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- Diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and related conditions.
- Providing care to a very diverse population.
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Clinical oversight of staff.
- Knowledge of and compliance with Maryland Health Department and local legal mandates.
- Bilingual Spanish/English Proficiency
Nurse Practitioner - Silver Spring, United States - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Description
Job DescriptionClosing Date: Open Until Filled
NOTE : This recruitment has been changed to Open Until Filled. Previous applicants are still under consideration.
The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing care to clients by assessing clients' health status, conducting physical examinations and evaluations, providing treatment and prescribing medications, recommending follow-up care, and making referrals to appropriate health professionals. The employee will serve as a clinical authority in STD clinics and may deliver HIV care in the County's HIV clinics. In addition, the employee will provide health teaching and patient education, counseling and guidance. Work will be performed under the direction of a manager who provides administrative supervision, and under the technical direction of a physician. Work is performed in a variety of clinical settings and involves considerable standing and bending in the assessment and treatment of clients and some lifting, carrying or moving of objects weighing up to fifty pounds or using equivalent forces. While conducting physical examinations, employees in this class are regularly exposed to body fluids and human waste. Such exposure requires the wearing of protective gloves and the following of special procedures for contact with such communicable diseases as STD/HIV/AIDS. The employee also serves as a resource to the private sector on STD and HIV treatment; provides in-service education within Health and Human Services as well as education and/or consultation to community groups; and mentors/precepts nurse practitioner students as well as preventive medicine residents from local educational institutions.
Bilingual applicants in the Spanish/English languages are encouraged to apply. If the candidate selected for this position possesses multilingual skills, he/she will be required to successfully pass an examination assessing oral communication, reading comprehension, and interpreting skills.
The selected candidate will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment physical exam, drug and alcohol screening.
Additional Employment Information
OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.
Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to OHR[redacted] . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: Three (3) years of full-time equivalent post-licensure experience as a Registered Nurse; two (2) years of these 3 years must have been in patient evaluation, diagnosis and treatment and one (1) year of these 2 years must have been in community health nursing.
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent program as determined by the Maryland Board of Nursing, with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and a Master's Degree in Public Health, Community Health Nursing or other appropriate nursing specialty; and successful completion of a Nurse Practitioner Program.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for the Master's Degree or for the required experience, but not for the successful completion of a Nurse Practitioner Program.
License: Possession of a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the United States and certification as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Maryland issued, or recognized, by the Maryland Board of Nursing (MBON). Maryland accepts as valid current RN licensure from a candidate's primary state of residence if that state is a party to National Nurse Licensure Compact (NNLC); additional information is available on the MBON website.
Note: There will be no substitutions for this section.
Preferred Criteria
The applications of those individuals meeting the minimum qualifications will be reviewed to determine the extent, relevancy of training, and experience in the following areas:
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