EYE HEALTH NURSE
Eye Health Nurse is a state title in New Jersey's competitive civil service, which means the way in is an open exam rather than a direct appointment.
Candidates need 2 years of relevant experience and a professional license. Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $69,668 to $101,951, and state payroll currently lists about 14 people in the title, most of them at Human Services.
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Eye Health Nurse appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Human Services.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Human Services | 14 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 14 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $96,944. The agencies employing the most are:
- Human Services (14)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction of the Supervisor of Eye Health Services, Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Department of Human Services, conducts field and office work with clients having eye conditions; works with physicians and hospitals to make arrangements for appropriate medical and/or surgical care; assists with the Commission program for preventing blindness; does other related duties.
Examples of work
- Conducts home visits to persons who are suffering from eye disorders to obtain information; prepares case histories.
- Reviews case histories and physicians' diagnoses or prognoses; determines the type and extent of services including need for medical treatment, surgery, and prosthetic appliances.
- Contacts physicians, clients, hospitals, and appropriate social agencies, to plan for clients welfare, treatment, and financial assistance.
- Provides advice to clients and their families during treatment; interprets the findings of medical specialists, and the medical, surgical, hospital, clinic, and other required services.
- Conducts pre- and postoperative home and hospital visits.
- Provides information on sight conservation and blindness prevention to professional, educational, and lay community groups.
- Lectures student nurses on sight conservation, blindness prevention, and eye care.
- May assist in conducting eye symposia and workshops.
- Assembles and distributes literature, dealing with eye care and sight conservation.
- Conducts home visits to encourage and arrange treatment for identified or suspected cases of glaucoma, in cooperation with the Glaucoma Detection Program of the State Medical Society; works with physicians and hospital staff in follow-up treatment.
- Conducts investigations, surveys, and studies.
- Prepares intake forms, authorizations to physicians, hospitals, opticians, optical companies, registration forms, interdepartmental referrals, letters, and itineraries.
- Maintains current case histories.
- Prepares reports and correspondence.
- Maintains records and files.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
Two (2) years of experience in professional nursing, public health nursing, or medically oriented social work.
License
Applicants must possess a license as a Professional Nurse in New Jersey.
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of principles, procedures, and techniques of nursing care and their application to eye disorders, preservation of sight, and prevention of blindness.
- Knowledge of hospital and ophthalmologic services, facilities, and medical practices.
- Knowledge of specialized needs of patients who have failing sight or who are blind.
- Knowledge of the emotional, social, physical, vocational, and other problems of persons who are blind or who suffer from failing sight.
- Knowledge of methods used in conducting demonstrations, classes, conferences, and discussion groups for and with lay persons and/or professional workers.
- Knowledge of methods/techniques of services useful in dealing with persons whose sight is failing or who are blind.
- Ability to read and understand information, policies, procedures, and standards of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
- Ability to read and understand information of the community resources and facilities for public health education including official and nonofficial health, welfare, and educational organizations and agencies.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with individuals of different racial, social, and cultural characteristics and to show empathy for their customs and preferences.
- Ability to analyze and apply principles/practices of medical surgical care and rules and standards of the Commission.
- Ability to organize field and office public health work, analyze problems relating to patients who suffer from eye defects or who are blind, and develop appropriate work methods.
- Ability to adapt nursing/teaching techniques to meet the needs and interest of those being served and the experience of the immediate situation.
- Ability to develop and maintain a professional attitude.
- Ability to assist in special studies/surveys and to collect, arrange, and interpret data.
- Ability to act as representative of the Commission at meetings, conferences, and workshops.
- Ability to prepare official correspondence.
- Ability to carry projects through to completion and prepare histories and reports.
- Ability to maintain records and files.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
- CODES: 20/P22 - MCK 6/2/01
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.