Family Advocacy Nurse

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) empowers civilian professionals to grow their careers while supporting the mission of the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Bring your talent to a team that values innovation, expertise, and service—and where your work directly contributes to mission success.

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is looking for a Full‑Time Family Advocacy Nurse to work at the 19th Medical Group on Little Rock AFB in Jacksonville, Arkansas.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide comprehensive, professional nursing clinical prevention services (primary, secondary and tertiary) to high‑risk maternal‑child families to prevent child and partner abuse, in support of the Family Advocacy Program (FAP). As the Family Advocacy Nurse (FAN) designs, develops, maintains, implements and evaluates the New Parent Support Program (NPSP) component of FAP. Serves as the installation NPSP subject‑matter expert (SME), providing consultation to installation leadership and medical professionals regarding needs assessment, determining prevention requirements, and developing implementation strategies for the prenatal and birth to three‑year‑old target population.

Performs risk screening, clinical assessments, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing interventions, case management, and multi‑disciplinary team consultations to prevent and treat child and spouse/intimate partner abuse, serving beneficiaries located over a large geographical area.

Salary Range is $89,508 – $116,362 based on experience.

• 11 Federal Holidays each year
• 13 sick leave days earned per year (accumulative)

• 13–26 days per year based on length of employment

• No waiting period to qualify for you and your family

• Immediate coverage by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)
• Basic Benefits Plan
• Social Security
• Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), similar to a 401(k) (Automatically receive 1% agency contributions and up to 5% matching)

• U.S. Citizenship
• Must maintain a valid, unrestricted, and current registered nurse license (with no limitations, stipulations, or pending adverse actions) in a state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is required IAW DoD guidance.
• At least two years of direct experience in child abuse or domestic abuse, maternal‑child health or community health is required IAW DoD guidance.
• Must possess and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• At a minimum, qualification requirements stipulated by the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for the 0610 occupational series must be met.
• This position has been identified as having “regular contact with children.” IAW Public Law 101‑647 Section 231, and Public Law 102‑190, Section 1094 and DoD Instruction 1402.05, background checks are required. DD Form 2981 Basic Criminal History and Statement of Admission, installation records, FBI fingerprint, and Tier 1 with a State Criminal History Repository (SCHR) checks will be completed on any person selected for this position.
  
  Renewal every five years of the installation records, FBI fingerprint and SCHR is required with annual review of DD Form 2981.

• Professional knowledge of the full scope of public/community health models and nursing concepts, principles, practices and procedures, and extensive specialized training in the specialized area of clinical prevention services to at‑risk individuals and families.
• Knowledge of the full scope of family advocacy principles, concepts, and theories relating to the provision of professional nursing services.
• Knowledge of research principles, procedures, and processes sufficient to apply principles to the provision of services to at‑risk families, develop local policies, standards, and procedures based on results of studies, and serve on various family maltreatment teams and committees.
• Knowledge of complex family helping systems, professions, and organizations and how they affect child and family welfare.
• Skill in written communications sufficient to develop research program documents and evaluations, and procedures/policies based on results of special studies and research; and in oral communication sufficient to counsel family members, take medical histories, provide health teaching and crisis intervention.

AFCS is Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. citizenship required. Must be of legal working age.