Supervisor- Nurse Family Partnership (NFP)

This position is M-F and based around the Central/Marion County area so ideal candidates will need to live in or around this area. The salary range starts at $80K and includes full benefits (below):

Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a maternal and early childhood home visiting program, fosters long-term success for first-time parents and their babies and seeks to address some of the serious systemic problems affecting our community. Building on this research, NFP along with Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana addresses the fragmented structure of the social services industry by taking a holistic, whole-family approach.   More information can be found at:  www.nursefamilypartnership.org.

The Supervisor, NFP Nurses works within the local community and Goodwill’s structure to assure that the NFP Program is implemented in accordance with established guidelines and contract requirements.  The Supervisor uses principles of supervision, reflective practice, and staff development to provide primary assistance and appropriate oversight to a team of Nurse Home Visitors, and builds and models a strengths-based, client-centered culture.  Develops and maintains relationships based on trust, support, and growth with the team, management, and community members, as well as with NFP’s National Service Office representatives.

Example Duties and Activities 

Staffing, Education, and Supervision

• Recruits, hires, and retains qualified and effective nurse home visitors and administrative staff.

• Ensures that supervision of nurse home visitors utilizes concepts of motivational interviewing, coaching, and reflective practice (modeling therapeutic relationships, change theory, self-efficacy, client-centered, strengths-based, and solution-focused approaches).   

• Assesses knowledge and skills of team members. Assists staff in identifying strengths and/or gaps, and develops strategies to optimize strengths and address gaps using a strength-based approach.  

• Confirms all staff, including the supervisor, attend all required NFP education sessions as outlined in the orientation materials, as well as professional development opportunities.

• Assigns referrals to nurse home visitors per NSO guidance and monitors nurse home visitors’ ability to build and manage caseload.  Ensures adequate coverage when nurse home visitors and administrative staff are on leave.

• Assists nurse home visitors in evaluating complex problems and case situations.  Establishes and ensures guidelines that identify appropriate boundaries of nurse home visitors and recognizes client schedules, with safety and supervision of nurse home visitors.

Budget, Contracts, and Collaborations

• Facilitates and ensures team members have all materials necessary to work effectively.  Works with director and accounting to ensure stewardship and accountability of funding.  Ensures inventory maintenance of supplies and materials. 

• Works proactively with local, state, and national issues and organizations that affect the sustainability of the program.  This includes, but is not limited to the Indiana State Department of Health, local health departments, hospitals, and hospital systems, referral organizations, funding organizations, and maternal and early childhood development providers.

Community Awareness, Referrals, and Referral Systems

• Participates in planning for, and attending NFP community advisory board meetings.

• Establishes and maintains community referral sources for the NFP Program.

• Creates work procedures and guides the implementation of the program.

• Coordinates nurse home visitor access to community resources provided by Goodwill Guides staff.

Quality Improvement and Evaluation

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

• Reads, interprets, and communicates reports to nurse home visitors, management team, and partners. Reviews quarterly reports with local leadership, discusses successes and/or strategies for meeting goals.

• Provides case conferences and team meetings in accordance with the NFP model elements.  

• Ensures implementation of quality improvement strat