Title: Public Health Nurse (TJX11) - WAGE

State Role Title: Registered Nurse I

Hiring Range: $34.57/hr. - $39.59/hr.

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: BLUE RIDGE HQ

Agency Website: www.vdh.virginia.gov/blueridge

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Are you interested in a part time (29 hours/week) position that emphasizes wellness across the lifespan for members of your community? Do you enjoy a job with lots of variety, where you will care for individuals, children and families all on the same day? Blue Ridge Health is the place for you! The Blue Ridge Health District (BRHD) serves the people in the following counties: Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, and the City of Charlottesville.

We are in need of a new Public Health Nurse (PHN) based in our Charlottesville/Albemarle Health Department. Our ideal candidate would be a practicing nurse with public or community health experience. This position is highly mobile, where you will work throughout all district clinics providing immunization, tuberculosis screening and management, communicable disease investigation, Newcomer Health assessments, contraception and sexual health services to our community. This PHN role also conducts in home screenings for adults and children to determine eligibility for Medicaid long term services, in addition to providing clinic-based childhood school and sports physicals. If you are an energetic team player who would like a regular schedule and a caring, dynamic work environment this is the job for you!

VDH requires all Health-Care Personnel (HCP) to provide documentation of immunization or evidence of immunity to the following: hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella; a one-time dose of tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) vaccine regardless of the interval since the last dose of tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine was administered (Td or Tdap boosters shall be received every 10 years); and the current year's seasonal influenza vaccination.

Wage employees are subject to the following conditions of employment:
• Wage employees serve at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority.
• Continuing employment is based on available funding and business need.
• Wage employees are not covered by the provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act. Therefore, they are not eligible for benefits which are provided to salaried employees, such as leave credits, holiday pay, insurance, access to the grievance procedure, etc.
• Wage employees are paid only for the hours they actually work.
• Virginia state law currently requires that agencies not permit wage employees to work in excess of 29 hours per week on average over the course of a year. Wage employees may not work for VDH beyond 1,500 hours during the period of May 1 – April 30 of the following year (the Standard Measurement Period).
• Once a wage employee works the maximum of 1,500 hours during the Standard Measurement Period, the employee may be rehired as a wage employee of VDH only after the next Standard Measurement Period has begun.
• Wage employees are eligible to apply for all classified positions for which recruitment has been initiated, including those limited to State Employees Only.
• If a wage employee becomes employed in a classified position, he/she will be eligible to purchase retirement credit for the time worked as a wage employee.
• Continuing employment is based on available funding and business need.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires licensure as an RN in the state of Virginia.
• Certified in BLS/CPR.
• Experience and ability to function independently in the home/clinic/community/school settings.
• Exercises sound nursing judgment.
• Experience and ability to enter, review, and analyze data.
• Experience and knowledge of nursing process, health maintenance, disease processes, and case management.
• Work effectively as a member of the multidisciplinary health care team.
• Knowledge and experience in use of computers and computer applications (including Microsoft Office and Google Mail applications).
• Experience and ability to work with diverse cultural backgrounds.
• May travel and some weekend and/or evening hours may be required.
• Must be able to demonstrate decision-making skills, teaching, interviewing, counseling skills and the ability to analyze problems/situations and problem solve.

Additional Considerations

• Excellent communication, data interpretation and computer skills.
• Public health experience.
  

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDH accepts only on-line applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position. Supplemental questions are encouraged to be answered in a comprehensive manner and reference any pertinent knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as any previous experience that relates to the position.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service’s Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion List check, employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions.

It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. VDH employees have a shared Code of Ethics, which can be found in the bottom banner of our website: www.vdh.virginia.gov.

If you have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.30 layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card), you must submit the card before the closing date for this position. The Card may be submitted with the state application as an attachment.

As a V3 (Virginia Values Veterans) employer VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply!

Contact Information

Name: Tammy Richardson / Richard Bolden

Phone: 434-422-4556 / 434-972-6271

Email: Tammy.Richardson@vdh.virginia.gov / Richard.Bolden@vdh.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.