Nurse Family Partnership Registered Nurse

Description

Vision: Healthy People in Healthy Communities

Mission: Partnering to promote and protect health in our communities

Values: Excellence / Positive Impact / Partnership / Innovation / Credibility / Humanity

Are you a Registered Nurse (RN) who is ready to focus on prevention, improve outcomes for infants and mothers, and broaden your public health and supervisory experience? Do you crave a job where you can make a difference and serve the public? Central District Health (CDH) is currently recruiting for a Registered Nurse to join our dedicated Nurse Family Partnership program in our Boise office. This position provides home visitation services to first-time mothers and is designed to take advantage of the ecological transition, the window of opportunity, in a first-time mother's life. Prenatal visits will generally occur once a week for the first four weeks, then every other week until the baby is born. Postpartum visits will generally occur weekly for the first six weeks and then every other week until the baby is 21 months old. From 21-24 months of age, visits are monthly. If you have a passion for providing exceptional care and helping people, perhaps it’s time you considered a rewarding career with CDH. This position is available for either part-time or full-time work, depending on your preference and availability.

CDH is dedicated to living our values, is focused on a healthy work/life balance, has a culture that is centered on teamwork and empowerment, and provides an amazing benefit package including: PERSI Retirement Benefits (consistently ranked as one of the nation's best defined benefit retirement plans), Medical/Dental Benefits and Life Insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents. Paid time-off includes vacation and sick leave that begin accruing immediately upon hire and 11 paid holidays per year and student loan forgiveness.

Typical Duties:

Clinical

· Develops therapeutic relationships, utilizes concepts of reflection and motivational interviewing with women and their families in a home visiting environment;

· Performs home visiting in accordance with the NFP model and Visit-to-Visit Guidelines;

· Follows nursing process in implementing NFP into nursing practice;

· Assesses physical, emotional, social, and environmental strengths and risks of women and their families as they relate to the NFP domains;

· Assists women and their families in establishing goals and outcomes;

· Provides education, support, and referral resources in assisting women and their families in attaining their targeted goals;

· Consults and collaborates with other professionals involved in providing services to women and families;

· Formulates nursing diagnosis based on nursing assessment and client goals;

· Evaluates client progress toward stated goals and NFP outcomes;

· Plans home visits in accordance with client goals and NFP outcomes;

· Actively engages in professional development to meet all NFP nurse home visitor competency requirements;

· Attend and participate in bi-weekly case and team meetings.

Communication

· Maintains clear, effective, open, honest communication with both internal and external customers and colleagues;

· Creates, maintains and supports a safe environment for open discussion;

· Maintains confidentiality;

· Seeks and responds appropriately to feedback.

Professional Development

· Accurately assesses own learning needs and develops strategies to meet them;

· Motivated to utilize computer for distance learning;

· Stays informed of current health care developments to provide safe, quality nurse

· home visiting services;

· Establishes and records progress toward annual goals.

Minimum Qualifications:

· Licensed as a Professional or Registered Nurse in Idaho as defined by Idaho Code 54-1408 or state licensure as a Registered Nurse pursuant to the Nurse Licensure Compact, Idaho Code 54-1418, in one of the following compact states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, or Wisconsin.

· A Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university is required for this position.

· Valid Driver's License

Desirable Qualifications (these qualifications are not mandatory, however having these qualifications may increase your overall score).

· Have the ability to speak, read and write both English and Spanish.

· Experience in maternal-child health (L&D, Postpartum, Pediatrics, and/or NICU).Supplemental Information:

Supplemental Information:

Please note: The successful candidate will be required to pass a fingerprint-based background check. 

 Thank you for your interest in employment with Central District Health!

 If you have questions about this position please contact us at:

 Email: [email protected]

 Phone: 208.327.8503  

CDH is a Tobacco-Free Workplace. Employees of CDH are required to refrain from the use of any nicotine products. CDH will not hire tobacco or nicotine users.

CDH is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. CDH prohibits discrimination against any individual based on their race, color, religion, political affiliation or belief, sex, national origin, genetics, disabilities, veterans status or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

CDH is committed to access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, auxiliary aids and services are available upon request. If you require an accommodation at any step in our recruitment process, you are encouraged to contact 208.327.8503, or email [email protected].

Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.

Notice: Idaho’s Public Health Districts are agencies that are authorized by the State of Idaho as independent bodies. District employees are not State of Idaho employees, rather District employees who receive benefits through the Office of Group Insurance.