Public Health Nurse Home Visitor; RN

Children First at Parent Promise is looking for a candidate who has a passion for helping others and thrives in team-based and independent work. We look forward to hearing from you!

About Parent Promise:

Parent Promise is a 501c3 nonprofit with the primary mission of strengthening families and preventing child abuse and neglect through the delivery of home-based family support programs by trained providers. We believe every child has a fundamental right to grow, play, and learn in a safe and secure environment so they have every opportunity in life to succeed. Our parent education services are evidence based and we are accredited by the National Exchange Club Foundation and are the Oklahoma chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America.

Parent Promise provides the following home visiting programs:
Children First, Oklahoma’s Nurse-Family Partnership;
Healthy Families America;
Parents As Teachers; and Exchange Parent Aide. Children First, Oklahoma’s Nurse-Family Partnership at Parent Promise reflects a private-public partnership among Parent Promise, Oklahoma State Department of Health, and the Nurse-Family Partnership.

Summary:

The posted position is for the Children First program within Parent Promise. Public Health Nurses in the Children First program provide professional nursing services by conducting home visitation consultations with first-time mothers to ensure quality nursing care for clients, both mother and baby, from prenatal care until the baby reaches two years of age. The Children First program follows the Nurse-Family Partnership

model. Program education includes healthy living during pregnancy, fetal development, child growth and development, strong parent-child relationships, goal setting, problem solving, safety, and community resource identification. The employee works under the direction of Parent Promise administration and under the supervision of a Nurse Supervisor.

Principle Duties And Responsibilities:

This is a summary of the duties and responsibilities commonly found within this classification and is not meant to be all-inclusive; thus, other related activities or tasks may be assigned. As described by the Council on Linkages’ Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, this position emphasizes the following as important to this role:

Data Analytics and Assessment Skills

Communication Skills

Health Equity Skills

Community Partnership Skills

Public Health Science Skills

Essential Job Functions:

1. Performing physical and developmental examinations and assessments

2. Generating reports

3. Evaluating health history and status of clients

4. Determining appropriate treatments

5. Recommending referrals to community resources

6. Counseling caregivers and clients

7. Collaborating with other professionals involved with providing services to clients

8. Completing Parent Promise, Children First, and Nurse-Family Partnership trainings within program guidelines

9. Documenting precisely and in a timely manner to maintain accurate records

10. Providing instruction, education, and training to caregivers, clients, and colleagues

11. Driving to off‑site locations to perform job duties as needed

12. Completing additional required training in support of duties and responsibilities

13. Engaging in weekly one-hour, face-to-face reflective sessions with the Nurse Supervisor

14. Participating in weekly team meetings for the sake of support, collaboration, and problem solving

15. Taking pride in and engaging opportunities for professional development

Working Conditions:

The use of tobacco products is prohibited at all times on Parent Promise property, at any off‑site Parent Promise-sponsored meeting/event, and/or when representing Parent Promise No use of cell phones or other use of electronic wireless…