and experience, a Public Health Nurse I can gain the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be promoted to a Public Health Nurse II.

About the Position

The Department of Health Services (DHS) Public Health Division is seeking a bilingual (English/Spanish) Public Health Nurse I to join its Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Home Visiting Program. NFP is an evidence-based nurse home visiting program that empowers first-time pregnant parents to transform their lives and create better futures for themselves and their babies. Nurses partner with clients during the first or second trimester of pregnancy, and home visits are available to the family until the child s second birthday.

Clients learn about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, child development, and nutrition. Nurses support families to improve their health, education, and economic self-sufficiency. The Public Health Nurse will manage a caseload of approximately 25 primary clients and their children, ensuring they receive individualized assessments, ongoing follow-ups, and health education. Other responsibilities will include:

• Conducting visits in clients  homes or at other agreed-upon locations (e.g., parks, libraries), typically checking in with multiple families per day and collaborating with families to develop and follow individualized action plans
• Conducting routine comprehensive assessments
• Actively coordinating and following up on referrals to other health and social service providers and working with local agencies and community organizations to meet clients  needs
• Delivering culturally responsive health and parenting education
• Maintaining accurate, detailed, and up-to-date records of all client interactions, assessments, action plans, and referrals
• Attending team meetings and training sessions, and participating in regular outreach activities
• Conducting outreach with referral sources to identify new clients (e.g., attending weekly Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) rounds at area hospitals) who could benefit from home visiting services

As the ideal candidate for this position, you will have fluent bilingual skills (English/Spanish) and knowledge of public health and population health practices. In addition, you will possess many of the following:

• Knowledge and/or experience with maternal-child nursing
• Experience working in community, clinic, and public health settings
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practices and experience working with individuals impacted by substance use, homelessness, mental health challenges, and intergenerational trauma
• The ability to work independently and in close collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team
• Previous experience as a Nurse Home Visitor, Public Health Nurse, or similar experience
• An interest in fieldwork and the ability to work with families with diverse household customs and traditions
• The ability to demonstrate and genuinely convey respect and appreciation for a client s strengths to build a positive relationship
• Openness to continual learning

As a Public Health Nurse in this program, you will work Monday-Friday daytime hours, but occasionally there may be a need to flex hours to meet a client s needs, e.g., at times adjusting the schedule to start and end one hour later than usual. This position may be required to meet families…