Public Nurse Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Salary : $114,380.64 - $145,638.00 Annually
Location : Sacramento, CA
Job Type: Permanent Full-Time
Job Number: 28259-D
Department: DHHS - Health & Human Services
Opening Date: 10/21/2014
Closing Date: Continuous
The Position
This is a continuous filing exam. Next filing cut-offs are at 5:00 pm on:
12/15/25, 1/12/2026, 2/17/2026, 3/16/2026, 4/13/2026, 5/18/2026, 6/15/2026, 7/13/2026, 8/17/2026, 9/14/2026, 10/13/2026, 11/16/2026, 12/14/2026
Level I - $9,255.06 - $11,249.08/month Level II - $9,693.50 - $11,783.28/month
Note: Vacancies may be permanent or intermittent on-call (per-diem).
Note: For additional nursing opportunities please see ,
Public Health Nurse class has two levels: (Level II) is the full journey level and (Level I) is designed to recruit nurses who do not meet the experience requirements for the full journey level. Incumbents works under supervision of a Supervising Public Nurse and may receive work direction from a Senior Public Health Nurse, or receive supervision from a higher level nurse, or receive supervision from a higher level health program manager with medical direction as needed from a physician or professional nurse, depending on job assignment.
The focus of duties is on providing standard public health nursing services to individuals and families in homes, in group settings, in specialized clinics and in public health centers; or, assisting in a public health program focusing on one specific client group.
Incumbents may be designated as nurse-in-charge or nurse-of-the-day for specific shifts or special-purpose-clinic assignments and when so designated may give work direction to other employees.
Examples of Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge of

• Professional public health nursing principles, procedures and techniques
• State of California laws and regulations on nursing practices
• Normal course of illnesses and disabilities, and their treatment
• Family planning methods
• Pre-natal, pregnancy and post-natal nutrition and medical care
• Infant and child care, growth, and development, including common illnesses
• Case management techniques and the care and treatment of high risk, physically impaired and developmentally disabled infants and children
• Substance abuse symptoms and intervention techniques
• Mental illness symptoms and intervention techniques
• Symptoms, prevention, reporting requirements and treatment of child and adult abuse and neglect
• Normal and abnormal family dynamics
• Basic techniques of organizing and conducting classes and training sessions on a variety of health subjects
• Basic individual and group counseling techniques applicable to public health nursing
• Common public and community health care resources
• Social and economic factors influencing individual and community health;
• Differing cultural, religious and social attitudes about hygiene, family planning, child care, and health treatment
• Proper handling and administering of biological
• Proper handling of contaminated items
• Causes, control, detection, prevention and treatment of common communicable diseases, environmentally based illnesses, sexually transmitted diseases, and food and water-borne illnesses;
• Basic procedures for conducting epidemiological investigations
• Standard medical record-keeping

Ability to

• Affectively communicate with and gain the cooperation of clients, and potential clients, of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds
• Work cooperatively with other health and social service providers
• Effectively conduct interviews of patients and families to gain information to evaluate their medical situation
• Determine and apply effective means of intervening in cases of mental illness, and substance abuse
• Conduct and participate in in-service education and training
• Effectively demonstrate and teach care of infants, children, the disabled and chronically ill to individuals in their homes
• Effectively teach public group classes
• Gain cooperation of patients and other individuals in investigating and treating communicable diseases and environmentally based illnesses
• Tolerate unsanitary homes
• Learn and comply with laws, rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures, including security requirements, applicable to the work unit
• Recognize, and avoid or defuse, potentially dangerous situations and hostile people
• Accurately evaluate cases to determine caseload priorities
• Plan routes and schedule in-home visits to make the most effective use of time
• Learn to operate slide and movie projectors, and use other teaching aids
• Maintain patient confidentiality

Employment Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
(Level I) The registration and licensure requirements below.
(Level II) Six months of experience as a licensed/certified Public Health Nurse performing public health nursing duties.
Notes:

1. Experience requirements are stated as full-time work; to convert part-time to full-time equivalency: 173.6 hours = 21.7 days = 1 work month.
2. Required experience may be paid or unpaid

Note: If the minimum qualifications include an educational or certificate/license requirement, applicants must submit proof of requirements with the application. Failure to submit proof of requirements may result in disqualification from the examination. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. For guidelines on submitting acceptable proof of educational requirements, please click or speak to someone in our office before the final filing or cut-off date listed in this notice.
General Qualifications
License / Certificate / Registration Requirements:

• All persons appointed to these classes must possess and maintain a current Registered Nurse license and public health nurse specialty certificate issued by the state of California.
• All persons appointed to these classes must possess and maintain a current California driver's license, class III or higher; failure to maintain such license may be cause for disciplinary action in accordance with Civil Service Commission Rules.
• Persons appointed to these classes will be required to have, or obtain, and maintain a valid CPR certificate.

Note: Failure to maintain such license and certification may be cause for disciplinary action in accordance with Civil Service Commission Rules.
Other Requirements: Some positions in the classes of Public Health Nurse and Senior Public Health Nurse may require the ability to communicate fluently in a language other than English, in addition to English.
When required, the special skills may be used in the performance of typical tasks shown in the "Example of Duties" in this class specification. In addition, incumbents translate and interpret using standard English and a language other than standard English; and/or act as a consultant to others regarding the needs and problems presented by individuals of different languages and cultural backgrounds.
The Civil Service Commission approved the use of selective certification for special skills for the classes of Public Health Nurse and Senior Public Health Nurse on May 12, 1989.
Probationary Period
The probationary period for this classification (Level I & II) is six (6) months.
Application and Testing Information
APPLICATION
Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cut-off date. Click here to apply.
County of Sacramento
Department of Personnel Services
Employment Services Division
700 H Street, Room 4667
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 874-5593; 7-1-1 California Relay Service
Email EmployOffice@Saccounty.net
Inter-Office Mail Code: 09-4667

• Employment applications and all documentation requested in this announcement must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
• Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicant's computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
• Your application should highlight all relevant education, training, and experience, and clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications for the position as of the cut-off date.
• Application information must be current, concise and related to the requirements in this job announcement. You may only apply for this recruitment once. Duplicate and incomplete applications will be disqualified.
• A resume may be included with your application, however it will not substitute for the information requested on the application.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
Applicants are required to provide a full and complete response to each supplemental question. The Supplemental Questionnaire is located in the tab marked "Supplemental Questions". Please be descriptive in your response.
Note: Responses of "See Resume" or "See Application", or copy and paste of work experience are not qualifying responses and will not be considered.

• Supplemental Questionnaires must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date. Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicant's computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cut-off date.
• The supplemental questions are designed to elicit specific information regarding a candidate's experience, education, and training. Responses should be consistent with the information on your application and are subject to verification.
• Please provide place of employment, pertinent dates, and concise, descriptive and detailed information for each question.
• If a job included responsibilities applicable to several questions, separate the different functions of the job to answer all the questions completely.
• Resumes or referral to the application or other questionnaire responses will not be accepted in lieu of completing each question.
• If you have no experience, write "no experience" for the appropriate question.
• For many individuals, it is more efficient to develop responses to the supplemental questions in a word processing document and then paste them into the final document to be submitted. Changes or corrections to your Supplemental Questionnaire cannot be made once your application packet has been submitted.
• If the Supplemental Questionnaire is used in the Formula Rate exam, failure to complete all of the questions or incomplete responses will result in a lower score. While scoring the Supplemental Questionnaire, the candidate's application and/or attachments will not be reviewed, therefore, a candidate's responses to the questions should be accurate, thorough, detailed, and complete.

FORMULA RATE EXAMINATION (Weighted 100%)
All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications by the cut-off date will have their Supplemental Questionnaire scored in the Formula Rate Examination.
This examination will evaluate the relevance, level, recency, progression and quality of candidate's education, training and experience. The candidate's application or other materials will not be included in this examination. Therefore, the candidate's responses to the supplemental questionnaire should be thorough, detailed and complete. The score from the Formula Rate Examination will determine the ranking on the eligible/employment list for this job.
All candidates competing in the testing process will receive written notice of their examination results by email. Notices can also be accessed in their governmentjobs.com inbox. Applicants achieving a passing score will be placed on the eligible list in rank order. The rank is determined by the test score attained from the examination.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
At Sacramento County, we strive to provide benefit programs designed to meet our employees' current and future needs and help them as they balance their careers and personal life. County of Sacramento employees have a variety of benefits available. These benefits include:

• Dental Insurance
• Vision Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life Insurance
• Critical Illness
• Retiree Health Savings Plan (RHSP)
• Deferred Compensation

More information can be found on the
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Most benefits do not apply to temporary positions.
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