To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Administration
Agenda Section: Departmental
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Temporary Employment of Retired Annuitant as Senior Public Health Nurse - Public Health in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the employment of Alice Olliff as a temporary retired annuitant Senior Public Health Nurse with Public Health, DHHS (class 0527, range 534, step E) (4/5 Vote Required); and
2. Adopt the attached resolution for an exception to the 180 days waiting period.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Fund 1175, budget unit 421- California Home Visiting Program
DISCUSSION:
This request is for waiving the 180 days for retire annuitant to return part-time (10-20 hours per week) as an extra help Senior Public Health Nurse (Sr PHN) to continue to provide support to the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) home visiting program. This support will include mentoring duties following the hire of replacement and additional training required by this evidenced based practice has been completed. These duties include: triaging and assigning referrals, providing gap coverage for case management when the current nurse is on leave- assuring there is no break in serves to families, attending monthly meetings with the NFP Manager of Nursing Practice, attending quarterly State California Home Visiting Program (CHVP) technical assistance calls, attending fiscal meetings, assisting with site visits from NFP and CHVP, providing outreach for NFP to our referring and community partners, attending the Humboldt Perinatal Community Coalition. Currently, the Sr PHN provides weekly reflective 1:1 conference to two of the nurse home visitors. The replacement Sr PHN will assume that responsibility but will not be able to perform reflective oversight until the replacement completes NFP supervisory training.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Expenditures (1...
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