Temporary Public Health Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Open until filled. This position is eligible for a $2,000 hiring bonus. See notes for eligibility and conditions.

General description: As a Public Health Nurse serving Carbon County, you'll be a leader in promoting health, preventing disease, and building stronger communities across Rawlins and the surrounding areas. Public Health Nursing here blends clinical skill with community outreach, making a direct, visible impact on the lives of individuals and families throughout southern Wyoming. In this role, you'll collaborate with residents, schools, healthcare providers, and local organizations to assess health needs, deliver vital services, and connect people to life-saving resources.

What you'll do: Our Public Health Nurses deliver a wide range of services designed for rural Wyoming communities, administering vaccines, managing infectious diseases, providing maternal and child health services, conducting health education sessions, and supporting public health emergency response efforts.

Why Rawlins and Carbon County? Rawlins offers the best of small-town living with rich history, wide open spaces, and stunning access to outdoor recreation like hiking, fishing, and camping. You'll enjoy a family-friendly work schedule, the support of a dedicated team, and the satisfaction of serving a proud and resilient community. Rawlins provides an authentic Wyoming lifestyle combined with a strong sense of community.

Benefits include: comprehensive health coverage, generous paid leave, retirement security, additional perks, human resource contact: wdhrecruit@wyo.gov.

Why this role is unique: population health focus, community-wide impact, broad clinical experience.

Essential functions: conduct nursing assessments, arrange and lead community health clinics and health education classes, support public health core functions, administer adult and child vaccines, provide Ryan White case management, collaborate with the nurse manager and public health response coordinator on emergency preparedness activities.

Qualifications: preferences/agency requirements: Must be licensed or eligible for licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Wyoming. Driver's license required. Knowledge of laws, principles, practices, and techniques of professional nursing. Minimum qualifications: Education: Associate's Degree in Nursing. Experience: 0-2 years of progressive work experience in Nursing with acquired knowledge at the level of an LPN. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must be licensed or eligible for licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Wyoming OR Education & Experience Substitution: 3-5 years of progressive work experience Nursing with acquired knowledge at the level of an LPN.

Necessary special requirements: Physical working conditions: Must be able to lift/transfer patients to different positions, lift medical/patient equipment of varying sizes and weights up to about 50 lbs, restrain clients for treatments, climb stairs to patient homes, and drive long distances. Travel throughout the state and to national conferences if requested. Work evenings, nights, and/or weekends when the situation requires it.

Notes: FLSA: Non-Exempt. The Wyoming Department of Health is an E-Verify employer. A background check, including the taking of fingerprints, will be completed through the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigation, the Department of Family Services, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for every successful applicant.

Hiring bonus eligibility and conditions: New state employees and temporary employees accepting a permanent position. Current state employees accepting a promotional opportunity - recruitment must have been open to the public. One year of service in the position must be completed. Failure to complete this requirement will require reimbursement of the bonus with the funds deducted from the final pay. Internal candidates will be required to remain in the position for a minimum of (1) year from the promotion date. Employees will only be eligible for (1) hiring bonus in a 12-month period.

Working for the State of Wyoming means more than a job — it's a stable, rewarding career that lets you make a difference while enjoying a great quality of life. Employees enjoy comprehensive health coverage, voluntary benefits, multiple retirement options, generous paid leave and flexible schedules, public service loan forgiveness eligibility, training and professional development, employee assistance program, wellness program.