JOB The Nashville Strong Babies (NSB) project is designed to provide pre and postnatal care, case management and home-visiting services for approximately 700 women, infants and men in Nashville and Davidson County annually. The primary goal of the project is to reduce the disparities in infant deaths that exist across racial and ethnic groups in our community.
Would you like to earn a great salary with great benefits and be part of a critically important team focused on helping the Nashville Strong Babies Project succeed? If this idea sounds good to you, then you need to apply to become a Case Management Specialist (Program Specialist 2 - Healthy Start) at the Metro Nashville Public Health Department (MPHD).This position works with the program’s high-risk participants and their families and reports to a Public Health Nurse 2, Case Management Lead. EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
- Manages assigned caseloads of high-risk participants with a high degree of responsibility and expectations, using specialized and technical skill sets and advanced problem-solving experience to assist clients in navigating the NSB program.
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Maintains direct contact with NSB enrollees and potential enrollees in the target area; includes conducting daily visit encounters (in-person) and documenting encounters in a timely manner.
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Escalates any notable changes (medium risk to high risk) in participant status to Care Support Lead.
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Uses evidence-based home-visiting curricula to deliver education on a variety of topics from prenatal through parenting.
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Follows up with high risk NSB enrollees to connect them to services as needed, documents service received and the outcome of the service; reports to the Case Management Lead.
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Performs general administrative duties including maintaining accurate documentation of client records, periodic assessments, statistical reports, data entry, emails and letters.
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Acts as member of the NSB care team, attending weekly case consults with the Care Support Lead and other NSB staff.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
- Bachelor’s Degree strongly preferred
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At least 1 year of home-visiting experience with the target population.
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Bi-lingual Spanish
