Head Nurse - Healthy Baby Healthy Child (PHN-12)

Duties

• Ensures equitable approach to maternal and child health that incorporates BPHC racial justice principles.
• Organizes, directs, continually monitors and thoroughly evaluates the care given to patients by nurses.
• Evaluates the performance of individual nurses, utilizing regularly scheduled supervision sessions, actual observations of practice and annual written evaluations, and coaches, counsels, and corrects nursing staff work performance.
• Reviews and observes nurses' clinical practice and records that nurses are consistently meeting program standards.
• Participates in the recruitment, interviewing, orienting and retention of staff.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship across program teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport and participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Supports program nurses and other staff during change in assignment during normal operations and during time of unforeseen events and emergencies.
• Supervises staff for successful implementation of new program initiatives.
• Supports program as appropriate in procuring appropriate equipment, supplies and educational materials for clinical practice, infection control, and program outreach.
• Provides clinical expertise on projects, assessment developments, and program protocols.
• Provides written reports for program stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) required except that twenty-five (25) or more years of relevant clinical experience may substitute for a
• Licensed to practice as Registered Nurse in
• Master's Degree in Public Health, Nursing, or related area preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical nursing
• Minimum 3 years nursing experience in maternal child health
• Minimum 2 years experience in a supervisory / management role preferred
• Public health nursing experience required, which includes home visiting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, direct and evaluate nurses.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of clinical nursing
• Minimum 3 years nursing experience in maternal child health
• Minimum 2 years experience in a supervisory / management role preferred
• Public health nursing experience required, which includes home visiting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, direct and evaluate nurses.