Nurse Home Visitor - Nurse Family Partnership

El Paso County will be a trusted regional leader known for excellence in county service delivery. We provide essential public services to the Pikes Peak Region in support of our residents, businesses, and communities, enhancing the freedom for all to thrive.

About the role

Join our Nurse-Family Partnership Program as a Registered Nurse and make a lasting difference for first-time parents and their babies. In this role, you'll build meaningful, long-term relationships with families — starting in pregnancy and continuing through early childhood. Through regular home visits, you'll provide trusted guidance, education, and support that empowers parents to have healthy pregnancies, nurture their child's development, and work toward greater stability and self-sufficiency. You’ll meet families in their own environments, offering individualized care that respects each family’s culture, strengths, and goals. You’ll collaborate with community partners, connect families with vital resources, and play a key role in improving outcomes throughout your community.

This position is part of the Public Health Nurse career progression series, which includes Public Health Nurse and Senior Public Health Nurse. An employee is eligible to advance to the next position within the series when the employee has met the criteria for advancement and has received a recommendation from the Hiring Authority.

Responsibilities

• Manages clinic activities, providing health and history assessment, disease prevention, and health promotion activities.
• Provides clinical public health nursing services in accordance with program and department guidelines.
• Screens and assesses clients for recommended services based on standard protocols and industry best practices.
• Prepares, measures, and administers immunizations to clients in a clinic setting; counsels clients about vaccine reactions and effectiveness; assesses for immediate reactions to vaccines.
• Administers TB skin tests and interprets results as needed.
• Assists clients and their families in establishing goals and outcomes. Provides education, support, and referral resources in assisting clients in attaining their targeted goals. Evaluates client progress toward stated goals.
• Maintains records, files, data collection, and prepares correspondence.
• Develops and maintains community relationships to support client referrals.
• Assesses the impact of local environmental, cultural, and social patterns on the public's health through collaboration with service providers and systems.
• Collects, compiles, and analyzes data to identify needs and service gaps for individuals, families, and communities and informs the agency of the need.
• Recognizes patterns of illness indicative of disease and environmental hazards. Implements action necessary to curtail negative impacts of disease.
• Participates in Public Health outreach activities in the community. Serves as liaison between the medical and public health communities.
• Responds to inquiries from the public, community partners, and providers.
• Provides expert Public Health Nursing consultation within the agency and the community. Articulates the mission of public health and develops partnerships to accomplish agency goals. Interprets rules and regulations to sub-groups in the community.
• Practices within the professional nursing model as described by the Colorado Nurse Practice Act.
• May be called upon to provide immunizations or support emergency response activities outside of the assigned program area as needed for public health response activities for which El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH) is the lead agency.
• Participates in departmental emergency planning and response activities.
• Promotes public health within the community.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) or master’s degree in nursing (MSN).
• Senior Nurse: Two years of nursing experience.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
• Must have current Registered Nurse licensure to practice in the State of Colorado; nurses with compact licensure must meet all licensure requirements set forth by the Colorado Board of Nursing within ninety days of employment.
• Must possess and maintain a valid CPR Certification.

Skills

• Knowledge of operations and services of the public health clinic and outreach activities, interviewing, principles of preventive health care, and the proper use of medical terminology.
• Knowledge and understanding of agency policies and procedures.
• Skill in demonstrating a cooperative, professional attitude to cultivate relationships both within and outside the organization.
• Skill in prioritizing and organizing multiple tasks and the ability to complete projects in a timely manner.
• Skill in training and presentation.
• Skill in using a personal computer and various software packages, including Microsoft Office.
• Ability to communicate, motivate, and organize projects among a broad spectrum of personnel, frequently under deadline pressure.
• Ability to respond in a flexible manner and reprioritize work as situations change.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgment by taking appropriate actions regarding questionable findings or concerns.
• Ability to identify problems and work creatively to develop resolutions and recommend corrective actions to supervisor, considering the impact of actions.
• Ability to identify results of efforts and problems identified/potential problems and to develop and recommend corrective actions.
• Ability to write and maintain accurate records and reports to meet management objectives.
• Ability to maintain the security of sensitive and confidential information.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to perform under pressure and when confronted with persons acting under stress.
• Ability to work in an environment with potential exposure to infections, blood, and contagious diseases.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual fluency and proficiency in English and Spanish, including reading, writing, speaking, and translation.

Pay

Public Health Nurse: Hiring Range: $68,801 - $72,801 Annually. Anticipated Hiring Rate: $71,608.16 Annually.

Senior Public Health Nurse: Hiring Range: $81,801 - $85,801 Annually. Anticipated Hiring Rate: $84,441.76 Annually.

Schedule

This position has an anticipated work schedule of Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm, subject to change.

Work Conditions

• Work environment may include potential exposure to infections, blood, and contagious diseases; potential exposure to pets, secondhand smoke, and other environmental hazards.
• Some travel may be required; work may be assigned in various locations.
• Weekend and evening hours may be required.
• May be required to rotate day-call and night-call.
• Must be able to safely lift and carry up to 25 pounds and bend at waist or knees to get down to child's level.
• Public Health employees are responsible for providing proof of vaccinations and/or tuberculosis testing as applicable to the specific position and must provide proof of completion of required vaccinations/testing or proof of initiation within sixty days of hire date.

Pre-Employment Requirements

• Must pass conditional post offer background investigation, motor vehicle record check, drug screen, and physical examination.