PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE SUPERVISOR

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Job DetailsJob Location: Ganado, AZ 86505Position Type: Full TimeJob Shift: DayJob Category: NursePosition Summary: The Public Health Nurse (PHN) Supervisor will be responsible for establishing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the quality/performance and patient safety of patients served by the Public Health Nursing department. Responsible for assuring compliance with the Joint Commission Accreditation and other government regulations as well as the PHN Scope and Standards of Practice. Responsible for assisting with the development and coordination of services with a multi-disciplinary care team. Responsible for overseeing PHN staff to positively impact services to high- risk groups to contain communicable disease outbreaks including foodborne illnesses, immunization preventable illnesses, TB, Sexually Transmitted Disease and communicable diseases. Responsible for the oversight of PHN staff who perform home visits in the areas of Maternal/Child/Health, prenatal to Geriatric nursing; chronic patients with varying health conditions; school health to provide immunization updates; mobile unit. Will direct the PHN staff to provide program support by assessing, planning, implemen...