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10/10/2019

Public Health Nurse

Hancock Public Health

Date Posted Internally and Externally: October 9, 2019

Position: Children with Medical Handicaps (AKA CMH/BCMH-Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps)/ Public Health Nurse/ Full-Time

General statement of duties:

Working under the direction of the Director of Nursing the CMH (Children with Medical Handicaps)/ public health nurse facilitates the CMH program within Hancock Public Health. The Children with Medical Handicaps Program is a health care program in the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). CMH links families of children with special health care needs to a network of quality providers. CMH is a state-administered program that operates within ODH. CMH receives funding for services from the federal Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, state general revenue funds, county tax funds, third-party reimbursements and donations. CMH promotes early identification of children with handicapping conditions and treatment of those children by appropriate health care providers. As a public health nurse in this position you will collaborate with ODH to assist in increasing access to care; supporting service coordination for children with selected diagnoses; and assisting families to access and utilize appropriate sources of payment for services for their child.

Although this position focuses primarily on the Children with Medical Handicaps program, it will also encompass an array of other public health nursing duties. Cross training within other public health nursing programs will be required.

Required education, experience, and training:

• Graduate of accredited nursing program
• Ability to operate a personal computer
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with employees, officials, and other agencies and the public.
• Must hold and maintain current Registered Nurses License in the State of Ohio
• Must hold and maintain continuing educations units (CEU’s) as prescribed for licensing.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to foster partnerships
• Well versed in modern office procedures, practices, equipment and software
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
• Must have a baseline Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI)
• Ability to comply with state and agency policies and procedures

Preferred qualifications:

• Current BLS certification
• Pediatric Experience
• CMH experience
• Case management experience

Additional requirements:

• Must be able to pass a background check.
• Retain current licensure if applicable.

Interested parties submit resume to:

Hancock Public Health
Attn: Shannon Chamberlin, RN, BSN
SChamberlin@hancockpublichealth.com
2225 Keith Parkway
Findlay, Ohio 45840

Resumes will be accepted until October 23, 2019

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