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Faith Community Nurse Coordinator
| Company | Advocate Health Care |
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| Location | Milwaukee, WI, USA |
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| Salary | $37.5 – $56.25 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state in which you work or reside or if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
- Minimum of a baccalaureate nursing degree and active RN license.
- Knowledge of whole-person health principles and articulation of the connection between the mind, body, and spirit.
- Ability to develop relationships in multicultural and multi-religious settings.
- Demonstrates spiritual maturity.
- Ability to motivate and engage teammates.
- Possesses understanding of motivational interviewing regarding community health education and sustainable behavior change.
- Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) status meeting hospital’s current auto insurance carrier’s insurability criteria.
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) from AHA required.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement health ministry programs in local faith communities and/or non-profit faith-based organizations.
- Recruits and on-boards Nonpaid Faith Community Nurses (NFCN) in strategic communities.
- Provides clinical supervision and continuing education for Nonpaid Faith Community Nurses.
- Serves as a local expert in health ministry and advocating priorities to faith communities and community partners.
- Collaborates with local health and community leaders in identifying and implementing priority initiatives.
- Integrates department’s services with overall strategic priorities.
- Collaborates with other nurse leaders to develop/maintain an environment that supports learning and professional development.
- Represents Faith and Health Partnerships in respective communities served, participating in community health assessment and action plans.
- Participates in departmental and corporate level performance improvement initiatives and research, assessing and improving value added services.
- Leads community health initiatives in the faith community setting, such as Mental Health First Aid, Companionship, QPR Suicide Prevention, and Healthy exercise and nutrition.
- Establishes relationships with existing and potential faith communities, identifying opportunities for presenting the NFCN model for partnership.
- Implements growth and sustainability strategies within community.
- Mentors Faith Community Nurses in establishing health ministry programs.
- Provides NFCNs emotional, spiritual, and professional support as ministries are developed in the communities.
- Teaches modules in the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course.
- Ensures that NFCNs document their activities through narrative, monthly activity reports and consistent charting.
Preferred Qualifications
- Typically requires Five years of clinical experience required with 2-3 years in faith community nursing preferred.
- Experience in Community Health, Faith Community Nursing, or health ministry areas of practice preferred.
- Familiar with major trends of wholistic health care and able to articulate the concept of the interrelationship of physical, emotional, and spiritual health effectively.
- Knowledge of adult education principles; teaching experience preferred.
- Experienced with Microsoft Products, Zoom, and EMR preferred.
