Maternal Child Health (MCH) Home Visiting Nurse (Public Health Nurse II)

• A robust one-year orientation designed to support your professional success
• The opportunity to make a difference by serving those most in need in our community
• The change to work collaboratively with community partners to address public health priorities.
• A learning culture that values growth, flexibility, and work-life balance
• Amazing benefits and a supportive team environment

• Provides home visiting services to high-risk pregnant women, infants, and children in accordance with program guidelines.
• Identifies, screens, and assesses clients for health risks and implements individualized nursing interventions to improve pregnancy and child health outcomes.
• Applies public health nursing principles in health promotion, preventing disease, and addressing social determinants of health.
• Provides education, child health and developmental screening, evaluation and consultation to promote optimal family functioning and child well-being.
• Coordinates and manages care though a multidisciplinary approach, ensuring families receive appropriate support and follow-up.
• Collaborates with community agencies, medical providers, and social services organizations to ensure coordinated and comprehensive services for clients.
• Possesses in-depth knowledge of community resources and refers clients as appropriate to address medical, social, and economic needs.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation in accordance with Fairfax County Health Department and program standards.

Knowledge of nursing and public health theories, principles, practices, methods, processes, and procedures required to provide public health nursing;
Knowledge of human growth and development, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology (e.g., side effects, contraindications), preventive medicine, epidemiology, and nutrition;
Knowledge of current practices in public health nursing service delivery;
Knowledge of available community resources for referral or the ability to rapidly acquire such knowledge;
Knowledge of documentation, nursing diagnosis, and quality assurance;
Knowledge of professional standards of nursing practice;
Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and county laws and regulations;
Knowledge of county Health Department policies and procedures;
Ability to perform technical and complex nursing procedures (e.g., injections, venipuncture, blood pressure screening, STD check, tube feeding, nebulization), administering treatments and medications, and using medical equipment in delivering services to clients;
Ability to perform emergency treatment(s), with limited supervision, for life threatening conditions;
Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with others, including those from varied backgrounds and different situations, in individual and team-based settings;
Ability to handle contentious interactions, especially with those who may appear difficult, hostile, or distressed;
Ability to identify problems and make sound, well-informed, and objective decisions or judgments relating to client health care;
Ability to assess the quality, appropriateness, implications, and impact of decisions or judgments made by others and identify courses of corrective action, where appropriate;
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with individual or small and large group interactions;
Ability to provide health training to clients and families with complex, multiple health needs, using knowledge of adult learning concepts;
Ability to accurately maintain client medical records and information (e.g., filing, retrieval, recording, and archiving) and to protect the privacy of clients served;
Ability to use technology to document, file, retrieve, make adjustments to medical records or information, and communicate or share public health information in the appropriate format;
Ability to assign paraprofessionals, volunteers and students according to ability level and set work priorities according to clinic and/or caseload demands.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduation from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education with a bachelor's degree in Nursing; plus one year post-licensure nursing experience.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• Possession of current license or a multistate licensure privilege to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Valid Driver's License
• AED (Required within 60 days of hire)
• CPR (Required within 60 days of hire)

• Two years of post-licensure experience working with pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children.
• One year of experience preferred in home visiting case management in a public health/community setting serving culturally diverse families.
• Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving in complex clients' situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse population.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and other electronic health records or data management software applications.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.

Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and many others.) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov EEO/AA/TTY.

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