Public Health Nurse - Nurse Family Partnership Program

Overview

The Department of Public Health has an opening for a Public Health Nurse (PHN) to join the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Team at the Kent Public Health clinic. Nurse-Family Partnership is a community health program that pairs a person who is pregnant with their first child with a registered nurse. The nurse provides home or community visits from pregnancy through the child s second birthday.

The program supports clients with the information and resources they need to build healthy lives for themselves and their children. Responsibilities include maintaining a caseload of 25 families per PHN, participating in weekly reflective supervision sessions, and attending weekly team meetings.

• Obtain and document health history and make nursing diagnoses based on nursing assessment.
• Documentation requires electronic charting in EPIC and in an NFP database.
• Provide expertise regarding public health nursing scope, practice and policy at many levels.
• Provide support services to the client that links/refers to other Health Department staff and community providers/partners, while assuring access and continuity of care.
• Provide program planning, monitor local work plans and progress toward program goals.
• Participate in quality assurance activities to meet laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Provide training, orientation and education to staff, clients, students and the community.
• Provide birth control and pregnancy options counseling to clients as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor s degree in nursing or an MSN, DNP or PhD from an accredited school of nursing
• Current Washington State license as a Registered Nurse or Multi-State Licensure
• Documentation of current BLS-CPR for Health Care Providers
• Washington state driver s license
• Pass background and credentialing

This position is a 1.0 FTE, fully-benefited, Career Service position with a typical work schedule of Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. May work outside typical days/hours to meet operational needs. This position is subject to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is overtime eligible. This is a field visiting program and telework is not allowed.

Kent Public Health located at th Ave SE, Kent WA, 98042. Will work in various locations throughout King County.

This posting will be used to fill all needs. Interviews for this opportunity will be March 4th and 5th.

This position is open to all minimally qualified nurses, which includes new to practice and re-entry nurses.

Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA).

Amy M. Curtis, BSN, RN, Nurse Recruitment Manager tis with any questions.

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