Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Home Visitor, Bremerton, WA

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Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Home Visitor

Salary $5,495.00 - $7,733.00 Monthly
Location 98337-1866, WA
Job Type Regular Full-Time
Job Number 2024-016
Department Community Health Division
Division Parent Child Health Program
Opening Date 05/29/2024
Closing Date 6/16/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

Job Summary

Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Home Visitor

Our Role: Want to do meaningful work that has a real impact in our community? Come join our team-oriented, family-friendly organization of approximately 130 talented professionals. We work hard every day to keep Kitsap County healthy and safe.

The Position: Under the direction of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) Public Health Nurse Supervisor, in coordination with the Parent Child Health Program Manager, and within state and agency policies, the NFP Nurse Home Visitor, in the classification of Public Health Nurse, provides comprehensive nursing services to clients and their families eligible for participation in the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program. Under the direction of the NFP Supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for maintaining the highest standards in clinical nursing practice and fidelity to the NFP model, and to policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of NFP and of the agency.

The incumbent is responsible for providing comprehensive nursing services to young families residing in Kitsap County, utilizing advanced decision-making strategies such as the nursing process, combining judgment, actions, responsibility, and accountability. Duties involve extensive interaction with socio-economic and culturally diverse populations of clients, community-based agencies, medical professionals, and District staff to provide public health nursing services to clients and communities.

Hours: 40 hours per week – 100% FTE.

Status: Regular - Permanent full-time position.

Benefits: The district offers a comprehensive health benefit plan which includes medical, dental, and life coverages, including several voluntary plan selections through The Standard, Aflac, and Met Life. The district provides medical and dental coverage contributing percentages of the average medical and dental insurance premium costs for full time employees as follows: Employee @ 100%, Employee & Spouse @ 90%, Employee & Child(ren) @ 90%, and Full Family @ 85%. Benefits include generous paid time off, and twelve paid holidays per year. Employees participate in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), a defined benefit retirement plan managed by the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and Social Security. Several deferred compensation retirement savings plans are also offered.

Please note: After an initial trial service period with sustained, satisfactory performance, generally at least three months, a limited hybrid remote work arrangement may be established as mutually beneficial.

Essential Functions

• Provides home, office, telephone, and/or video conferencing visits to Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) clients and their families.
• Maintains fidelity to the NFP model of home visitation.
• Carries a caseload of up to 25 clients.
• Supports policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of NFP and of the District.
• Promotes public awareness of NFP.
• Supports program developments, assists in grant oversight including reporting and meets grant deliverables as assigned.
• Develops and maintains community relationships to support client referrals.
• Completes all required NFP education.
• Successfully maintains reliability with the use of the Dyadic Assessment of Naturalistic Caregiver-child Experiences (DANCE) assessment tool.
• Develops therapeutic relationships with clients and their families in a home visiting environment.
• Performs home visiting in accordance with the NFP model and guidelines.
• Assesses physical, emotional, social, and environmental needs of clients and their families as they relate to the NFP domains.
• Assists clients and their families in establishing goals and outcomes.
• Provides education, support, and referral resources in assisting clients and their families in attaining their targeted goals.
• Consults and collaborates with other professional involved in providing services to clients and families.
• Actively engages in skill building to meet all NFP Nurse Home Visitor competency requirements.
• Meets with NFP Nurse Supervisor weekly for clinical supervision.
• Utilizes reflective practice in supervisory sessions.
• Schedules joint home visits with NFP Nurse Supervisor every four months.
• Attends and participates in weekly case conferences and staff meetings.
• Provides information to support staff for timely and accurate data input to the NFP ETO database.
• Cooperates in review and analysis of the ETO reports for achievements and areas for improvement.
• Participates in quality improvement efforts.
• Documents nursing care using the Omaha System standardizes documentation language and the CHAMP electronic health records, Nightingale Notes, within 48 hours of the nursing visit.
• Understands, supports, and coaches others in the NFP vision, mission, and model.
• Represents the NFP vision, mission, and model in actions and verbally to both internal and external customers and colleagues.
• Supports program development and planning for pregnant clients, children, and families in collaboration with the Parent Child Health Team, other District employees, community partners, and families.
• Assists in creating a positive work environment that promotes productivity, mentoring, teamwork, and cooperation.
• Support others in accomplishing goals and objectives.
• Elicits and considers differing viewpoint when analyzing issues.
• Maintains clear, effective, open, honest communication with both internal and external customers and colleagues.
• Creates, maintain, and supports a safe environment for open discussion.
• Seeks and responds appropriately to feedback.
• Accurately assesses own learning needs and develops strategies to meet them.
• Stays informed on current health care developments to provide safe, quality nurse home visiting services.
• Establishes and records progresses toward annual goals.
• Participates in and contributes to ad hoc special activities and assignments.
• Keeps current on and complies with HIPAA and other privacy regulations and policies, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Prepares daily logs, bills, monthly reimbursement request and reports as needed.
• Attends scheduled staff meeting to keep current with procedural changes.
• May provide cross-coverage for all other clinical and nursing services as needed.
• Completes timely and accurate random moments to comply with contractual requirements of Medical Administrative Match.
• Accurately completes and submits electronic timecard on a weekly basis as required.
• Works both independently and within a collaborative team-oriented environment; contributes openly, respectfully disagrees, understands the ideas of others, listens well, and works for consensus.
• Models a Go Lean Six Sigma organizational culture that promotes the practice of respect for people, openness trust, safety, transparency, collaborative problem solving, managing with data, in the pursuit of incremental continuous improvement and assurance.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative, effective working relationships with coworkers, other District employees, and the general public using principles of good customer service.
• Demonstrates cultural competency and embeds health equity into all aspects of assigned work and associated interactions.
• Responds to public health emergencies as required.
• Updates appointments and availability in the Trello application per protocol.
• Reports for scheduled work with regular, reliable, and punctual attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Work is performed both indoors in an office environment and in the field (conducting home visits, etc.).
• Requires the ability to communicate with others orally, face to face and by telephone, and via virtual platforms such as Zoom, Teams, etc.
• Requires manual and finger dexterity and hand-eye-arm coordination to write and to operate computers and a variety of general office equipment. Requires mobility to accomplish other desktop work, retrieve files, and to move to various District locations. Requires visual acuity to read computer screens, printed materials, and detailed information. Essential duties may involve occasional kneeling, squatting, crouching, stooping, crawling, standing, bending, climbing (to stack, store or retrieve supplies or various office equipment).
• May occasionally be required to work a varying schedule which may include evenings and weekends.
• Duties require carrying a cell phone or electronic device.
• Exposure to individuals from the public who are upset, angry, agitated and sometimes hostile, requiring the use of conflict management and coping skills.
• Frequently required to perform work in confidence and under pressure for deadlines, and to maintain professional composure and tact, patience, and courtesy at all times.
• The environment is dynamic and constantly changing, resulting in continually re-evaluating and shifting priorities.
• The incumbent is required to use the combined senses of touch, sight, smell, and hearing during on-going client assessment. Duties require the ability to read typewritten and/or handwritten orders and notes.
• Off-site visits require the incumbent to carry supplies and/or equipment up and down stairs as well as into and out of a vehicle on a daily basis.
• While performing home visits, the incumbent may encounter unsanitary conditions, animals (pets) and clients and/or family members who are smoking, exposing the incumbent to second-hand smoke which may cause allergic reaction and/or illness.
• The incumbent may be exposed to emotionally disturbing experiences. The incumbent is expected to remain calm, controlled, and professional, regardless of the situation and to demonstrate care and compassion to the client, family member and other members of the health care team.
• While conducting home visits, the incumbent may be exposed to potentially violent clients and/or family members who are under the effects of alcohol or drugs, are mentally unstable or experiencing homelessness. As a professional obligation, the incumbent is required to report abuse if it is encountered which may put additional stress on the incumbent. At times, the emotional state of family members brings uncertainty in knowing what to expect while at work. As a result, there is legitimate concern about one's own safety as well as being responsible for the lives of patients and families, risk of assault and unknown and unpredictable situations.
• Regularly the incumbent will be required the ability to lift/and or carry objects and materials up to ten pounds (taking infant scale into patient homes during a visit). Occasionally, the incumbent in this position may be required to lift/ carry objects up to twenty-five pounds.
• May be required to stay at or return to work during public health incidents and/or emergencies to perform duties specific to this classification or to perform other duties as requested in an assigned response position. This may require working a non-traditional work schedule or working outside normal assigned duties during the incident and/or emergency.
• Please note Kitsap Public Health District is a fragrance-free agency.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) from a school accredited by the National League of Nursing with coursework that includes a community health component; or
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as public health or health education, and at least four years of public health nursing experience, provided the candidate graduated from a school of nursing accredited by the NLN (diploma, AA or AS).

Degrees must be from appropriately accredited institutions.

Licenses, Certificates & Other Requirements

• A valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Washington is required.
• All required licenses must be maintained in an active status without suspension or revocation throughout employment.
• Performance of job duties requires a valid Washington State driver's license, proof of appropriate auto insurance, and the use of the incumbent's personal motor vehicle on a regular basis.

Other: NFP is a home visiting program where specially trained nurses regularly visit clients early in their pregnancies and continuing through the child’s second birthday. The NFP position requires in-person interactions with team members, clients and their families, and medically vulnerable members of the public. As an evidence-based, data-driven nursing model, we must protect our clients, our communities, and ourselves from the risks associated with the spread of COVID-19. To ensure equal access to NFP nursing service, it is the expectation of the National Service Office that NFP nurses and supervisors alike complete their vaccination series to safely offer the in-person model. For more information about the Nurse Family Partnership, please visit Nurse-Family Partnership - Helping First-Time Parents Succeed (nursefamilypartnership.org).

To view the job announcement and complete the required electronic application, please visit the Careers section of our website at kitsappublichealth.org or go to GovernmentJobs.com.

Agency Kitsap Public Health District
Address
345 6th Street, Suite 300
Bremerton, Washington, 98337
Phone 360-728-2294 Karen Holt
Website http://kitsappublichealth.org/

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