This position is eligible for a Tiered Sign-On Bonus up to $5,000!
What You'll Be Doing
Wake County Health and Human Services is looking for a
Maternal Health Home Visiting Nurse to join Team Wake! The
Maternal Health Nurse works collaboratively with pregnancy care managers, care coordination for children care managers, health educators, WCHHS clinics, WakeMed clinics and others involved in the delivery of care. The Maternal Health Nurse home visits are guided by care plans, protocols, billing and documentation guidelines under the Division of Medicaid covered services. The goal of this service is to improve birth outcomes for mothers and babies (antepartum/postpartum and newborn well-being). This is done by providing support for women with high risk pregnancy conditions to deliver healthy, full-term babies as well as by providing support for new mothers and their babies to make a healthy transition to their new roles.
Essential Job Duties:
- Provide medically ordered, skilled nursing home visit to high risk prenatal patients. These visits will include patient teaching, monitoring of high risk condition, communication with high risk OB clinic, referrals to community resources and childbirth classes
- Provide postpartum home visits to newly delivered mothers and their infants. These visits will include assessment of mother and baby, staple removal when indicated, patient teaching, referrals to community resources, assisting with access to care, communication with clinics as needed
- Coordinate visits, communicate and collaborate with other care managers and interpreters as needed
- Schedule visits within expected time frame and complete documentation on schedule
- Participate in quality improvement activities
- Participate in disaster response when needed
About Our Team
Wake County Health and Human Services (WCHHS) is the consolidation of programs and services that include social services, public health, job search assistance, child support, and transportation. Our mission, in partnership with the community, is to facilitate full access to high quality and effective health and human services for Wake County residents. In addition to our numerous standard programs, Wake County Health and Human Services (WCHHS) is engaged in a number of special initiatives that are impacting services and programs throughout our entire agency. Whether legislated down from the changing regulations on the Federal or State level or bubbling up from the entrepreneurial spirit of our staff, you can always look forward to Wake County Health and Human Services implementing new and exciting enhancements to our services and programs.
The Basics (Required Education and Experience)
- Graduation from an accredited school of Nursing
- No specific experience required
- RN - Registered Nurse - North Carolina Board of Nursing or Compact state
- BPT - Bloodborne Pathogens Training
- CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation
- AED - Automated External Defibrillator
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Beyond the Basics (Preferred Education and Experience)
- Previous experience with home visiting
- Previous maternal and child health experience
- Spanish language skills highly preferred but not required
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred but not required
How Will We Know You're 'The One'?
- Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with others, both internal and external, to facilitate collaborative, working relationships to achieve the desired program outcomes.
- Ability to convey information clearly and concisely in order to provide education to patients and to communicate with clinics and other members of the care team
- Ability to plan and organize work in order to schedule and make home visits, complete documentation and follow-up, while meeting qualitative and quantitative productivity expectations
- Ability to independently make nursing decisions and take action based on nursing assessments made during home visit to ensure positive patient outcomes
- Ability to identify problems that are barriers to health, to determine possible solutions, and actively work to resolve the issues through appropriate referrals
- Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with patients by listening to the patient and understanding and responding to identified needs, demonstrating cultural competence in the delivery of care
About This Position
Location: Human Services Center Sunnybrook Raleigh, NC 27610
Employment Type: Regular
Work Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:15pm
Hiring Range: $28.35-$38.27 commensurate with experience
Market Range: 28.35 - 48.20
Posting Closing Date: 7:00 pm on 5/1/2024
What Makes Wake Great
Home to the State Capital, Wake County is one of the fastest growing areas in the nation and the most populous county in the state, with more than 1.1 million residents. The County has received national and international rankings and accolades from publications such as Money, Fortune, and Time magazines as being one of the best places to live, work and play. The central location of the County allows for a short drive to the spectacular mountains or coast. Wake County Government is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners, who are elected at-large to serve two-year terms. Wake County Government has a general operating budget of $1.874 billion, employs over 4400 employees, experiences minimal turnover, and is an award-winning leader in wellness and technology initiatives; such as offering employees and covered spouses free access to the Employee Health Center. Wake County Government offers a wide range of training and development opportunities, a stable career in public service with a balance of work and family life, flexible work schedules and a competitive salary and benefits package.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Wake County provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
Background Check Statement
Position may require a background check that may include: criminal, credit, motor vehicle, education, and sexual offender registry or others based on job requirements. Unless required by state law, a record of conviction will not automatically exclude you from consideration for employment. Wake County Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Emergency Service Worker Statement
In the event of an emergency, as determined by the County Manager or designee, participation in preparedness and response operations should be expected. Employee may be required to fill a temporary assignment in a role different from standard duties, work hours and/or work location in preparation for, during and after the emergency. Employee may also be required to participate in relevant exercises and regular preparedness training.
