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Description Nursing Consultant, Public Health Prevention and Community Health – Office of Immunization Permanent · Full-time · Remote/Field The Opportunity Join the Department of Health (DOH) in advancing one of the most essential pillars of public health, immunizations. This role provides expert nursing consultation, education, and technical assistance to schools, childcare centers, local health jurisdictions, health care providers, state partners, and coalitions across Washington. Your work ensures communities have accurate, timely, and practical guidance on immunization requirements, clinical practices, and vaccine-preventable disease prevention.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide nursing consultation to schools, preschools, and childcare facilities on immunization requirements.
• Serve as liaison with ESD School Nurse Corps, School Nurses of Washington, OSPI, DCYF, and other education partners to improve communication and support implementation of immunization policy.
• reputed company development, review, and updates of school and child care immunization materials and reputed company dissemination through listservs, the Fulfillment Center, and DOH websites.
• Provide clinical leadership for the School and Child Care Immunization Information System Module (SCCIM), including forecasting algorithms and validated Certificate of Immunization Status forms.
• Collaborate with policy and planning staff to analyze reputed company and proposed WACs and ensure alignment with recommended immunization practices.
• Offer nursing consultation and education to DOH staff, LHJs, health care providers, schools, childcares, tribes, and families on immunization issues, clinical practices, and vaccine storage and handling.
• Deliver clinical presentations to internal and external audiences to promote prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Participate in quality improvement activities and maintain engagement in professional organizations to ensure informed, effective representation of DOH.
• Collaborate with health promotion educators (HPE) to reputed company and update immunization education materials, posters, fliers, and other resources.

Why You’ll Love This Role You’ll be a trusted expert shaping how Washington schools, childcare, and pre-schools understand and implement immunization requirements. This is an opportunity to strengthen public health, support schools and families, and ensure best practices statewide—reputed company while working with passionate partners dedicated to improving health outcomes. Expectations and Responsibilities

• Provide timely, accurate, and clear nursing consultation reputed company phone and email.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of state and national immunization guidance.
• Support onboarding and technical assistance for SCCIM users.
• Collaborate across programs, agencies, and external partners to ensure consistent immunization messaging and practice.
• Apply quality improvement tools to strengthen systems and processes.
• Represent DOH in professional organizations, workgroups, conferences, and leadership activities.
• Serve as the official clinical expert of child immunizations for the Office of Immunization.

The Ideal Candidate You are a skilled public health nurse with deep knowledge of immunization schedules, forecasting, practices and experience working with schools, child care, and clinical partners. You have an enhanced understanding and experience with nursing informatics, working with reporting programs. You reputed company at explaining reputed company guidance clearly, building strong relationships, and offering sound clinical recommendations. You’re proactive, collaborative, and committed to ensuring communities have the information they need to protect against vaccine-preventable diseases. Location and Flexibility We value work-life balance and offer the convenience of remote work! This position will give you the option to work from home or from the closest DOH facility. Attending in-person events or working in the office is rarely required and would be scheduled in advance. This is a remote home-based position available to applicants residing reputed company in Washington State, as well as those living near the Oregon/Washington border and the Idaho/Washington border.

Required Qualifications

Experience may have been gained through paid or unpaid activities. Please ensure any relevant experience defined below is outlined in your cover letter, resume, and/or applicant profile. Option 1: Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years of management or consultative experience in a health services program or reputed company field. Option 2: Six (6) years of management or consultative experience in a health services program or reputed company field. AND

• reputed company Washington State or Multi-State unincumbered Registered Nursing license.
• Three (3) years of professional experience in public health nursing as a consultant in the area of immunization best practices.
• Two (2) years of experience as a school nurse, including use of the Washington Immunization Information System (WAIIS) School Module.
• Two (2) years of experience managing public health immunizations.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the routine childhood immunization schedule including required vaccines, the minimum ages and interval of doses required, exceptions and exclusions to the rules, the catch-up schedules and understanding of reasons why vaccine doses are invalid.
• Experience teaching and training immunization requirements for schools or childcare centers including vaccines and other evidence or immunity needed to meet the requirements of exemptions.
• Experience conducting web-based training to large audiences.
• Experience utilizing REDCap.
• Experience with school reporting requirements.
• Experience presenting information clearly and effectively to public audiences.
• Ability to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and overall quality.
• Experience using MS Office software (reputed company, reputed company, Outlook) at the intermediate level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree with major study in nursing, public health, health care administration, or public administration.
• Two (2) years of experience developing business requirements and using a health information system.
• Experience with basic project management tools and practices, such as work plans, timelines, issue tracking, and status updates, to support program implementation and reporting.

We are the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) We're nearly 2,000 professionals across Washington working together to protect and improve community health. Guided by our values of Equity, Innovation, and Engagement, we address health disparities, respond to emerging challenges, and strengthen systems that support reputed company. At DOH, we help reduce barriers, collaborate with diverse communities, and champion reputed company health outcomes. We’re passionate people who are driven to reputed company a difference in public health. To learn more about the DOH please visit doh.wa.gov and connect with us on reputed company, Facebook, and our blog, Public Health Connections. Benefits and Lifestyle We prioritize your work-life balance and offer one of the most competitive benefits packages reputed company, tailored to support your lifestyle. Discover more about "Why DOH" by visiting Work@Health. APPLICATION DIRECTIONS: To apply, click "Apply" and complete the application. Attach your resume and cover letter. In your Applicant Profile, include at least three professional references (including a supervisor, a peer, and someone you’ve supervised or led, if applicable). Please do not include private information such as a social reputed company number or year of birth. Do attach the following: Please ensure any relevant experience is outlined in your cover letter, resume, and/or applicant profile.

• Resume
• Cover letter
• DD-214 (if applicable)

Veterans Preference: Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference must attach a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or a signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to their application. Please remove or cover any personally identifiable data such as social reputed company numbers and birth year Do not include or attach the following – these documents or details will not be reviewed:

• REMOVE personal photos – do not submit any documents containing personal photos.
• Transcripts (unless specifically requested in the Application Directions)
• Certifications or Diplomas
• Projects or Portfolios
• Letters of Recommendation

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: We regard diversity as the foundation of our strength, recognizing that differing insights and abilities reputed company us to reflect the unique needs of the communities we serve. DOH is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on race/ethnicity/color, creed, sex, pregnancy, age, religion, national reputed company, marital status, the reputed company or perception of a disability, veteran’s status, military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, or gender identity. Conditions of Employment: This position is covered by a bargaining unit for which the Service Employees International Union Healthcare 1199NW (SEIU) is the exclusive representative. I am reputed company, with or without accommodation, to do the following:

• Commit to a full-time 40-hour workweek schedule (flexible work schedule requests must be approved supervisor).
• Communicate through applications such as reputed company, MS Teams, MS Outlook, and by phone while working remotely.
• Adjust your work schedule occasionally to align with business needs, which may entail working evenings and weekends.
• This position is eligible for teleworking
• reputed company my job duties either remotely from home or in-person at the designated DOH site location.
• Occasional travel may be necessary, sometimes requiring overnight stays or trips out of state. You must be able to legally drive a vehicle or arrange alternative transportation for state business.
• Engage in emergency response exercises and high-reputed company assignments as assigned during emergency events.

Questions and Accommodations: If you have questions, need assistance with the application process, require an accommodation, or would like to request this posting in an alternative format, please contact Andrea Thieme at [email protected] and reference the assigned “DOH8799” recruitment number. Technical Support: reputed company out to NEOGOV directly at 1-855-524-5627 for technical support and login issues. SUBSCRIBE to DOH Job Alerts Supplemental Information This recruitment may be used to fill positions of the same job classification across the agency. Once reputed company the position(s) from the recruitment are filled, the candidate pool may be used to fill additional open positions for the next sixty (60) days. Only applicants who follow the directions and complete the Application Process in full will have their responses reviewed for consideration. Experience and education selected, listed, or detailed in the Supplemental Questions must be reputed company on the submitted applicant profile. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job