Public Health Nurse

Health care facilities in California are licensed, regulated, inspected, and/or certified by a number of public and private agencies at the state and federal levels, including the CDPH Center for Health Care Quality (CHCQ) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CHCQ is responsible for ensuring health care facilities comply with state laws and regulations. In addition, CHCQ cooperates with CMS to ensure that facilities accepting Medicare and Medi-Cal (in California, Medicaid is referred to as Medi-Cal) payments meet federal requirements. CHCQ also oversees the certification of nurse assistants, home health aides, hemodialysis technicians, and the licensing of nursing home administrators.

*In order to be considered for this position, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts official or un-official and/or Degree for education verification*

This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by investigating and providing consultation on outbreaks and investigations of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), serving as an HAI Program public health nurse subject matter expert, and developing and delivering infection prevention and control training and education programs. This role interacts with hospital administrators, medical and nursing directors, quality improvement managers, physician epidemiologists, infection prevention staff, and local public health agencies, and works either independently or under the direction of the HAI Program medical officers. It may involve traveling onsite to hospitals and other health care facilities to perform detailed assessments, identify gaps in clinical practices that may lead to high rates of HAI, and offer suggestions for improvement. 

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• Previous experience work as a Public Health Nurse in a state or local health department.
• Previous experience in communicable disease control and/or healthcare-associated infections.
• Master's in Public Health.

How To Apply

Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.

At the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the core of our mission to advance the health and well-being of California’s diverse people and communities. We are genuinely and strongly committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness where we can grow and learn together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for team members, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to us and the work we do.