Vacancy Announcement

Public Health Nurse II

Nurse Family Partnership

Salary Range:

$ 42,368 – $ 55,077 – $ 67,787

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled

Location:

Spindale, NC (travelling is required 75% of the time)

Description of Work:

• Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) is an evidence-based, nurse home visiting program that improves the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low-income, first-time parents and their children.
• Responsible for providing comprehensive community health nursing services to women and their families eligible for the NFP Program.
• Nurse Home Visitors (PHN II) enroll and coordinate services to a caseload of 25 first time, low-income, expectant mothers. Work requires specialized knowledge in the NFP mission, vision and visit guidelines.
• NFP Nurses are required to travel 75% of the time to make home visits.
• Considerable knowledge of and skill in the application of nursing theory, practices, principles and techniques in the application of providing comprehensive community health nursing services to women and their families.
• Considerable knowledge of available resources and organizations and the ability to coordinate these as needed.
• Ability to provide intensive preventive health and social services to women during their first pregnancy and to children birth to 2 years of age.

Minimum Education And Experience:

BSN Graduate and one year of Public Health Nursing experience is required ; or BSN graduate with one year of child health experience or one year of maternity experience. A current unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina by the N.C. Board of Nursing and a valid unrestricted NC driver’s license.

Application Process:

To apply for this position, submit the required NC state application (PD-107) to:

Foothills Health District
ATTN: Cindy Snyder (csnyder@foothillshd.org)
221 Callahan-Koon Road
Spindale, NC 28160.

Applications can be obtained from the Personnel Office or downloaded at www.foothillshd.org Resumes without an accompanying PD-107 will not be considered. This position will remain open until filled. EOE.

Vacancy Announcement

Processing Assistant III

Nurse Family Partnership

Salary Grade:

57

Salary Range:

$22,902 – $28,741 – $36,644

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled

Location:

Spindale, NC (Rutherford County)

Description of Work:

• Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is an evidence-based nurse home visiting program that improves health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of first-time families affected by economic inequality, first-time parents, and their children. The Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, located in Denver, CO is a non-profit organization that provides service to communities in implementing and sustaining this program.
• This position will support services in a variety of clerical duties for the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) Supervisor and Nurse Home Visitors (NHVs).
• The position also includes considerable knowledge of NFP to provide community outreach for building and maintaining relationships with referral partners.
• Meets in-person with clients referred to NFP and communicates effectively to discuss the NFP program and enrollment process.
• Scans and inputs all NFP referral forms, Home Visit forms, and program documents in a timely and accurate manner into Disease Management Coordination Network (DMCN).
• Contacts all NFP referrals by phone and documents in DMCN per policy. Assigns referrals to NHVs, upon direction of supervisor.
• Assist with client outreach and reminder calls for home visits as needed.
• Assists NFP nurses with telehealth visits, home visits, and texts in Spanish as needed.
• Serves as a liaison and point of contact for NFP of the Foothills, community referral sources, and health care agencies.
• Performs program support tasks such as organizing forms, files, orders and educational handouts.
• Bi-lingual experience preferred.

Minimum Education And Experience:

Graduation from High School and demonstrated possession of knowledge, skills and abilities gained through at least one year of office assistant/secretarial experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

General knowledge of office or work unit procedures, methods and practices. Ability to screen communications based on predetermined guidelines to independently respond or route inquiries. Ability to maintain patient confidentiality as well as the ability to deal professionally with the public.

Application Process:

To apply for this position, submit the required NC state application (PD-107) to the Foothill Health District Personnel Department, 221 Callahan-Koon Road, Spindale, NC 28160. Applications can be downloaded at www.foothillshd.org. Completed applications and resumes can be e-mailed to csnyder@foothillshd.org or faxed to (828) 287-6059.