Job Objective:

Nurse-Family Partnership, a maternal and early childhood home visiting program, fosters long-term success for first-time parents, their babies, and society.  Nurse-Family Partnership's maternal health program introduces vulnerable first-time parents to caring maternal and child health nurses. This program allows nurses to deliver the support first-time moms need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life.  For more information, please visit www.nursefamilypartnership.org.

Nurse-Family Partnership is a research-based program that has been demonstrated to significantly improve critical outcomes for those at-risk parents and their children who receive services in local communities.  Beginning with nurse home visits that occur during pregnancy and continue until the child is age two, Nurse Home Visitors provide coaching and support to first-time expectant parents.  The Nurse Home Visitor is responsible for maintaining the highest standards in clinical nursing practice and adherence to the NFP model, and to policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of NFP and of the lead agency.  This position reports to the NFP Nurse Supervisor who evaluates performance annually.

Essential Job Functions:

• Knows and understands the Goodwill Mission: “Strengthen communities by empowering individuals and families through education, training and job placement.”
• Clinical
  • Develops therapeutic relationships and utilizes concepts of reflection and Motivational Interviewing with clients and their families in a home visiting environment modeling client-centered, strengths-based, and solution-focused approaches.
  • Performs in-person visits to clients and their families in accordance with the NFP model and guidelines.  Carries a caseload of up to 30 clients.
  • Follows nursing process in implementing NFP into nursing practice.
  • Assesses physical, emotional, social, and environmental needs of clients and their families as they relate to the NFP domains: personal health, environmental health, life course development, maternal role, family and friends, and health and human services.
  • Assists clients and their families in establishing goals and outcomes.

• • Provides education, support, and referral resources in assisting clients and their families in attaining their own personal targeted goals.
  • Coordinates access to community resources.
  • Consults and collaborates with other professionals involved in providing services to clients and their families.
  • Formulates nursing diagnosis based on nursing assessment and client goals.
  • Evaluates client progress toward stated goals and NFP outcomes.
  • Plans home visits in accordance with client goals and NFP outcomes.
  • Actively engages in professional development to meet all NFP Nurse Home Visitor competency requirements.
  • Meets with NFP Nurse Supervisor weekly for clinical supervision.
  • Utilizes reflective practice during supervisory sessions.
  • Schedules joint home visits with NFP Nurse Supervisor every four months.  
  • Attends and participates in weekly staff meetings and biweekly case conferences.
  • Ensures timely and accurate data input to the NFP information management system (MIS).
  • Ensures timely and accurate data in