Description
Children First at Parent Promise is looking for a candidate who has a passion for helping others and thrives in team-based and independent work. We look forward to hearing from you!
About Parent Promise:
Parent Promise is a 501c3 nonprofit with the primary mission of strengthening families and preventing child abuse and neglect through the delivery of home-based family support programs by trained providers. We believe every child has a fundamental right to grow, play, and learn in a safe and secure environment so they have every opportunity in life to succeed. Our parent education services are evidence based and we are accredited by the National Exchange Club Foundation and are the Oklahoma chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America. Parent Promise provides the following home visiting programs: Children First, Oklahoma’s Nurse-Family Partnership; Healthy Families America; Parents As Teachers; and Exchange Parent Aide. Children First, Oklahoma’s Nurse-Family Partnership at Parent Promise reflects a private-public partnership among Parent Promise, Oklahoma State Department of Health, and the Nurse-Family Partnership.
Summary:
The posted position is for the Children First program within Parent Promise. Public Health Nurses in the Children First program provide professional nursing services by conducting home visitation consultations with first-time mothers to ensure quality nursing care for clients, both mother and baby, from prenatal care until the baby reaches two years of age. The Children First program follows the Nurse-Family Partnership
model. Program education includes healthy living during pregnancy, fetal development, child growth and development, strong parent-child relationships, goal setting, problem solving, safety, and community resource identification. The employee works under the direction of Parent Promise administration and under the supervision of a Nurse Supervisor.
Principle Duties And Responsibilities:
This is a summary of the duties and responsibilities commonly found within this classification and is not meant to be all-inclusive; thus, other related activities or tasks may be assigned. As described by the Council on Linkages’ Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, this position emphasizes the following as important to this role:
Data Analytics and Assessment Skills
Communication Skills
Health Equity Skills
Community Partnership Skills
Public Health Science Skills
Essential Job Functions:
1. Performing physical and developmental examinations and assessments
2. Generating reports
3. Evaluating health history and status of clients
4. Determining appropriate treatments
5. Recommending referrals to community resources
6. Counseling caregivers and clients
7. Collaborating with other professionals involved with providing services to clients
8. Completing Parent Promise, Children First, and Nurse-Family Partnership trainings within program guidelines
9. Documenting precisely and in a timely manner to maintain accurate records
10. Providing instruction, education, and training to caregivers, clients, and colleagues
11. Driving to off-site locations to perform job duties as needed
12. Completing additional required training in support of duties and responsibilities
13. Engaging in weekly one-hour, face-to-face reflective sessions with the Nurse Supervisor
14. Participating in weekly team meetings for the sake of support, collaboration, and problem solving
15. Taking pride in and engaging opportunities for professional development
Working Conditions:
The use of tobacco products is prohibited at all times on Parent Promise property, at any off-site Parent Promise-sponsored meeting/event, and/or when representing Parent Promise No use of cell phones or other use of electronic wireless communication devices to write, send, or read text-based communications while driving a motor vehicle on agency business Subject to drive to off-site locations in inclement weather and conditions to perform job duties Subject to exposure to infectious diseases
Subject to prolonged periods of standing and/or walking
Subject to varying home environments, including pets; living situations; states of cleanliness; noise levels; access to parking, etc.
May be required to wear protective equipment
OSHA Category: Performs tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, and/or tissues
Working Relationships:
This position requires frequent contact with various Parent Promise personnel to give and receive information, as well as with clients/caregivers to provide services. The employee may also have contact with state and community agency employees, hospital and clinic personnel, and with physicians. The employee interacts with a broad spectrum of socio-economic groups; tact, respect, and diplomacy are required in the performance of duties. The employee may also be required to deal with hostile persons on occasion.
Supervision/Accountability:
The employee performs job duties under the supervision of a Nurse Supervisor and the general direction of Parent Promise administration. Work product is subject to both specific and general review. The employee has no supervisory responsibilities and has no direct accountability of budget and/or money.
This job posting is a conditional employment position. This means that if the funding or the program is terminated, canceled, or non-renewed, your employment terminates automatically. This position is conditional.
Requirements
Qualifications/Requirements:
Valid Oklahoma Registered Nurse License or enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
Registered Nurse License required; must maintain license in good standing throughout employment
Valid driver's license required
Vehicle insurance: must maintain vehicle insurance throughout employment
BLS CPR/AED certified preferred or will be acquired upon employment and must maintain certification throughout employment
Additional requirements and items to note:
The employee must have an operating vehicle available for use
This position may require working some evenings and weekends
Out of state travel may be required
Preferred Skills, Abilities, and Characteristics:
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Willingness and ability to work as part of a collaborative team, encouraging and empowering others Desire to serve mothers, children, and babies, especially with regard to clients experiencing adversity
Dedication to an empathetic approach, which involves the ability to take the perspective of others and deeply understand their experiences
Dedication to respect, including with those whose life experiences are different from one’s own (e.g., with regard to culture, race, ethnicity, experience of poverty, adversity, and sexual orientation)
Dedication to forming, building, and maintaining relationships with diverse clients and colleagues Skilled in performing physical examinations
Skilled in using appropriate medical tools and equipment
Skilled in obtaining and recording information accurately
Knowledge of nursing practice legal issues
Knowledge of laboratory methods and investigative techniques
Ability to utilize a personal computer
Ability to maintain confidentiality per HIPAA guidelines
Ability to communicate with persons of diverse backgrounds both orally and in writing using tact, diplomacy, and care
Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships
Ability to follow safe working practices and procedures
Ability to follow established policies, procedures, guidelines, and orders
Willingness to assume responsibility for work product
Ability to manage time, including when schedule changes require increased flexibility Flexible thinking, including willingness and ability to adapt to the needs of clients, supervisors, and the organization
Physical Requirements:
Arm/hand steadiness and digital dexterity sufficient to perform procedures such as manual blood pressure readings, to take measurements of infant/toddler, to draft documents and fill out forms such as reports, to complete charting by hand or by operating a keyboard
Vision sufficient to read written communications such as computer printouts, instructions, hand or machine-generated documents, as well as text on a computer monitor and gradations on growth charts
Flexibility and coordination sufficient to operate a motor vehicle as needed
Speech and hearing sufficient to communicate face-to-face, via telephone, via video calls, and/or in a public place
Flexibility and strength sufficient to lift objects weighing up to 35 pounds
Flexibility and strength sufficient to move and carry equipment and supplies weighing up to 20 pounds
Flexibility and strength sufficient to walk/stand at length, climb stairs, and climb stairs while carrying equipment
Flexibility sufficient to bend over to collect items from the floor
Flexibility to get down to a sitting position on the floor and to be able to get back up to a standing position
