Full Time Bright Start Nurse Home Visitor-Sioux Falls Area

Work for Good. Do you want a career with meaning and purpose? Children’s Home Society is one of South Dakota’s leaders in providing services to vulnerable children, women, and families.

As part of Children's Home Society, you will truly Work for Good every day—helping to change the world one day at a time, one child at a time, one woman, one family, one smile, hug, and heart at a time.

Bright Start, a program of Children’s Home Society, in Sioux Falls, SD is currently seeking a full-time Nurse Home Visitor to provide comprehensive community health services for high-risk women and children in accordance with the organization’s Mission Statement and Core Values.

What You’ll Do:

Your responsibilities as a full-time Nurse Home Visitor include:

• Consult with supervisor and peers regarding difficult clients and situations.
• Provide appropriate referrals to community resources.
• Maintain required client caseload.
• Assist with marketing and representing the program in the community.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans, prioritizing significant risk factors and considering clients’ interests and readiness to change.
• Plan and facilitate home visits with program clients in accordance with Bright Start and Nurse Family Partnership principles.
• Assess client needs status as defined in the protocol, setting measurable and achievable goals and plans.
• Communicate essential information in meetings. Provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Assure continuity of care by actively seeking participation of the client, family, support network and members of the health and social services teams.
• Complete charting and documentation of client visits and interactions.
• Obtain and record client data according to Nurse Family Partnership model and Agency protocol.

What We'll Love About You:

• You are able to meet timelines of documentation.
• Able to be organized and making sure that all required information is contained in the clients files
• You are able to communicate key points to both employees and clients and be able to understand the needs of children and families you serve.
• You are able to meet the number of client visits based on the caseload assigned to you.
• You are able to fulfill the responsibilities of the position with little to no supervision.
• You are an active participant in case reviews/consultations during staff meetings.
• You are able to contribute as a key team member to help promote the achievement of the Bright Start team and their goals.

Schedule:

• This is a remote work through home visitations while officing from home. Company vehicle provided.

Monday-Friday daytime hours, but flexible schedule is required. 40 hrs/week.

This position primarily serves the counties of McCook, Lincoln, Turner, and Minnehaha

Compensation: $26.60/hr+ applicable education and work experience

Benefits:

• Retirement: Qualifying employees receive a guaranteed employer contribution with 100% vesting.
• Student Loan Payments & Tuition Reimbursement: Qualifying employees are eligible for up to $200 per month in Tuition Reimbursement or Student Loan Repayment
• Paid Time Off: Generous PTO package. 10 paid holidays. 8 hours “Day of Service” for volunteering in the community.
• Employee Referral Bonus: Current employees who refer an employee to work at CHS can earn up to $1,000 bonus.
• Health Benefits: Two health insurance options – Traditional Plan & High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (automatic employer contribution with enrollment in a HDHP). Vision. Dental.
• Additional Benefits: Employer paid Group Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Short Term & Long-Term Disability. Additional Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, and Accident plans. Employee Assistance Program.

Experience/Education/Skills:

Bachelors degree in nursing preferred. Valid Registered Nurse License in the State of South Dakota. Previous experience in women’s health care, pediatrics, home visitation services, assessments and case management preferred. Must possess valid South Dakota driver’s license.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Regularly in normal office environment. Area travel and client home visits regularly required. This position often requires lifting infants and children. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Long and irregular hours required from time to time.

• Must successfully complete all required background/pre-employment checks. EEO/AA