Nurse Champion-Perinatal Neonatal Outreach Coordinator

Mountain Area Health Education Center - MAHEC•Asheville, NC

21h•$34

About The Position

JOB SUMMARY: The primary purpose of this position is to support regional birthing facilities, health departments, providers, and key community partners to work collaboratively towards improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes in WNC region. The key strategies for this work include establishing a system to determine risk appropriate levels of maternal and neonatal care, promoting the development of collaborative systems that foster proactive integration of risk-appropriate antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care, and educating clinicians on the latest evidence-based information to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and skills to provide risk-appropriate care during antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods. This position has an end date of May 31, 2027. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: Strategic Partnership Relationships and Engagement Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with regional key stakeholders engaged in perinatal/neonatal health, including but not limited to birthing facilities, public health entities, and social service and non-profit agencies. Models strong leadership qualities and MAHEC’s core values Uses best and emerging practices to foster effective engagement of key stakeholders in collaborative work Applies an equity lens across his/her work Technical Assistance and Education Facilitates completion of regular assessment of levels of maternal and neonatal care, relevant community health indicator data, and other data as needed across WNC region Develops data visualization tools that promote effective stakeholder engagement and use of data to identify improvement opportunities and monitor ongoing performance Convenes partners and promotes collaborative team building Provides consultation and coaching for quality improvement initiatives Performs and maintains a gap analysis of regional perinatal and neonatal services Facilitates sustainability planning Capacity Building - Develops and provides training that promotes key stakeholder capacity to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes through: performing ongoing assessments of levels of maternal and neonatal care using levels of care assessment and other relevant data to identify high impact improvement opportunities applying quality improvement skills and tools in ongoing work implementing evidence-based and emerging best practices implementing sustainability plans for ongoing assessment and quality improvement adopting recommended level of care and appropriate maternal and neonatal health referrals across regional partners Promotes collaboration and high functioning cross-sector teams Fosters leadership development among core work force that supports risk appropriate levels of maternal and neonatal care Develops effective tools and resources to support stakeholder success Professional Development Attends trainings and workshops relevant to successful completion of work and role responsibilities Engages in ongoing self-study This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the Perinatal Neonatal Outreach Coordinator may perform. KEY COMPETENCIES: Communication Skills Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families. Decision Making Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time. HealthCare Knowledge Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate. Interpersonal Skills Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others. Organizational Values Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need. Problem Solving Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.

Requirements

Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications required.
Registered nurse licensed in the state of North Carolina
MSN, MPH or other related degree is required.
Masters level credentialing can be substituted for a BSN with five years of related experience.
DSN with five years of related experience
Training, working ono collaborative teams and working on quality improvement projects
A minimum of two years clinical experience in obstetrical and/or maternal care required (inpatient, outpatient or both)
Active NC RN License
NC Diver’s License
Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position.

Nice To Haves

Spanish speaking skills preferred.
Experience with CDC LOCATe tool and assessment process

Responsibilities

Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with regional key stakeholders engaged in perinatal/neonatal health, including but not limited to birthing facilities, public health entities, and social service and non-profit agencies.
Models strong leadership qualities and MAHEC’s core values
Uses best and emerging practices to foster effective engagement of key stakeholders in collaborative work
Applies an equity lens across his/her work
Facilitates completion of regular assessment of levels of maternal and neonatal care, relevant community health indicator data, and other data as needed across WNC region
Develops data visualization tools that promote effective stakeholder engagement and use of data to identify improvement opportunities and monitor ongoing performance
Convenes partners and promotes collaborative team building
Provides consultation and coaching for quality improvement initiatives
Performs and maintains a gap analysis of regional perinatal and neonatal services
Facilitates sustainability planning
Develops and provides training that promotes key stakeholder capacity to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes through: performing ongoing assessments of levels of maternal and neonatal care using levels of care assessment and other relevant data to identify high impact improvement opportunities applying quality improvement skills and tools in ongoing work implementing evidence-based and emerging best practices implementing sustainability plans for ongoing assessment and quality improvement adopting recommended level of care and appropriate maternal and neonatal health referrals across regional partners
Promotes collaboration and high functioning cross-sector teams
Fosters leadership development among core work force that supports risk appropriate levels of maternal and neonatal care
Develops effective tools and resources to support stakeholder success
Attends trainings and workshops relevant to successful completion of work and role responsibilities
Engages in ongoing self-study