Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.
As a world-renowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, we serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York. We have a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.
The mission of the Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention is to prevent environmental disease and injury in homes, communities, and the workplace, and to protect health by promoting healthy environments and health equity. The Bureau is comprised of five Programs - Healthy Homes, Office of Environmental Investigations, Environmental Exposure Assessment and Education, Poison Control Center, and Injury and Violence Prevention.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide care coordination for cases of lead poisoned children and pregnant women
- Make initial contact with health care providers and families of children with elevated blood lead levels
- Review and reassess cases as needed
- Consult with the program’s medical director about cases requiring additional attention
- Provide information to the public and medical community
- Counsel and educate parents, pregnant women, medical providers and others on lead poisoning prevention
- Give presentations on lead poisoning prevention and control
- Under the guidance of the medical director, develop and train employees on new policies, procedures and written protocols for case coordination
- Participate in special projects
- Maintain all patient/medical documents in a confidential manner
Minimum Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing from a regionally-accredited college or university or one recognized by the New York State Education Department as following acceptable educational practices;
- A license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment.
Medical Requirement: Medical guidelines have been established for the position of Public Health Nurse. Candidates will be examined to determine whether they can perform the essential functions of the position of Public Health Nurse. Where appropriate, a reasonable accommodation will be provided for a person with a disability to enable him or her to take the examination, and/or to perform the essential functions of the job.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in public health nursing
- Knowledge of lead poisoning
- Demonstrated experience in care coordination
- Possess excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Experience working with families with young children
- Experience working with pregnant women
- Detail oriented with outstanding organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, high volume environment
- Fluency in foreign languages not required, but is a plus.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
