Nurse Staff Minister (Nurses Christian Fellowship)

Nurse Staff Minister (Nurses Christian Fellowship)

Work Location:

Remote - USA

Job Type:

Full time

To advance the purpose of InterVarsity, this position will develop and equip NCF nurse group leaders and provide ministry among nurses (both active and retired) and implement NCF strategic plans that fulfill our vision to make Christ known in nursing.

ESSENTIAL COMMITMENTS/RESPONSIBILITIES 

Personal:  

• Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ: growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture, and God's purposes in the world.

• Pursue maturity as a disciple of Jesus Christ so that your life and work increasingly reflects a growing love for God, God’s Word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world. To do this, you will:

• Pursue a vibrant relationship with the triune God through engagement with Scripture, prayer, and worship, both individually and in community.

• Develop self-leadership (growing in self-awareness, self-management, relational integrity, and resiliency).

• Embrace Scriptural standards for behavior and attitudes. 

Professional Staff Leadership 
Increase the number of NCF chapters under your area of leadership, as well as the size, health, spiritual maturity, and community-wide influence of existing NCF chapters of nurses (both active and retired) by being a: 

Visionary Guide

• Communicate and model NCF’s vision to see nurses (both active and retired) transformed, areas where nurses work and serve renewed, and world changers developed.

• Model – in person and through programs – InterVarsity’s vision and Core Values, including a biblically-defined commitment to engage every ethnic and social group where nurses work, serve, and live.

• Lead nurses (both active and retired) – individually and collectively – through Scripture, prayer, teaching, and discipleship experiences, so that they articulate and align their ministry activities around this vision.

• Set annual goals through prayer, research, and reflection with your teams for qualitative and quantitative growth, including conversions, mentoring opportunities, and leadership development. 

Structural Architect

• Build leadership teams who trust and partner well with you and who demonstrate spiritual vitality, relational health, and mission alignment.

• Develop and execute plans to achieve annual goals, evaluating and modifying the plan as needed throughout the year.

• Increase momentum for the vision by aligning programs, structures, conferences, and teams around the goals.

• Mobilize nurses (both active and retired) to engage their relational networks with the gospel and to start new missional communities.

• Supervise nurse group leaders and volunteers under the NCF National Coordinator or the Professional Ministries Director. 

Missional Developer

• Gather, invite, and develop diverse groups of nurses (nurses and nurse educators, both active and retired) so that they not only encounter and follow Jesus as Savior and Lord but also advance the mission in the places where they work, serve, and live as participants and leaders.

• Create ways for nurses (nurses and nurse educators both active and retired) to encounter and follow Jesus through Scripture, worship, prayer, mission experiences, conferences, etc.

• Equip nurses and nurse educators (both active and retired) so that they think strategically about engagement in their workplace and/or sphere of influence and so that they proclaim – in word, deed, and power – the good news of Jesus, regularly inviting nurses and nurse educators (both active and retired) to follow him as Savior and Lord.

• Disciple nurses and nurse educators (both active and retired) by equipping them to hear the Word, respond actively, and debrief and interpret the experience so that they grow in Christlikeness, reflect our Core Values, and develop ministry skills.

• Invite, coach, and equip nurses and nurse educators (both active and retired) to become increasingly effective participants and leaders, including starting new witnessing communities in the areas where they work, serve, and live.

• Introduce nurses and nurse educators (both active and retired) and connect them to resources for opportunities in world-wide missions through nursing and connection with Nurses Christian Fellowship International.  

Organizational Collaboration 

Work with a network of other local, area, regional, and national InterVarsity and NCF staff and volunteers so that our work reflects Biblical standards of e