Summary

The Department of Public Health has an opening for a Public Health Nurse (PHN) to join our Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) team at Downtown Public Health Center to meet the current needs of our community. Nurse-Family Partnership is a national evidence-based community health program in which nurses build therapeutic partnerships with families as they navigate pregnancy and early parenting of their first child. Foundational to the NFP model is that clients are the experts in their lives. Components of the program include a caseload of 25 families per PHN, home visits with families from pregnancy until their child turns 2 years old, weekly reflective supervision sessions with the supervisor, and active participation in weekly team meetings. If not currently trained, the selected candidate for this project will participate in a weeklong training on the Nurse-Family Partnership Program in Denver, CO.

Responsibilities include independent fieldwork providing home visits to clients and their families, caseload management, assessment, care planning, documentation, collaboration with the community to help to reduce barriers to access, patient education, using culturally respectful and client-centered practice. This may include services to infants with special health care needs, abused/neglected children, new refugee and immigrant families and families with complex and multifaceted social concerns.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE:
As the only jurisdiction in the world named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.
We have a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from vulnerable communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/equity

Job Duties

• Obtain and document health history and make nursing diagnosis based on nursing assessment.
• Documentation requires electronic charting: EPIC, and in an NFP database.
• Provide expertise regarding public health nursing scope, practice and policy at many levels.
• Provide support services to the client that links/refers, to other Health Department staff and community providers/partners, while assuring access and continuity of care.
• Provide program planning, monitoring local work plans and progress toward program goals.
• Participate in quality assurance activities to meet laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Provide training, orientation and education to staff, clients, students and the community.
• May provide birth control and pregnancy options counseling.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Requirements:

• Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing science or a graduate level nursing degree of MSN, DNP or PhD
• Washington State Registered Nurse License in good standing.
• Proof of current BLS CPR for Healthcare Providers (Attach if current)
• Washington State Driver’s License and ability to travel within designated territory.

Desired Skills, Abilities and/or Attributes:

• Multilingual and/or Multicultural, especially Spanish or Amharic
• Committed to working with diverse populations with cultural humility.
• Maternal-child public health nursing experience and lactation training

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This position is subject to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Please note that this position may include work outside of this schedule based on operational needs.

Who May Apply: This position is open to all minimally qualified people. This posting will be used to fill all operational needs.

Supplemental Information

Forbes recently named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.

Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles-we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer

No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.

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