Maternal Health Nurse

Join #TeamWake as a Maternal Health Nurse ! The Maternal Health Nurse works collaboratively with care managers, health educators, Wake County Public Health clinics, WakeMed clinics and others involved in the delivery of care. The Maternal Health Nurse home visits are guided by care plans, protocols, billing and documentation guidelines under the Division of Medicaid covered services. The goal of this service is to improve birth outcomes for mothers and babies (antepartum/postpartum and newborn well-being). This is done by providing support for women with high risk pregnancy conditions to deliver healthy, full-term babies as well as by providing support for new mothers and their babies to make a healthy transition to their new roles. Essential Job Duties: Provide medically ordered, skilled nurse home visits to high risk prenatal patients. These visits will include patient teaching, monitoring of high risk condition, communication with high risk OB clinic, referrals to community resources and childbirth classes. Provide postpartum home visits to newly delivered mothers and their infants. These visits will include assessment of mother and baby, staple removal when indicated, patient teaching, lactation support, referrals to community resources, assisting with access to care, communication with clinics as needed. Coordinate visits, communicate and collaborate with other care managers and interpreters as needed. Schedule visits within expected time frame and complete documentation on schedule. Participate in quality improvement activities. Participate in disaster response when needed. **This position conducts Home Visits, this candidate will need their own vehicle and the ability to drive around Wake County to perform visits**