Nurse Home Visitor (Merrionette Park)

If asked to describe the culture at Metropolitan Family Services, we could do that in one word. COMMUNITY! Both our internal culture as well as through the services we provide, community is at the heart of all we do.

Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. Part mentor, part motivator, part advocate, since 1857, Metropolitan family Services has been the engine of change that empowers families to reach their greatest potential and positively impact their communities.

MFS is currently looking to fill a new full-time role, Nurse Home Visitor! Within our Merrionette Park team!

SALARY

The average starting salary for this position will fall in the range of $68,000 and $72,000 annually. Where candidates fall in this range will be based on skill and experience level.

Essential job functions

• Create and maintain respectful partnerships with families.
• Deliver health, educational, nutritional and child growth and development information to parents via meetings in the home.
• Work alongside the parents to ensure that prenatal, well-child exams, immunizations, health screenings, and nutrition assessments are complete and necessary follow up occurs. Make referrals as needed.
• Provide support in preparing parent and child activities that encourage developmentally appropriate, play based activities for the changing needs of children.
• Support individual goals for children as identified in their individualized family service plans/individual education plan.
• Assess individual needs, attending to special needs, specific interests, strengths and concerns.
• Complete all developmental, social emotional and health screenings.
• Develop and utilize integrated curriculum plans, which reflect mandated elements and components, parental and cultural influences, and promote the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development.
• Encourage experimentation, exploration, problem solving, cooperation, socialization, and choice-making; ask open-ended questions and listen respectfully to the answers.
• Participate in required home visits.
• Maintain accurate written records, including: assessments, IEP/IFSP documentation, screening instruments, anecdotal observations, and other required forms.
• Attend meetings, training and appropriate professional development activities.
• Work effectively with diverse staff and service population.
• Ensures the usage of agency technology equipment and time are utilized for agency business.
• Ensures compliance with the agency’s code of conduct.
• Ensures agency’s fiscal integrity by adhering to purchase approval requirements and procedures.
• Assists in the development of the agency’s annual program self-assessment.
• Ensures all data is accurately reflected in the agency’s Program Information Report within set time frames.
• Participate in program recruitment efforts to maintain full enrollment.
• Monitor and report child abuse/neglect.
• Other duties as requested.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university, required.
• 1-2 years of work experience in related field.
• Current RN licensure in the state of Illinois & in good standing, required.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred
• Experience working with low-income families, preferred.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including some evenings and/or weekends if needed.

Knolwedge, skills, and abilities

• Good written and verbal communication skills, with a basic knowledge of computers.
• Strong interpersonal and time management skills required.
• Some direct service and home visiting experience preferred.
• Requires mobility to work with a community-based caseload.
• Ability to maintain assigned community and home base services.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team setting.

Additional requirements

• Satisfactorily pass all screenings and criminal background checks.

Travel/Mobility requirements

• Driving for work required with a personally owned vehicle is required.
• Must have access to a vehicle, valid driver's license and proof of insurance to perform essential job functions.

Physical demands

• While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and stand for sustained periods of time, frequently talk, hear, use hands and fingers to feel, handle and operate objects or controls, and occasionally stand, bend, stretch, stoop, kneel and crouch.
• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and viewing a computer terminal.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Metropolitan Family Services puts our people first with a top-of-the-line benefits package. Find out more by clicking here! [https://www.metrofamily.org/careers/benefits/]

Some highlights include

• Medical Coverage, Guardian Dental Coverage, and VSP Vision Coverage.
• Metropolitan Family Services contributions of $2,000 to individual, and $4,000 to family, HSA accounts, pro-rated to your benefits start date.
• FREE General Medicine and Behavioral Health Teladoc services provided to all team members.
• Ascensus 401K plan services with a 4% employer match, vested at 100% on day one of eligibility.

And so much more! Make sure you click here [https://www.metrofamily.org/careers/benefits/] to see the full suite of benefits offered!

More about us

Metropolitan is Illinois' first comprehensive human services agency and reaches more than 122,970 individuals and families in Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs, and DuPage County with services promoting education, economic stability, emotional wellness, and empowerment.