Community Health Nurse Ii (Services To End And Prevent Homelessness, Homeless Health), Grade 24

This is a re-announcement. The status of applicants who previously applied will remain the same.

Montgomery County is located adjacent to Washington, DC and with over one million residents, is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses.

The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County’s public health and human services that the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, adults and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With 1,750 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department.

As a Department, we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods and healthy food. HHS’ provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.

If you are interested in working for the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, we invite qualified candidates to apply for our Homeless Health Community Health Nurse II (CHN II) position.

About the Position:

This position is located in the Department’s Services to End and Prevent Homelessness division. The vision of Services to End and Prevent Homelessness (SEPH) is a home for everyone in Montgomery County, where the experience of homelessness is rare, brief, and one-time only. The mission is to strive to be a leader in the work to end homelessness across our nation. Through commitment and collaboration, SEPH seeks to create effective systems to achieve the vision. The housing and homeless continuum embraces a Housing First philosophy. Housing First recognizes that people are most successful when they have choice in housing and seeks to eliminate barriers such as sobriety requirements or treatment compliance. SEPH provides a full continuum of services including housing stabilization, homeless diversion, and permanent housing; and employs evidence-based and promising practices. The mission cannot be achieved without collaborating with public and private partners through the Interagency Commission on Homelessness. Special needs populations include veterans, both individuals and families, persons with significant medical and behavioral health challenges, individuals with developmental disabilities, and transitioning youth and seniors with disabilities experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The Homeless Health Community Health Nurse II (CHN II) will:

• Complete initial assessments and triaging of homeless clients (unsheltered) and previously homeless (permanent supportive housing), provide psychiatric support and assessment as it relates to medication compliance and needed follow-up, participate in hospital discharge planning for homeless and previously homeless clients transitioning from the hospital back to the community while ensuring an appropriate safe discharge with after care plan
• Provide health screening for various medical conditions health education, medication management and monitoring
• Participate as an active team member of an outreach team to medically and psychiatrically vulnerable clients throughout Montgomery County
• Administer medications and injections-as prescribed by the prescribing physician
• Implement relapse prevention strategies for mental and physical health and other service interventions to ensure client's stability and be available as a supportive medical resource to the clients and other members of the treatment team.
• Be a part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team that will provide recovery through community treatment and habilitation to clients who need ongoing supportive contact to maintain prior to and after being housed. Individuals/families may be in emergency or transitional shelters, hospitals, rehab centers, correctional facilities, permanent supportive housing or street homeless (unsheltered)
• Provide time limited, medically focused nursing case management services to homeless individuals/families in the community and previously homeless clients in the home.

Bilingual applicants in the English/Spanish languages are encouraged to apply. If the candidate selected for this position possesses multilingual skills, he/she will be required to successfully pass an examination assessing oral communication, reading comprehension, and interpreting skills for Basic proficiency. For Advanced proficiency, the candidate must also pass an examination requiring translating text from the selected language to English and vice versa.

The selected candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre-employment physical exam, drug and alcohol testing.

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to [email protected] . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law : Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

The applications of those individuals meeting the minimum qualifications will be reviewed to determine the extent, relevancy of training, and experience in the following areas.

• Dealing with a Diverse Population
• Bilingual Spanish
• Teams Facilitation
• Case Management to Vulnerable Populations
• Knowledge and experience working with individuals that have multiple, complex medical conditions, substance use disorders and/or untreated mental health conditions
• Collaboration and Partnership
• Providing crisis intervention