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Hello Everyone,

So I have an interview with the county health department that I am very excited about as I have been wanting to get into a government agency. The job is home health registered nurse but mostly monitoring personal care assistants under the Medicaid personal care program. This program offers personal care such as bathing, transferring, light housekeeping, assistance with eating, etc. and those services are monitored by RNs from the health department. It seems the job would be doing assessments on clients, assessing need for personal care services, and monitoring the care given by the personal care assistants. I will get more information when I go for the interview.

Anyone have experience or thoughts in this type of setting? I am currently a psychiatric nurse doing home visits and was looking for a change.

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I don't have experience in that type of role as a public health nurse, but it does sound very interesting! I think you might get some helpful advice from the home health nursing forum also, since it sounds like there may be some similarity there with the functions of the position you are interviewing for. Good luck! :)

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Thanks for the response Siwan, I think you are right and I may try posting there too! However I did go to the interview today and it went well so I can only keep my fingers crossed I hear back! I got more Information and it appears that it is mostly a quality assurance and review type of position and no real hands on skilled nursing. Mostly completing visits and doing quality assurance reviews, providing education and monitoring care provided under the Medicaid program by the for profit agencies. It sounds like a very interesting field to get into that I'd enjoy. One other problem is that it would be quite a big paycut for me but I hear that is to be expected moving from a private for profit agency to the county health department. Lots to think about! That is if I get a call back of course. I'm thinking positively. ;)

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Specializes in retired LTC.

While you might be seeing a paycut, you might be receiving IMPROVED benefits as I believe that the county position would be Civil Service.

While many employers (incl Civil Service) have been cutting into the benefits package picture, I think you'll still come out ahead. The position may also be union.

The position sounds exciting so good luck to you.

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