Role: Nurses RN and LVN

Location: Sugar Land, TX

Client: Fort Bend County Health and Human Services

Job Description:

Promotes and provides public health services to the residents of Fort Bend County in the prevention and control of public health matters and communicable diseases. Participates in planning of programs, policies and objectives for work group and department.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Nurses will assist with the COVID-19 response by interviewing patients and their close contacts. The goal of the position is to assist in reducing the spread of disease in the community by identifying those who are at risk of developing COVID-19 and educate them and support them in maintaining good quarantine and isolation practices as indicated.

Provides counseling, education and referral for COVID-19. Conducts disease surveillance, disease reporting and assists with epidemiological investigations/treatment. Participates in planning of programs, policies or objectives for own work group and department. Supervises, assists and/or instructs other employees with their duties. Assist other staff members as needed. Submitting Medical Claim Forms. Maintaining Patient Medical

Records. Updating Patient Files. Scheduling Medical Tests. Giving immunizations. Collecting patient specimens. Arranging for follow up activities as well as other duties and tasks as assigned by manager.

May be assigned to work at COVID-19 testing centers to support the registration of patients seeking testing. Participates in activities and duties related to emergency management during a local state of disaster as directed by appropriate county managers as well as other duties and tasks as assigned by manager.