Boston Public Health Commission·Boston, Massachusetts
The role involves conducting surveillance, prevention, and control measures for communicable diseases in Boston, including field investigations and outbreak reporting. Additionally, the nurse provides clinical services at the BMC TB Clinic and supports public health preparedness and community outreach.
Carries out communicable disease surveillance, prevention, and control measures for the City of Boston.
Investigates reports of communicable diseases including pathogens of public health importance, reported outbreaks, or other situations of public health concern, including emerging pathogen events.
Conducts field investigations (including home and site visits) and implements preventive and control measures as needed.
Provides nursing services at the BMC TB Clinic, including patient assessment, patient/family/significant other education, medication monitoring, and tuberculin skin testing.
Assists with surveillance and control activities for mass casualty events
Collects epidemiologic data as needed for analysis of communicable diseases within Boston.
Provides nursing support for CDC Division including vaccine clinics and other projects or activities as needed.
Acts as a resource re education and outreach to community-based agencies, health care facilities and providers, individuals, and other internal and external stakeholders in matters related to infectious diseases
Participates in staff conferences and meetings, other departmental and community committees, research activities, quality improvement activities and program planning as requested.
Collaborates with others throughout the Division to ensure public health preparedness
Performs other duties as required.
Candidates must be a Registered Nurse licensed in Massachusetts with a BSN or equivalent clinical experience. Prior experience with infectious diseases and the ability to work with diverse populations is preferred.
Market context
Public health nursing roles in Massachusetts are often competitive because they combine RN licensure, BSN-level preparation or equivalent clinical experience, and comfort working with diverse communities. For this PHN7 hybrid role in communicable disease control, prior infectious disease experience is preferred, so candidates should review their Massachusetts RN license, public health background, and examples of population-based work before applying. Job requirements and benefits on this platform are AI-summarized from the original job description, helping you assess fit faster.
