Newborn Screening Follow-up Nurse

Job Location: This position will be located at 930 Wildwood Drive, Jefferson City. May be eligible for hybrid remote work following successful orientation.

Why you’ll love this position:

Newborn screening is one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. As a member of our team, you will be an important part of protecting the health of babies by contributing to the early identification and intervention of over 70 metabolic and genetic disorders identified on Missouri’s newborn screening panel. This unique opportunity will allow you to make a difference by ensuring Missouri children are able to grow up as healthy as possible.

This position is located within the Bureau of Genetics and Healthy Childhood. The Bureau strives to assist Missouri families to reach their full potential through programs that focus on prevention, education and awareness.

• Conduct education, training, and robust community outreach to expand newborn screening awareness and compliance.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the newborn screening follow-up program.
• Utilize the nursing process and evidence-based decision making to assure effective, valid, and reliable policies and procedures for newborn screening follow-up.
• Facilitate and engage in collaborative communication with PCPs, geneticists and other specialists in regard to newborn screening best practice in Missouri.
• Participate in state and national coalitions involved in newborn screening issues.
• Provide consultative and technical assistance to hospitals, physicians, nurses, midwives, and other health care professionals to assure appropriate and timely newborn screening follow-up.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Active Missouri registered nurse license in good standing. Minimum 2 years experience as a registered nurse.
• Experience in administrative nursing or nursing education highly desired. This is not a patient care position.
• Public speaking skills, the ability to engage community partners, and strengthen stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to exercise significant independence and initiative in performing job duties with consistent use of excellent critical thinking skills.
• Willingness to pursue continuous education to stay aware of the ever-changing issues in newborn screening.
• Demonstrate the ability to consistently communicate in a highly professional manner both written and verbally.
• Awareness of quality assurance activities for the purpose of evaluating and improving processes.
• Exceptional organization skills and attention to detail.
• Experience developing reports, correspondence, and presentations.
• Current proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Characteristics for success in this position: innovative thinking, solution-focused, proactive, flexible, open-minded, and inclusive.

Preferred Qualifications:

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• For supervisory positions it’s recommended to include: Training, certification, and/or education in continuous process improvement programs such as Lean Six Sigma as well as completion of Missouri Way, Leadership Academy, and similar programs is preferred.

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .

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