COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE

Responsibilities

• Follow the Family Connects home visiting protocol.
• Keep records of client observations and activities as required.
• Document information for family assessments and program evaluation.
• Act as a liaison between Family Connects and Sinai Hospital to ensure that Family Connects scheduling protocol is followed.
• Provide health and physical assessment of mother and baby in the home to determine wellbeing.
• Assess family needs in the 12 domains of physical and psychosocial wellbeing, including depression, substance abuse and domestic violence.
• Exercise clinical skills in appraising situations and making decisions.
• Establish a trusting relationship with families during home visits to engage families in establishing a family support plan with goals, objectives and activities.
• Apply working knowledge of parent-child interaction, maternal-child health, child development and child abuse/neglect to help families improve parenting skills, increase parenting support, reduce stress and address needs of parents.
• Maintain 8 open home visit slots and conduct and document at least 6 home visits per week.
• Apply effective time management skills, organization and multitasking skills. Documentation is expected to be completed within 24 hours of the visit.
• Meet weekly with the Nurse Supervisor to discuss cases and problem solve issues with program implementation.
• Completes statistical reports as required.
• Attends required staff meetings, training, consultation meetings and conferences.
• Participates in agency work teams as assigned.
• Other job duties as assigned by the Program Manager or Nurse Supervisor.

Requirements

• Educational requirements: Associate degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university; Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Current and continual licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Maryland required.

Experience

• Experience as a registered nurse.
• Experience working in community-based programs, specifically infant home visiting programs, preferred.
• Experience and willingness to work with a culturally diverse population.

Skills

• Knowledge of nursing theory, process, practice and procedures.
• Knowledge of professional nursing standards.
• Knowledge of community resources and agencies.
• Knowledge of Jewish customs, practices, and traditions.
• Acceptance of individual differences.
• Knowledge of infant and child development.
• Ability to build trusting relationships.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to speak and write fluent Spanish preferred.

Work Environment

• Must be prepared to travel to various program sites, various communities, and participants’ homes.
• A driver’s license and insured vehicle is necessary to fulfill the duties and responsibilities for the position.