Population Health Perinatal Nurse Outreach

Overview

The role supports our statewide and regional perinatal quality improvement work with an initial focus on the maternal mortality review process.

The role requires on site presence in Lebanon, NH with the opportunity for hybrid and remote days. In addition to this, there will be some in-state travel required which may impact working hours but overall the schedule is Monday through Friday, day hours. No nights, weekends, or holidays!

These are just a few highlights of being a nurse at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics in New Hampshire.

• We have loan repayment up to $20,000.

• We offer Relocation Assistance and a Housing Coordinator to take on the burden of finding a home.

• We offer generous tuition reimbursement.

• We have a very popular "earned time" plan.

• We have extensive CEU/Training programs.

• Our 8,000 ft Patient Safety and Training Simulation Center is state-of-the-art.

• Our nurses serve as central figures in the success of our system through our shared governance nursing model.

• We offer a rigorous, research-focused environment.

• Dartmouth Hitchcock's Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing. education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Why are we so unique? We are a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center set right in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We recognize that "quality of life" means different things to different people, but we are very confident you will love it here as we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary, and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This all means you can be a happy nurse with more quality time with friends, family, pets or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself. Our idea of traffic in the "Upper Valley" of New Hampshire is a line on the ski mountain at the chair lift.

Read more about Dartmouth Health and why YOU should work here.

The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry, and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth Health Children's; 4 member hospitals, and 30 Dartmouth Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast, and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities - both career and personal - truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play.

Applicants are encouraged to visit our nursing career site to learn more and apply:

Please visit: https://dhnursing.org/nursing-careers/

Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Responsibilities

Maintains clinical practice while assessing the educational needs of the providers of maternal-child health care throughout the region, and developing programs and services to meet those needs. Facilitates positive relationships with providers, and represents their perspective when collaborating with DHMC personnel on committees and projects.

Provides consultation to staff nurses and/or others utilizing and representing regional and national standards of care and practice. Provides consultation to nursing management and others concerning methods to improve the quality of care, including changes in documentation, systems of care delivery, and identified learning needs. Develops nursing policies, procedures, standards of care and standards of practice to meet identified needs in the region. Provides clinical review of nursing care to mothers, infants and/or children in community hospitals of the region. Promotes continuity of maternal-child health care between D-HC and hospitals of the region through education and consultation services. Assists in training for resuscitation/stabilization care of women, infants and children while in community hospitals. Develops community hospital based programs and services to meet identified learning needs. Coordinates with and participates in educational programs to meet identified needs of the region's nurses, physicians and ancillary providers of maternal-child health care. Participates as an active member of the nursing department/division through participation in selected meetings, committees, and/or task forces. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) with 2 years of clinical experience required.

• Certification in an appropriate specialty area preferred.

• Experience in adult education activities desired.

• Excellent communication skills required

• Previous experience in both a community hospital and tertiary care setting preferred.

• PALS and/or NRP Instructor certification strongly preferred.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse with NH eligibility
• BLS required