Riverside Community Care
Location
Somerville, MA | United States
Job description
We make a difference - in your community and in your career.
Join Riverside Community Care as a Maternal Child Health Nurse!
Maternal Child Health Nurse will work within Riverside Early Childhood Services for Cambridge and Somerville, which is home to three programs: Early Intervention, Early Intervention Parenting Partnership, and the Early Years Project.
All three programs share our guiding statement:
Riverside Early Childhood Services creates relationships, experiences, and environments which empower and promote positive development. We are committed to clinical excellence, collaboration, and the process of continual learning. We meet all people where they are, recognize and nurture strengths, and attend to challenges. As a staff we value our differences, flexibility, and autonomy, and show up for one another with kindness, support, and direct communication.
The Early Intervention Partnership Program (EIPP) is a home visiting program which provides support to people who are pregnant through the baby's first year of life. Eligibility factors include social determinants of health, poor previous birth outcomes, and difficult pregnancy for those who are pregnant or have a baby up to three months old who live in Cambridge or Somerville. The team consists of maternal child health nursing, mental health, social work and community health staff. We work with in person translators and/or use a language app as needed.
Our work is grounded in deep respect for program participants, with whom we form a collaborative partnership. We embody cultural humility to meet every family where they are, to understand and respect their perspectives, beliefs, values, and routines. We partner with families to identify their concerns and priorities as we support them through the pregnancy and postpartum period. Our goal is to maximize the potential for a healthy pregnancy, mental wellness, empowering birth experience, a healthy baby, secure attachment, and meeting developmental milestones, while connecting families to needed community resources.
Schedule: Part Time; Flexible hours
Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.
Benefits include:
Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
Eleven paid holidays
Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee
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Required Skills
Required Experience
Must heave either a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from an accredited program and at least three years clinical experience in prenatal, newborn, infancy, or maternal services OR a Master of Science degree in Nursing/Maternal/Child Health, Family Health, or Community Health or related specialty and two years of clinical experience in prenatal, newborn, infancy, or maternal services.
Must have either p revious or on-the-job training in the following areas:
Advanced family planning methods and counseling
Neonatal behavior assessment and/or teaching points with parents re: infant development and behavior
Advanced training in breastfeeding support
Safety and injury prevention
Mood disorder symptoms and postpartum depression
Observation of mother, infant, and family
Assessment of parent and infant attachment
Assessment of parenting skills
Understanding of emotional and psychological needs and changes during pregnancy
Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect, integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.
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