RN - Healthy Beginnings

About the role

The RN Home Visitor- Healthy Beginnings is a professional caregiver who is a member of the interdisciplinary team and is responsible for providing comprehensive nursing services to women and their families eligible for the Nurse-Family Partnership Program (NFP).

Responsibilities

• Provides home visits to women and their families eligible for the NFP Program.
• Carefully coordinates the care/services for each client; carries a case load of up to 25 clients.
• As requested/required, participates in community coalition in support of NFP as well as promotes public awareness of NFP and the Healthy Beginnings program.
• Develops and maintains community relationships to support client referrals.
• Follows nursing process in implementing NFP into nursing practice;
• Develops therapeutic relationships, utilizes concepts of reflection and motivational interviewing with women and their families in a home visiting environment.
• Assesses physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental needs of women and their families as they relate to the NFP domains.
• Assists women and their families in establishing goals and outcomes; Provides education, support and referral resources in assisting women and their families in attaining their targeted goals.
• Participates in review and analysis of reports for achievements and areas for improvement as well as quality improvement efforts.
• Formulates nursing diagnosis based on nursing assessment and client goals and then evaluates client progress toward stated goals and NFP outcomes.
• Plans home visits as well as joint home visits with Healthy Beginnings Nurse Supervisor in accordance with client goal and NFP outcomes and expectations.
• Consults and collaborates with other professionals involved in providing services to women and families.
• Understands, supports, represents, and coaches others in the NFP vision, mission, and model in actions and verbally to both internal and external customers and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Certified Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Driver's License - Illinois Secretary of State (ILSOS)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)
• National Nursing Certification - Varies
• Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) within 2 years - Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice (ALPP)
• Bachelor's Degree: Nursing
• 2yrs of Nursing Work Experience

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Compensation Range: $33.11 per hour - $53.88 per hour

Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.

Pay

This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.

Schedule

Not specified