Community Health Nurse - Med Surg
Company: Heartland Alliance
Location: Chicago
Posted on: January 27, 2023
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Job Description:
Community Health NurseCommunity Health Nurse
Summary: The Community Health Nurse provides quality primary health
care service to special populations. The individual is a registered
professional nurse prepared with experience as a community health
nurse generalist, who has proven nursing and public health practice
to promote and preserve the health of individuals, families and
groups to improve the health of the community. Within the nursing
process framework, the Community health Nurse performs
comprehensive assessment and validation of the reactions and
responses of individuals, families or groups to actual and
potential problems and provides intervention, evaluation and/or
referral to meet identified client needs. Through collaboration
with health professionals and other team members, the Community
Health nurse works to implement client care plans and to manage and
coordinate continuity of care. The community health nurse
participates in activities focused on health promotion, disease
prevention, care of acute and chronic illness and restoration of
health. The community health nurse is accountable for the outcome
of their practice. Individual accountabilities and work volume will
be established through the development of annual Success
Objectives, within the framework outlined below.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Performs a comprehensive and accurate assessment of: individuals
- by completing the health history, lifestyle risk assessment,
physical assessments and appropriate growth and development
assessments and by identifying social and cultural factors that
influence health; families - by assessing family specific risk
factors, related problems and completing the family risk assessment
when appropriate; groups - by utilizing and/or collecting group
data such as vital statistics, demographics, socioeconomic,
cultural and environmental characteristics and appropriate
community members
* Determines relevant diagnoses based on health needs of:
individuals - by analyzing appropriate health assessments; families
- by analyzing family health assessments and groups - by analyzing
group and special population data
* Develops plans at each level of prevention (primary secondary and
tertiary) that specify nursing actions for: individuals - by
providing direct care to meet physical and psychosocial needs;
families - by prioritizing problems and establishing mutually
agreed upon goals specific to the stage of family development;
groups - by using program planning and group concepts to meet the
health needs of the group
* Guided by the plan, intervenes to promote health, prevent illness
and restore health for: individuals - by implementing nursing plans
independently and prescription treatments and standing orders under
the direction of physicians and mid level providers and by
facilitating and monitoring client referrals and linkages to other
internal and external social services and health care services as
appropriate; families - by implementing interventions with the
participation of the family members; groups - by implementing
programs based on assessed needs of groups and by developing health
education presentations and participating in the training of groups
of clients and other community providers
* Evaluates responses to interventions in order to determine
progress toward goal achievement and to revise the database,
diagnosis and plan for: individuals - by evaluating individual
client interventions; families - by evaluating family
interventions; groups - by evaluating groups interventions
* Applies theoretical concepts as a basis for decisions in practice
from the disciplines of: nursing - including community health
theory related to individuals and social, behavioral and the
physical sciences; transcultural nursing theory - community and
public health related to families; community and public health
theory related to groups
* Collaborates with other multidisciplinary professionals and
community agencies to provide high quality health care
* Coordinates clinic and health care outreach services in
conjunction with other team members to meet clients primary health
care needs and ensure continuity of care
* Plans, implements and coordinates new community health programs
with appropriate supervision from the appropriate program director
to meet the needs of special populations
* Participates in quality assurance activities through protocol
development, collaborative and peer review by: assisting in
protocol development and identifying indicators of quality care;
developing protocols and identifying appropriate criteria for the
evaluation of care; evaluating standards of care based on the
quality assurance process, developing protocols and procedures that
guide the delivery of care
* Assumes responsibility for professional development and
contributes to the professional growth of others
* Develops in depth knowledge of daily program operations, policies
and procedures
* Acts as a preceptor in the orientation of new health care
personnel, interns and volunteers.
* Serves as a consultant to other health care providers and
agencies, sharing specialized knowledge when appropriate
* Documents comprehensive, accurate and continual data on client
records and program reports
* Advocates for special populations through education to the public
and consultation with clients, consumers and health care
professionals
* Practices within the legal and ethical guidelines established by
the Nurse Practice Act, the Code of Nurses, the Social Policy
Statement and the Standards of Practice for the Community Health
Nurse.
* Adheres to professional standards as outlined by the governmental
bodies, American Nurses Associations (ANA), Nurses Association of
College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NAACOG), the American College
of Nurse Midwives (ACNM), private funding sources, Agency
plans/policies and unit guidelines. Participates in periodic
evaluative reviews and/or in house and external staff training to
ensure that he/she understands and continues to adhere to such
standards. Initiates requests for assistance or guidance from
Supervisor to address new issues or complex concepts affecting
adherence to professional standards.
* Other duties can be assigned at times in order for HAH to meet
the mission and/or funder requests to service our participants.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual
must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
* Education and/or Experience: High School Diploma or GED with 10
years of experience, Associates Degree with 5 years of
experience.
* Licensure: Active Illinois Registered Nurse licensure
required.
* Other Qualifications: Two to three years of documented community
health experience with a focus on individuals and families
utilizing appropriate theoretical concepts required. Certification
as a Community Health Nurse or other appropriate certification such
as Certified Transcultural nurse maybe required. Documented
experience in program planning, implementation and evaluation of
community health programs for special groups maybe required.
Documented experience in evaluating standards of care based on the
quality assurance process maybe required. CPR certification
required
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
* Frequently required to sit, stand and walk
Heartland Alliance Health requires all employees to be fully
vaccinated against Covid-19 or to undergo weekly Covid testing
until they meet that requirement, subject to any lawfully required
accommodation.
Heartland Alliance makes all hiring and employment decisions, and
operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to
race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender,
gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry,
national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected
veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant
status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA,
military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending
on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military
discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is
the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions
and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord
with the organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September
1987.
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