Family Nurse Home Visitor

We’re looking for a Nurse Home Visitor for our Nurse Family Partnership. In this position, you will assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate the options and services required to meet the mother and baby's needs related to health, psychosocial well-being, and economic self-sufficiency.  Nurse will provide comprehensive ongoing in person case management services to Health Plan members by coordinating and managing care of high-risk members to meet multiple service needs across the continuum of care, ensure optimal member outcomes that address quality, service, customer satisfaction and cost effectiveness. 

Nurse will primarily service the Northwest Harris County (I.E. Jersey Village, Cypress, Spring - but not limited)

 Think you’ve got what it takes?  

• Ability to assist the member/member's family in coping with the transition from pregnancy to motherhood and parenting by optimizing the member's/family's self-care abilities and supporting their consumer rights.  
• Means and ability to drive an assess patients in their homes.
• Women’s services background 
• Bilingual English/Spanish- highly preferred 

 Skills & Requirements:

• Required bachelor’s degree in nursing.  
• Required Licenses/Certifications RN - Lic-Registered Nurses Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact  
• DL ANY - DRIVER'S LICENSE ANY STATE INSURANCE - Auto Insurance Current automobile insurance  
• BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support American Heart Association  
• Current personal motor vehicle insurance  
• Required 3 years clinical or public health experience, preferably in Maternal-Child Nursing, Pediatrics, Mental Health, Community Health 

 As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

 Job Duties & Responsibilities:  

• Assesses, develops, implements, and monitors a comprehensive care plan including goal setting with the team and member/family in internal and external settings.  
• Proactively identifies first time mothers /members in need of case management through state reports, internal reports, community referrals and other internal referrals.  
• Comprehensively assesses members (and the members child’s) medical, behavioral, and non-medical drivers of health needs and benefit eligibility.  
• Participates in planning and coordinating services across the continuum of care and documents this plan in designated systems.  
• Ensures for the provision of continuity of care needs as required and serves as advocate on behalf of members and families on an ongoing basis across the continuum of care.  
• Collaboratively identifies problems/barriers/opportunities for intervention. 
• Facilitates goal setting, resolution, and revision of plans on an ongoing basis.  
• Routinely assesses members status and progress; if progress is static or regressive, determine the reason and proactively encourage appropriate adjustments in the care plan, providers and/or services to promote better outcomes.  
• Performs all necessary communication and documentation functions.  
• Collaborates with community health education/outreach organizations and providers to provide for the overall health promotion of members.  
• Participates in professional development activities.  
• Prepares and monitors outcome data to assist in identification of improvement activities/opportunities.  

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. 

 To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

 Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.