What You’ll Be Doing
Wake County Health and Human Services is looking for a Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) Nurse Home Visitor (NHV) to join the team! The NVH is responsible for providing comprehensive community health nursing services to women and their families eligible for the NFP Program. The NHV is responsible for maintaining highest standards in clinical nursing practice and adherence to the NFP model, and to policies procedures, guidelines and standards of NFP and Wake County Health and Human Services. The NHV reports to the NFP Nurse Supervisor.

Essential Functions Include:

Develops and maintains community relationships to support client referrals
Conducts community outreach of potential program clients
Collaborates with all multidisciplinary team members and with a patient focus to implement the identified plan of care and facilitate and maximize client health care outcomes
Consults and collaborates with the Nurse Supervisor and the NFP team during case conferences in the interest of providing optimal client services
Monitors the patients progress, intervening as necessary and appropriate to ensure that the plan of care and services provided are client focused
Facilitates postpartum/prenatal depression screening/counseling with clients and makes referrals for ongoing services as appropriate
Maintains a positive relationship with physicians, nurses, other health providers, social workers, clients and their families to ensure that each client receives optimum care
Interacts with other members of Nurse Family Partnership program team in ongoing program development implementation and evaluation
Maintains knowledge of applicable rules, regulations, policies, laws and guidelines that impact nursing practice
Stays informed on current health care developments to provide safe, quality nurse home visiting services
Completes all required NFP education
Actively engages in skill building to meet all NFP Home Visitor competency requirements

NOTE: Upon acceptance of employment you acknowledge that (i) you will rescind your application for any other positions within Wake County Health and Human Services, (ii) if you work in the Health Clinics and Public Health Division, influenza immunization is a condition of initial and continued employment, subject to compliance with federal law, (iii) actively supports and participates in department emergency preparedness and response activities, which may include temporary changes in responsibilities and working hours.