253 Public health nurse jobs
Your patient is the whole community.
NY · OH · IL
where demand runs deepest
Top states among current openings
What a shift asks of you
- Clinic days, home visits and outreach events can all fall in the same week.
- Disease follow-up and immunization drives make the work feel urgent in a different way.
- Government schedules are usually daytime and weekday, with steady benefits.
- Paperwork and grant rules are part of the job, and so is seeing what moves a whole county's numbers.
Public health nurses work for counties, states and community clinics: immunization, disease follow-up, maternal and child home visits, and teaching whole neighborhoods rather than one bed.
How you get in
Most roles ask for an RN license, and many prefer a BSN. Community or clinic experience helps, and some agencies hire new grads into public health nurse I roles.
Government pay grades and pensions shape the offer, so read the grade and the benefits along with the hourly figure. Public Health pay by state
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Maternal Infant Community Health Nurse-Nurse Family Partnership
Nationwide Children's HospitalColumbus, OH · Posted 4 days ago
- RN
- NP
- RN
- RN
- RN
- RN
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse - Hospice Care (Full-Time, Weekends)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- RN
Public Health RN 2- Bryan County
Posted last week
- RN
- LPN
- RN
- RN
- RN
- RN
- RN
- RN
Public Health Nurse-Leading Immunizations & Childhood Lead Poisoning Programs
Posted 3 days ago
$33/hr
- RN
- RN
- RN
- RN
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Hospice Community Health Nurse (Weekends)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- RN/LPN
- RN
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Full-Time, Days)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Full-Time, Days/Evenings)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Full-Time, Evening
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Full-Time, Varied)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Part-Time, Days)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Full-Time, Days)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Per Diem, Days)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- RN
- Per diem
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Per Diem, Days/Evenings)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- RN
- Per diem
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Per Diem, Varied)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- RN
- Per diem
Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse (Per Diem, Days)
Posted 4 days ago
$78,000–$104,000/year
- RN
- Per diem
- RN
- Per diem
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- RN
- Per diem
- RN
- Per diem
Common questions
- What does a Public Health nurse do?
- Public health nurses work for counties, states and community clinics: immunization, disease follow-up, maternal and child home visits, and teaching whole neighborhoods rather than one bed. Clinic days, home visits and outreach events can all fall in the same week.
- How do you become a Public Health nurse?
- Most roles ask for an RN license, and many prefer a BSN. Community or clinic experience helps, and some agencies hire new grads into public health nurse I roles.
- What is the job market like for Public Health nursing?
- Government pay grades and pensions shape the offer, so read the grade and the benefits along with the hourly figure.