Posting Date

09/18/26

Application Deadline

Open Until Filled

Pay Range

Anticipated Hiring Range: $36.75 - $45.00 hourly
Full Pay Range: $36.75 - $53.25 hourly

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.

Job Type

Unclassified

Department

Public Health

About the Position

We Require

• Two years of Registered Nurse experience

• Valid, unrestricted Arizona Board of Nursing Registered Nurse License

• Graduation from an accredited school of Nursing

We Also Value

• Registered Nurse experience in a public health or community setting, outpatient, home care, acute pulmonary, or infectious disease fields

• Experience working with patients from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds, including unhoused populations

• Experience providing medical treatment for tuberculosis patients, to patients with infectious diseases, or to those with substance abuse disorders

• Fluency in Spanish or other non-English languages

• Phlebotomy skills, including geriatric and pediatric phlebotomy

• Experience working with pediatric population

Job Contributions

• Manage day-to-day case management of patients being treated for active and/or latent tuberculosis, including medication administration, directly observed therapy, treatment plans and guidelines, patient incentives, and treatment completion

• Complete accurate and complete medical record documentation as well as submission of local, state, and/or federal TB control-related forms as they relate to case management responsibilities

• Knowledge of and ongoing education on tuberculosis infection, disease, and medications, including the epidemiological process and frequent comorbidities

• Skillfully interact and communicate with patients and their families to enhance education of the disease process and motivation to ensure compliance with the plan of care

• Collects all labs, including blood, sputa, urine as well as processing and reviewing results

• Provides oversight of Directly Observed Therapy (DOT), Directly Observed Preventive Therapy (DOPT), and refill activities

Working Conditions

• Position is typically office or administrative work with potential exposure to extreme temperatures, wetness, humidity, respiratory hazards, and noise and vibration

• Ability to exert up to 20 lbs. occasionally, 10 lbs. frequently, or negligible amounts constantly, and requires walking/standing to a significant degree

• Must secure and maintain an Arizona Department of Public Safety Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card and complete a background check

• Valid Arizona driver27s license is required upon hire

• Annual tuberculosis testing will be required and will be provided to all employees working with this population

• Within one month of hire, all employees will be required to provide evidence of immunity or receive immunizations for vaccine-preventable illnesses for any position within the Maricopa County Department of Public Health; required immunizations include MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Tdap (whooping cough and diphtheria), Varicella (chickenpox), and annual Influenza; some positions require a Hepatitis B vaccine and/or a Tuberculosis test