Community Health Nurse II (School Health Services), Grade 24

The Department of Health & Human Services is seeking School Community Health Nurses to support Montgomery County Public School Health Rooms.

The Eligible List from this recruitment will be used to fill merit and substitute School Community Health Nurse positions. Selected applicants will be considered for the following types of appointment: merit full-time (8 hrs/day) or merit part-time (7 hrs/day) for the 10 month school year; substitute part-time with varying work hours and days, for the 10 month school year. The merit positions include benefits; substitute positions do not include benefits.

The part-time substitute positions will require a 6 week, 3 times a week, training/orientation starting on
August 9, 2017
. Applicants must be available to attend the entire orientation/training. The
merit positions
will begin on
August 7, 2017
.

The School Community Health Nurse will be responsible for delivering a variety of health services to the diverse student population of Montgomery County Public Schools during the school year. Duties include: arranging for care of ill and injured students; defining health needs in the school’s population; providing counseling and education to individuals and/or groups of students; providing assessments, intervention and case management to students with health needs; and, providing clinical oversight to School Health Room Technicians.

Please provide your license number and expiration date on your resume.

This position requires a background investigation conducted by the Criminal Justice Information Services.

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
special.accommodations@montgomerycountymd.gov
. 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
.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience:
Two (2) years of full-time equivalent post-licensure experience as a RN Nurse, one year of which must have been in the nursing area of public health, community health, pediatric health, maternal health, or home health care.

Education:
Graduation from a National League for Nursing accredited college or university or an equivalent program as determined by the Maryland Board of Examiners with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.

Equivalency:
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

LICENSE:

• Possession of a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Maryland State, of Maryland issued by the Maryland Board of Examiners is required at the time of appointment. If the license is temporary, a regular Maryland RN license must be obtained within ninety (90) days of appointment.
  
• The State of Maryland accepts as valid the current RN licensure from a candidate’s primary state of residence if that state has an interstate compact with Maryland. The states having this interstate compact are Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. (This equivalency only applies to candidates whose primary residence is not Maryland). Any Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) applying for licensure and living in a member state of the Multistate Licensure Compact must take the NCLEX exam in their home state.
  Note:
  There will be no substitutions for this section.
  

Preferred Criteria

There are no preferred criteria for this position.

Preference for interview will be given to candidates possessing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing.

All applicants will be reviewed by OHR for minimum qualifications. Those applicants who meet minimum qualifications will be rated ‘Qualified’, placed on the Eligible List, and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are same grade or higher will be placed on Eligible List as a ‘Transfer’ candidate and may be considered for an 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.

Minimum Salary

59367

Maximum Salary

98402

Currency

USD