Join the Southwest Suburban Health Department as a Public Health Nurse. This position will work primarily from the Greenfield office and services the City of West Allis and the City of Greenfield residents. A Public Health Nurse is responsible for communicable disease control and clinical services such as immunizations, TB skin testing and blood pressure screenings; as well as, caseload management for prenatal care coordination, lead-poisoned children, adult health and other home visiting services through assessment, health education/counseling, and referral assistance.

A Public Health Nurse acts as a primary point of contact for resources for the public and community stakeholders and exercises mature judgement, acts with integrity and exhibits professional and ethical interactions with a diverse population of clients. The Public Health Nurse recommends and assists in developing and maintaining nursing programs and provides input with the operations of the program, reviewing contracts, updating policies/procedures, and submitting required reports.

Enjoy a competitive benefits package including contributory medical and fully paid dental, a contributory dual pension program, and generous time off. West Allis residents earn an additional 5% on top of the pay range. Learn more and apply today!

• Independently and confidently assumes case management of a client or population based (e.g. schools) caseload across the lifespan including complex or more intense cases in a culturally competent manner. Case referral are within the Foundations of Public Health (Access to & Linkages with Clinical Care; Communicable Disease; Chronic Disease & Injury Prevention; Environmental; Maternal-Child-Family.
• Provide assessment, health education/counseling, and referral assistance. Purpose of caseload management is to promote and maintain the health of an individual, family, population group, and community for health status improvement.
• Make referrals to other WAHD Divisions, City Departments or community agencies as needed and work collaboratively; may function as the lead resource professional on case
• Has considerable to proficient knowledge of principles of public including epidemiology; communicable diseases, surveillance, transmission and reduction of disease spread; maternal-child-family-adult health principles; environmental topics such as lead, CO poisoning; chronic disease and injury prevention; access and linkages to clinical care that demonstrates expertise with managing a caseload
• Exercises mature judgement, acts with integrity; professional and ethical interactions with a diverse population of clients
• Participate in outreach to our clinic/medical surveillance sites to assure proper communicable disease reporting, inform of new public health initiatives
• Knowledge of resources for free and low cost medical services for clients with no or inadequate health insurance and process for assisting client with access to health insurance and other basic needs.
• Follow-up and case management on reportable communicable diseases (mandated function of public health) including active tuberculosis cases for individual and outbreak situations that include counseling, ensuring treatment, dispensing tuberculosis medications and/or exclusion or quarantine per recommendations, surveillance, and reduction of disease spread in community. Able to confidently and proficiently manage complex cases
• Collect biological specimens according to lab guidance.

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• State of WI Nursing License.
• 1-2 Years of Professional Paid Nursing Experience (Public Health Preferred) within the last 4 years.
• Experience one to two years of professional paid nursing experience (public health experience preferred) within the last 4 years.