NFP Supervisor

This is a full-time 40 hours per week salary position. The schedule would be Monday - Thursday 8 am to 5:30 pm and Friday 8 am to 12 pm.

General Description:

The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Supervisor uses principles of supervision reflective practice and staff development to provide primary support and appropriate oversight to nurse home visitors fostering a strength-based client-centered culture and ensuring the program effectively serves eligible first-time mothers from pregnancy through their childs second birthday. The NFP Supervisor role is to work within the local community and lead agency structure to assure that the NFP Program is implemented in accordance with established guidelines and contract requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides supervision and management of nurse home visitors including staff training and evaluation

Assigns client caseloads and monitor nurse home visitors ability to build and manage caseload

Provides useful developmental feedback and confronts and develops a plan with staff to address performance and resolve issues

Builds confidence and skill of nurse home visitors

Develops and maintains community referral sources for the NFP Program

Utilizes agency policies and procedures or develops needed policy and procedure to guide implementation

Oversees and ensure timely and accurate data input and utilization of the web-based reports and other reports available through NFP

Ensures implementation of quality improvement strategies

Ensures that supervision of NFP nurse home visitors utilizes principles and concepts of motivational interviewing coaching and reflective practice

Develops and implement regular reflective practice supervision within the program and conduct field visits both with frequency recommended by NFP

Provides regular case conferences and team meetings as recommended by NFP

Effectively assists nurse home visitors in analyzing complex problems and case situations

Performs other duties as assigned which may be necessary to support the organization during times of critical activities

Reporting Relationships:

Responsible to:

- Directly supervised by Director of Early Childhood Services

Workers supervised:

- Manages three (3) NFP Nurse Home Visitors

Interrelationships:

- Works in cooperation with staff and corporate partners

This job description is not designed to cover or contain an exhaustive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements:

All employees of Carolina Health Centers Inc. are expected to perform the duties of their job and behave in a manner consistent with the Corporate Philosophy which supports the values of: respect honesty integrity openness transparency diversity equity inclusion stewardship and innovation.

In addition this position requires:

• Education:

- Bachelors degree in Nursing required. A Masters degree in Nursing or closely related field preferred.

• Work Experience:

- Experience with public health/community health home visitation providing maternal/child health services in a community setting with an emphasis on pre- and post-natal care and early childhood development

- Experience in program management and one-on-one supervision including reflective practices

- Proven success in working with diverse populations communities and organizations

• Licensure and Certification:

- Current Registered Nursing (RN) license in good standing

• Skills:

- Able to read write and communicate effectively orally and in writing

- Great interpersonal and organizational skills

- Demonstrated skill in building self-efficacy and practicing strengths-based solution-focused nursing

- Willingness to engage in building reflective practice

- Proficient in use of computer and keyboard

- Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships

- Ability to be culturally sensitive and appropriate

- Knowledge of HIPAA and ability to maintain confidentiality

- Experience with family/participant services that embrace the concepts of family-centered and strength-based service provision

- Able to manage self and environment calmly and appropriately in stressful situations

- Ability to adapt to change and challenge are critical to success in this position

- Must exhibit leadership capabilities

- Must have valid drivers license and safe driving record

- Must be able to work overtime and flexible hours as needed

• Physical Abilities:

- Stand for extended periods of time

- Able to push pull and reach sit stoop and stretch

- Have full range of body motion

- Have the hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity needed to operate a computer telephone copier and medical equipment

- Required to talk and hear

- Vision abilities required for this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus

- Requirement for out-of-town and/or overnight travel are minimal

Work Environment:

This position involves exposure to customer/patient elements. This job also operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard Office equipment such as computers telephones photocopiers filing cabinets and fax machines.