Nurse Family Partnership-RN Valley-Wide Health Systems

Fremont Economic Development Corporation; Colorado; On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in community health is seeking a dedicated Nurse Home Visitor to join their team. This role focuses on providing essential health services to women and families, ensuring they receive the support and resources needed for their well-being. You will engage with diverse populations, help set health goals, and promote healthy development during crucial life stages. Join a mission-driven organization that values your contributions and offers a collaborative environment where you can make a real difference in the lives of families in southern Colorado. This is an exciting opportunity to grow professionally while impacting community health positively.

Benefits

FREE Health Insurance

Employer paid Air Ambulance Coverage

Employer paid Basic Life, LTD, STD

Retirement Match

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with childbearing women and children in community health.
• Ability to build relationships with diverse families.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive health nursing services to women and families.
• Assist families in setting health goals and connect them with resources.

Skills

Community Health Nursing

Interpersonal Skills

Counseling

Goal Setting

Education

Registered Nurse License

2+ years experience in community health

Job description

Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. (Valley-Wide) welcomes and is committed to all patients and populations within our large multi-county service area throughout southern Colorado. As a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we provide premier primary and preventive care you can trust at our 34 service sites strategically located throughout multiple rural counties.

The Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Home Visitor-Fremont reports to the Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor and is responsible for supporting the mission of the organization through competently performing the primary responsibilities of the position. The Nurse Home Visitor is responsible for providing comprehensive community health nursing services to women and their families, enrolled in the Nurse Family Partnership, in accord with NFP program goals, objectives and protocols. Age of Clients: Women of childbearing age, approximately 13 – 45 years. Infants and children, birth through 2 years.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

Administrative Duties:

• 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, well childcare, 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 promotes problem solving competence.
• Promotes involvement of other family members in pregnancy, birth and early childcare.
• Links women and families with community resources that are relevant to their specific needs.
• Consults and collaborates with other professionals involved in providing services to women and families on their caseload.
• Records nursing activities within 24 hours of each visit and turns in paperwork for data entry weekly.
• Provides feedback for revising protocols related to program implementation.
• Assumes responsibility for ongoing learning in relation to program implementation.
• Participates actively on the Nurse-Family Partnership Team.
• Successfully completes all required training.
• Assists with outreach activities for geographic jurisdiction.
• Maintains caseload per program protocol.
• Maintains established frequency of visits with families per program protocols.
• Maintains average length of home visits of 60 minutes or more.
• Maintains appropriate proportion of time on Content Domains during different phases of program.
• Meets with Supervisor weekly and completes joint visits per program protocol. (Exceptions per supervisor discretion.)
• Provides timely follow-up on referrals into program-i.e. telephone contact within 48 hours, home visit within 10 working days.
• Licensed Staff:
• Performs office nurse duties within scope of licensure as needed.
• Licensed staff will need to be privileged and credentialed as an Other Licensed or Certified Health Care Practitioner (OLCP).
• A competency check must be completed at the time of the credentialing process.
• Performs related duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 2+ years professional work experience with childbearing women and children, preferably in a community health setting preferred.
• Ability to establish interpersonal relationships with women and families from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

Benefits:

• FREE Health Insurance (Other healthcare coverage plan options available)
• MASA – Employer paid Air Ambulance Coverage
• Employer paid Basic Life, LTD, STD
• Retirement Match

Visit our website at https://valley-widehealth.org/careers/ for more information.

Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.