Job Description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The nurse is responsible for providing comprehensive, in home community health nursing services to women and their families enrolled in the Nurse-Family Partnership in accord with program goals, objectives and Visit Guidelines

The Nurse Home Visitor will report to the Nurse-Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides home visits to women and their families eligible for the NFP Program
• Assesses physical, emotional, social, and environmental needs of women and their families as they relate to health and life course development
• Assists women and their families to establish realistic goals and measurable outcomes for promoting their health and life course development
• Provides counseling and instruction to assist women and their families in attaining targeted goals, in areas including prenatal and postpartum care, nutrition, parenting, child health care, family planning, and special health problems
• Evaluates women and families’ progress toward targeted goals; revises plan of care as appropriate
• Develops a working relationship with women and their families that promote problem-solving competence
• Promotes involvement of other family members in the pregnancy, birth, and early childcare
• Links women and families with community resources that are relevant to their specific needs
• Consults and collaborates with any other professionals involved in providing services to the women and families in his/her caseload
• Records nursing activities in timely manner and in accord with project Visit Guidelines
• Provides feedback for revising Visit Guidelines related to program implementation
• Assumes responsibility for ongoing learning in relation to program implementation
• Performs related duties as assigned or required

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

Responsible to:

• Nurse-Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor

Workers supervised:

• None

Interrelationships:

• Works in cooperation with staff and effectively serves patients/customers

This job description is not designed to cover or contain an exhaustive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS:

All employees of Carolina Health Centers, Inc. are expected to perform the duties of their job and behave in a manner consistent with the Corporate Philosophy which supports the values of: honesty, integrity, openness, the pursuit of individual and collective excellence, and unwavering mutual respect and appreciation.

In addition, this position requires:

• Education:

-Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

• Work Experience:

-Minimum two years professional work experience in maternal/child health, public health, home visiting or mental/behavioral nursing preferred

• Licensure and Certification:

-Registered Nurse

• Skills:

-Able to read, write, and communicate effectively orally and in writing

-Great interpersonal and organizational skills

-Proficient in use of computer and keyboard

-Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships

-Knowledge of HIPAA and ability to maintain confidentiality

-Able to manage self and environment calmly and appropriately in stressful situations

-Must have valid driver’s license and safe driving record

-Must be able establish interpersonal relationships with women and families from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds

- Ability to speak Spanish is preferred and highly desirable

-Must be able to work overtime and flexible hour as needed

• Physical Abilities:

-Able to push, pull and reach, sit, stoop and stretch

-Have full range of body motion

-Have the hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity needed to operate a computer, telephone, copier, and medical equipment

-Required to talk and hear

-Vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

• Work Environment:
• This position involves exposure to customer/patient elements. This job also operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard Office equipment such as computers, telephones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.