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GENERAL INFORMATION
- Location:
- Bayfield, WI
- Salary:
- salary
- Date posted:
- Sep 03 2009
- Date expires:
- Open Until Filled
EMPLOYER
- Company:
-
Nucleus
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
HEALTHY STEPS SPECIALIST:
1. Train in and then educate Health Center staff in the principles of a Healthy Steps pediatric practice, facilitating systems changes needed to implement the Healthy Steps program in a culturally appropriate and sensitive way for the Red Cliff community.
2. Educate parents using the Brazelton Touchpoints and Healthy Steps models [including the Newborn Observation] and additional tools with the aim of providing anticipatory guidance and providing strategies for prevention, intervention and management of common childhood developmental issues. Necessary training will be provided.
3. Coordinate with the Red Cliff LAUNCH initiative and Red Cliff Health Center staff to identify community, county and state resources available to our clients and follow up as needed.
4. Establish billing capacity for Case Management services for children ages 0-8 with special healthcare needs.
5. Provide outreach to families including: maintain a parent-to-parent bulletin board, cooperate with public health staff in writing/distributing newsletter maintain a lending library, and participate in selected community-based groups and events.
6. Develop and staff a Child Development Information Line [telephone].
7. Coordinate with ABI medical society to maintain and further develop our “Reach Out and Read” program.
8. Provide training & support for appropriate staff and community members as needed.
9. Establish and facilitate Healthy Steps parent groups.
10. Administratively responsible for Healthy Steps reporting requirements.
11. To best serve the needs of families, work collaboratively with clinic and community health staff to bridge primary care and community health services.
12. Cross train in maternal & child health [MCH] nursing duties and be able to provide services to expectant and post-partum families as needed. This includes [temporary] clinical oversight of the MCH outreach worker who will provide Pre-natal Care Coordination [PNCC] services to families.
PRIMARY CARE:
1. Systematically assess, identify and initiate therapeutic management of acute, chronic illness and medical conditions in children.
2. Make health care decisions based on currently accepted medical and nursing science and the patients’ particular situational, family and cultural determinants.
3. Follow established protocols for therapeutic care under the direction of the pediatrician.
4. Use physician consultation and refer clients with health problems which are beyond the scope of the Nurse Practitioner’s practice.
5. Document patient care activities and maintain patient medical records in accord with clinic policy, sound professional practice and State, Federal laws.
6. Provide telephone consultation/triage for the Early Childhood Center [ECC] staff.
7. Provide vision and hearing screenings in a timely manner as required by Head Start regulations for children at the ECC who need this.
8. Coordinate with ECC to ensure that all children in the community receive at a minimum one oral screening per year and fluoride varnish as needed/indicated.
9. Provide home visits to assess individual and family health needs, providing appropriate intervention and/or referral to health care provider as needed [Case Management].
10. Conduct Healthy Steps developmental screening at home visits at recommended or requested intervals.
11. Teach and model to individuals and families techniques of disease prevention and positive health/lifestyle behaviors.
12. Provide immunizations to children as part of standard care and by working with the community health department to include monthly immunization [WIC] clinics and outreach during times of increased need such as influenza season.
13. Oversee and provide nursing services during monthly WIC clinics. This includes preparation for clinics and providing screening and direct services on clinic days.
14. During Health Director approved 6-month leave of absence for the maternal child health nurse, NP may be asked to provide some nursing duties within the auspices of Red Cliff Community Health.
GENERAL STANDARDS
1. Complete monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as required by Health Center Administration, and regulatory bodies. Maintain a record of supporting documentation as required.
2. Participate in quality assurance and other efforts that assure appropriate care and services.
3. Adhere to and support facility policies, programs and activities.
4. Maintain strict confidentiality and safeguard the privacy of patients.
5. Present a professional, caring image for the Health Center and its programs.
a. Maintain a cooperative relationship with other Health Center staff and tribal employees.