Public health veterinarian Jobs in Tacoma, WA

Salary : $41.82 - $57.13 Hourly

Location : Seattle, WA

Job Type : Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs / week

Job Number : 2025AMC23744

Department : DPH - Public Health

Division : Community Health Services

Opening Date : 02 / 25 / 2025

Closing Date : 3 / 10 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Pacific

FLSA : Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit : R2 : WSNA-Staff Nurses-DPH, DAJD

Full- or Part-Time : Full Time

Hours / Week : 40 hours / week

Summary

The Department of Public Health has an opening for a Public Health Nurse (PHN) to join our Downtown Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Team. Nurse-Family Partnership is a community health program that partners a person pregnant with their first child with a registered nurse. The nurse provides home or community visits from pregnancy through the child's second birthday. Through this transformative and challenging life phase, our nurses offer the support, information, and resources their clients desire as they build the lives, they want for themselves and their children.

Components of the program include a provision of home visiting services to a caseload of 25 families per PHN, engagement in weekly reflective supervision sessions, and participation in weekly team meetings.

If not currently trained, the selected candidate for this project will participate in a weeklong training on the Nurse-Family Partnership Program in Denver, CO.

Commitment To Equity and Social Justice

Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.

The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all - in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.

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Job Duties

• Obtain and document health history and make nursing diagnosis based on nursing assessment.
• Documentation requires electronic charting : EPIC, and in an NFP database.
• Provide expertise regarding public health nursing scope, practice and policy at many levels.
• Provide support services to the client that links / refers, to other Health Department staff and community providers / partners, while assuring access and continuity of care.
• Provide program planning, monitoring local work plans and progress toward program goals.
• Participate in quality assurance activities to meet laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Provide training, orientation and education to staff, clients, students and the community.
• May provide birth control and pregnancy options counseling.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Requirements :

Work Schedule : This position is a 1.0 FTE, fully-benefited position with a typical work schedule of Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. May work outside typical days / hours to meet operational needs. This position is subject to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is overtime eligible.

Work Location : Downtown Public Health Clinic located at 2124 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121 but will work in various locations within Seattle-King County as a field visiting nurse.

Interviews for this opportunity will be held March 17th and 18th. This posting will be used to fill all needs.

Who May Apply : This position is open to all minimally qualified nurses which includes new to practice and re-entry nurses.

Union Affiliation : Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA).

Contact : Amy M. Curtis, BSN, RN, Nurse Recruitment Manager at with any questions.

Supplemental Information

Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.

Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer

No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

To Apply

If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions, please contact Amy M. Curtis who is on this job announcement.

The following items are required to be considered for this vacancy :

Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and / or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applications and / or Supplemental Questionnaires that state see my resume or see my personnel file are considered incomplete and will not be accepted.

Necessary Special Requirements

King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs :

Life and disability insurance : employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents

Retirement : eligible King County employees may participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan

Transportation program and ORCA transit pass

12 paid holidays each year plus two personal holidays

Generous vacation and paid sick leave

Paid parental, family and medical, and volunteer leaves

Flexible Spending Account

Wellness programs

Onsite activity centers

Employee Giving Program

Employee assistance programs

Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position

Training and career development programs

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This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails.

NOTE : Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and / or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position. Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.

For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.

Are you applying to this position as an eligible current or previous King County Employee Priority Placement Program Participant? ANDIs this position the same or lower percentage of full-time when compared to the position held at the point of the notification of layoff? ANDDo you possess the skills and abilities to qualify for this position?

If you answered yes to the question above and you are applying for this position as a Priority Placement Participant, to be considered, you must provide the following three pieces of information in the space provided : 1. The title you held when you received your layoff notice2. The department you worked in3. The effective date of your layoff

Do you have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) or PhD in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing?

Do you hold a Washington State credential?

If you answered yes to the previous question, please provide your credential number. If this is not provided, your application will be rejected as incomplete.

Do you currently hold a Multi-State License (Compact)?

If you answered yes to the previous question, please provide your credential number and issuing state. Both elements must be provided, or your application will be rejected as incomplete.

If you have a Multi-State License (MSL), have you completed Washington States requirement for Suicide Prevention Training? If so, please attach documentation. If you do not, please describe how you would obtain this training by time of job offer. Failure to complete this training could result in a job offer being delayed or rescinded.

If you hold a Multi-State License and are planning to make Washington State your primary state of residence (PSOR), have you made formal application for endorsement to Washington State Board of Nursing?

Have you ever been subject to review, challenges, and / or disciplinary action, formal or informal, by an ethics committee, licensing board, medical disciplinary board or related professional association which would also include those that are pending? If yes, please explain in full detail that includes state.

Are you multilingual? If so, what language(s) are you proficient in reading, writing and speaking?

What electronic health records systems are you proficient in using?

Are you willing to provide options counseling to pregnant people?

If selected to move forward, you will be available to interview on the identified dates in this job announcement?

Required Question