Public Health Nurse

Salary: $77,064.00 - $107,994.00 Annually
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Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2026-01766
Department: Health & Human Services
Opening Date: 10/30/2026
Closing Date: 11/13/2026 11:59 PM Central

Job Summary
Public Health Nurses promote and protect the health of citizens within Sherburne County and the State of Minnesota through education, prevention services, regulation, and advocacy. Public Health Nurses foster a partnership with individual families and community groups to address and resolve health issues and concerns. The most important impact Public Health Nurses have on the county is the nurses' ability to empower individuals, families, communities, and systems to be self-sufficient in meeting their health and wellness needs. This is accomplished through the provision of skilled nursing using the components of the nursing process: assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. Work is done in an office setting, community clinics, client homes, schools, and other community sites.

Vision: A trusted source of Public Health information, partnering with the community to ensure optimal health and wellbeing for all.

Mission: To promote, protect, and enhance the health of all in Sherburne County.

This position is located at the Government Center in Elk River, MN. Our regular business hours are Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm, though the department provides staff with flexibility in effort to strive for a desired work/life balance. Sherburne County is one of the fastest growing counties in Minnesota, where you can find a nice blend of suburban and rural life. If you are interested in bringing your skill and talent to a dynamic department in a growing community, we encourage you to apply for this great opportunity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The following duties are normal for this position. These duties are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Assess needs, abilities, and communicate facts, ideas, and skills to encourage a change of knowledge, attitudes, values, beliefs, behaviors and/or practices of individuals, families, communities, and/or systems.
• Establish interpersonal relationships with individuals, families, communities, and systems with the intent of increasing their capacity for self-care and coping.
• Seek information, provide resources, and generate optimal solutions to perceived problems or issues through interactive problem solving.
• Identify clients with health/developmental risk factors. Prioritize the risk factors, develop a plan, and initiate interventions.
• Collaborate, coordinate, and consult with a multitude of organizations to determine how to best meet client needs while optimizing their self-care capabilities.
• Assist with determining how to attain/maintain adequate and safe quality of life for clients.
• Evaluate progress toward the established health outcomes and revise plan of care as needed.
• Consult and serve in leadership roles on various committees or with community agencies such as clinics, daycares, schools, and medical providers.
• Develop, evaluate, and modify programs to meet identified community needs.
• Advocates for clients with focus on developing client's ability to advocate for self.
• Utilize commercial marketing principles & technologies to influence/change knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and practices of the population of interest.
• Compel others to comply with laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, and policies created in conjunction with policy development.
• May serve as clinic "liaison" with the local medical communities, providing information on communicable diseases and evaluate immunization practices.
• Monitor health events through ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data for the purpose of planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health interventions.
• Assist in reporting communicable diseases and potential disease outbreaks.
• May work collaboratively with the MN Department of Health on refugee health activities related to TB.
• May collaborate with MDH through ongoing disease surveillance and investigation.
• Utilize interpersonal communication skills with individuals, families, the community, and its systems.
• Share and coordinate pertinent information with other agencies to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the community and provide the best possible services.
• Communicate information to appropriate professionals, public health clientele, etc. while following data privacy practices as established by local, state, and federal agencies.
• Assure that all documentation is objective and factual, reflecting the nursing process, nursing assessments, intervention, plans of care, and evaluation of nursing interventions.
• Assure documentation both written and computerized meets legal, program, and agency requirements; complete appropriate agency and program forms in a timely manner, submit necessary forms to outside agencies as specified by Department of Human Services, Social Services and Home Care Providers.
• Accurately complete all forms for billing purposes and agency management and operations.
• Follow data privacy practices as established by local, state and, federal agencies.
• Maintain ongoing progress notes and communications with other health care providers, and agencies as appropriate.
• Responds 24/7 as needed during a public health emergency.
• May assist in the development of emergency preparedness planning and implementation.
• Participate in public health emergency preparedness duties as assigned including tabletop exercises and mock drills.
• May be assigned to roles that include surveillance, disease, and health event investigation and outreach.
• May serve in leadership roles within the incident command structure.
• Display constructive and positive attitude toward co-workers and the public while conducting work duties for Sherburne County.
• Assure attitude and work behaviors contribute to the success of the employees' work team as well as the overall success of Sherburne County in the accomplishment of the mission.
• Confer regularly with and keep immediate supervisor informed on all important matters pertaining to assigned job accountabilities.
• Demonstrate by personal example the service excellence and integrity expected from all employees.
• Attend all training seminars as directed.
• Represent Agency on assigned task forces, committees, and work groups.
• Regular and reliable attendance according to the department's work schedule.

• Represent the County in a professional manner to all outside contacts when doing the County's business and while providing excellent customer service to clients.

Minimum Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree or higher with a major in nursing (no related field allowed or accepted) and completed course work which included theory and clinical practice in public health nursing.

Licensure: Required current licensure by the State of Minnesota as a Registered Nurse, certification from the Minnesota Board of Nursing in Public Health Nursing, and current Minnesota driver's license.

Experience: No experience.

Preferred minimum of one-year experience in the field of nursing.

Desirable experience/training with the following is preferred: CPR certification, Child Passenger Safety Technician or Practitioner, Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Lactation Counselor (CLC), Lactation Educator (CLE), conflict resolution skills, interpersonal communication skills, group dynamics, cultural diversity/sensitivity issues, and computer programs, such as Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint and PH-Doc.

Supplemental Information
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Knowledge of the mission, policies, and procedures of the Department to which assigned.
• Developing and maintaining a thorough working knowledge of all department and County-wide policies, protocols and procedures that apply to the performance of this position.
• Knowledge of Federal, State and County requirements, regulations, policies, and community resources related to Social Services/Public Health programs.
• Knowledge of laws and ethics related to data privacy.
• Knowledge of general office procedures, data entry and electronic filing and record keeping.
• Knowledge of available and appropriate client resources.
• Ability to operate a variety of office equipment.
• Ability to remain objective, rapidly process detailed information, communicate clearly and effectively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively work with clients, co-workers, and management.
• Critical thinking skills with ability to understand and follow complex oral and written instructions.
• Ability to analyze and prepare spreadsheets.
• Ability to utilize effective interviewing skills and techniques.
• Ability to organize and prioritize a high-volume workload in an efficient manner and meet deadlines for court and federal regulation requirements.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to remain objective and non-judgmental.
• Ability to remain current on all position appropriate training.
• Ability to use state systems such as CATCH (Child & Teen Check-up tracking system), eSHARE (Electronic System for Health Assessment of Refugees),MIIC (MN Immunization Information Connection), MEDSS (MN Electronic Disease Surveillance System), FAP (Follow Along Program, and other state/federal computer information systems.
• Ability to use software including software programs such as: Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint, PH Docs, OnBase and other specialized software packages.

Hiring Salary Range: $37.05 - $44.49/hour

Union: Teamsters
Vacancies: 1 - Full-time

Interviews: Selected canddates will be notified via email on November 17th to schedule on-site interviews to be held on November 19th and/or 20th.

Hours of Work
This position has a usual work schedule of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; may include occasional evening and weekend hours.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment

Must be able to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work. May involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (up to 25 pounds).

Must be able to operate office equipment, scanner, calculator, computer, and telephone system; requires manual and physical dexterity. Many hours of computer and phone related work. Hand eye coordination and visual acuity are necessary to work between paper documents and the computer monitor.

90% inside work environment. 10% outside work.

Work is normally performed in an office environment. Headaches, eyestrain, and other related occupational hazards reflect the most common potential for injury in the office. This position is subject to moderate office noise levels. There is some mental stress involved resulting in inconvenience and frustration.

May have required attendance at evening/off hour's meetings.

Direct contact with the public (supplying or seeking information) on specialized matters. Contact may include clients, co-workers, lead workers, management, hospitals and clinics, and other agencies. Travel to client homes, places of work and other settings may be required. Work that requires direct service with client may include some disagreeable human interactions with clients who are angry, uncooperative, hostile or have mental illnesses.

*This is typical, but subject to change depending on assigned unit
Sherburne County offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical (employee, employee + spouse, employee + child(ren), or family coverage). Monthly premiums for Employee only coverage are covered 100% by the county.
  • County Contributions to VEBA and HSA plans
• Employer paid $25,000 Term Life Policy
• Optional Benefits:
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Additional Supplemental Life Insurance for self, spouse and child(ren)
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care Reimbursement and/or Dependent Care Reimbursement Account)
  • Accident Insurance
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Hospital Care Insurance
  • Deferred Compensation Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Annual Paid Time Off accrual of 21 days to start, increasing up to a maximum of 33 days per year.
• 12 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• On-Site Well@Work Clinic available to Sherburne County Employees and Dependents covered under our plan.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Public Employees Retirement (PERA):

Part-Time employees working less than 30 hours per week, Seasonal, Temporary and Interns are not eligible for benefits.
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