Nurse Home Visitor

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizonas top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services child welfare and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound positive differences in peoples lives every day

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:

• Medical Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance long-term disability insurance and Employee Assistance Program

General Position Description: Provides comprehensive nursing services to women and their families starting during pregnancy and throughout infant/toddler development in the clients home or other community setting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides home visits in-home and virtual to eligible women caregivers and their families.
• Adheres to nursing process and the standards of the respective evidence-based model of home visitation Maternal Early Childhood Home-visiting program (MECSH) or Nurse Family Partnership (NFP).
• Develops and maintains community relationships to promote public awareness and to support client referrals.
• Assesses physical emotional social and environmental needs of women caregivers and their families.
• Provides education support and referral resources in assisting clients to attain their targeted goals.
• Consults and collaborates with other professionals involved in providing services to women and families.
• Actively engages in case conferences and continuous quality improvement activities. Elicits and considers differing viewpoints when analyzing issues.
• Maintains a caseload of 25-30 clients when working as a full-time nurse home visitor.
• Participates in the process of ongoing professional development and meetings. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency members and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct Strategic Plan Mission and Vision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements: BSN or willingness to obtain BSN and current RN license in good standing required. Experience in maternal/child health public health home visiting or mental/behavioral nursing preferred. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

Regulatory

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Current unrestricted AZ drivers license with no more than two (2) minor moving violations or one (1) accident within the past three (3 years). Three (3) years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (employer provides).
• CPR and First Aid certification (Employer provides).

Skills/Job Knowledge/Abilities: Able to establish and maintain a team atmosphere of communication and collaboration for all that reach out to the Department. Able to communicate clearly effectively with confidentiality openness and professionalism with families colleagues and stakeholders Able to listen attentively and accurately to the clients current experience. Must be self-directed and be sensitive to cultural and linguistic diversity. Excellent customer service in stressful situations. Maintains a professional appearance communications and actions. Basic knowledge of the respective evidenced-based home visitation models (MECSH or NFP) policies practices and procedures. Knowledge of prenatal and post-partum maternal health; the dynamics of intimate partner violence and safety planning; infant/toddler typical and atypical development; family systems and principles of family-centered care; and community health and social service resources. Possess a high level of computer proficiency.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements (with or without accommodation): Client in-home and office environment with multiple interruptions in person and through computer and phone. Will work outside and inside environments as needed. Daily travel to client homes and other locations. Interacts with employees and members of the public on a daily basis. May lift normal office equipment and materials up to 25lbs. Visual acuity to read information from computer screens forms and to assess the wellbeing of clients and children. Able to speak clearly in conversations and general communications. Hearing ability for communication in persona phone and/or other electronic methods. Manual dexterity for typing and writing. Able to stoop squat reach pull push stretch ascend and descend stairs stand and sit for long periods of time. May be required to work additional hours or days depending on circumstances.

Additional Information: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties skills job knowledge responsibilities and/or qualifications. EBF reserves the right to revise the job description or to assign other duties to this position. This job description is not intended to create a contract or property right to continued employment between the employee and EBF.

Easterseals Blake Foundation and Aviva are an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative action employer that promotes a work environment of inclusion and diversity. We are committed to provide employment opportunities to all candidates based on their qualifications free of discrimination based on race color religion national origin sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation or gender identity) age disability veteran status genetic information mental or physical disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

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