Overview
This position is located in Gallatin City-County Health Department and performs duties that support the vision, mission and goals of the Department. This position is responsible for providing home visiting and other nursing services within the City-County Health Department to promote and maintain individual, group, and community health. This position’s duties will include a heavy emphasis on home visits for high-risk families to: assess health issues; monitor growth and development of infants and children; provide education for healthy pregnancies; provide lactation and postnatal education; monitor clients and develop plans of care; and complete required documentation. Coordinates participation in community health activities and provides presentations on health topics. Work requires home visits to high-risk families, and may involve contentious situations. Other duties may include work in a variety of disease prevention and health promotion programs, school nursing services for rural schools, as well as outreach to the public and contributing to departmental response to public health emergencies. Contacts with the public in health care situations involves exposure to illness and disease. This position reports to the Maternal Child Health Services Group Manager, and the Maternal Child Health Nurse Supervisor and does not supervise other County personnel.
