"Home Visitor Nursing Consultant (U) 0030"

This position is a Nurse Home Visitor in the Office of Community Health for the Caring Hearts program. The Caring Hearts is a nurse home visitation program for first time mothers and their child through age 2. Primary duties are to provide home visits to women and their families eligible for the Caring Hearts program.

Patient Care 70%

1. Plans and performs home visits in accordance with Caring Hearts guidelines
2. Assess physical, emotional, social and environmental needs of women and their families
3. Formulates nursing diagnosis based on nursing assessment
4. Obtains health history of mothers, vital signs and performs other physical examinations
5. Assess developmental milestones of children in program
6. Documents in appropriate medical record

Patient Education 20%

1. Develops therapeutic relationships with women and their families
2. Provides education, support and referral resources to women and their families

Administration 10%

1. Attends and participates in case conferences
2. Participates in quality improvement efforts
3. Develops and maintains community relationships to support client referrals

Qualifications

1. Licensed as a registered professional nurse in the State of Illinois (If an Illinois Resident is licensed as a professional nurse in a state other than Illinois, the applicant must meet the criteria established by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to obtain the proper licensure within five (5) months of the date of appointment.)
2. Bachelor's degree
3. Two years of public health or specialized nursing experience