Nurse Consultant ; Family, Infant, and Preschool Program; FIPP

Position: Nurse Consultant I (Family, Infant, and Preschool Program (FIPP))
Location: Township of Benner
** Agency
* * Dept of Health and Human Services
** Division
* * J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
** Job Classification Title
** Nurse Consultant I (NS)
** Position Number
**** Grade
* * MH16

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.
** Description of Work
** The Nurse Consultant I participates as a member of an interdisciplinary team of professionals providing early intervention and family support to children age birth through eight with or at risk for disabilities and their families. The nurse consultant has specific responsibility for providing nursing-related assessments and evaluations for children, instructing parents and caregivers in nursing-related activities to attain desired outcomes, and providing consultation and technical assistance to other staff and community paraprofessionals, professionals, and agencies.

The Nurse Consultant I is expected to learn and use cross-disciplinary evidence-based early intervention practices, including caregiver coaching, family-centered practices, resource-based practices, and natural learning environment practices. The Nurse Consultant I is also responsible for maintaining contact with referral sources and identifying and developing relationships with potential referral sources to increase referrals. The Nurse Consultant I participates in activities to support FIPP's mission of providing a broad range of family-centered resources and supports to children and families by participating in research, publications, program evaluation, training, and other activities related to children's healthy development and/or parents' and caregivers' abilities to support their children's growth and development in the context of family wellbeing.
** Knowledge

Skills and Abilities

/Management Preferences
**** Salary Range: $59,732.00 – $98,557.00
**** Recruitment Range: $59,732.00 – $98,557.00
**** A Sign-on bonus of $10,000 may be offered to the successful applicant(s) of this posting, contingent on the  Budget Approval.
*** Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they meet the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement.
** The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs* )/
* Management Preferences are not required. Applicants who possess the following skills are preferred:*
* * Documented knowledge of basic nursing principles and techniques, with specialized knowledge of health and/or development of children age birth through eight.*
* * Knowledge of Health and wellness issues for families, family systems theories, and family centered practices.*
* * Knowledge of community systems, and provide patient and family information on services provided by FIPP and other organizations.*
* * Knowledge about community resources or the skills to be able to locate and seek out resources for children and families, experience/training evaluating children and families, experience/training in developing community resources, experience/training in research, training and model development.*
* * Skilled in child assessments, communicating with families at all levels of understanding, actively listening, assisting families in identifying strengths, goals, resources and individualized plans of action.
*** This Position Is Exempt And Is EXEMPT From Certain Provisions Of The** .
** Shift

Hours:

1st shift (8:00am-5:00pm), Monday – Friday, with occasional evening hours**##
** About the Family, Infant and Preschool Program (FIPP):
** The Family, Infant and Preschool Program (FIPP) is a community-based component of the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center. FIPP is an early childhood intervention and family support program that has been producing research and providing supports and services in western North Carolina since 1972. The overall mission of the…