RN - Family Connects & Home Visit Nurse

Lone Star Circle of Care (LSCC) is seeking a compassionate and community-driven Bilingual RN - Family Connects & Home Visit Nurse who is passionate about supporting families during the critical postpartum period. At LSCC, we are committed to delivering exceptional and equitable patient care that leads to healthier communities.

This role is part of Family Connects , an evidence-based, community-centered program that supports families with newborns through in-home nursing visits. The RN will conduct home visits with families of newborns in Bastrop County, providing education, physical assessments, early identification of needs, and connection to community resources.

If you have the ambition and desire to work in a friendly and fun environment, LSCC is the place for you!

A Day in the Life of a RN - Family Connects & Home Visit Nurse may look like this:

• Follows Family Connects home-visiting and scheduling protocol and provides physical assessments of mother and baby, assess family needs in 12 domains of physical and psychosocial well-being, including depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence
• Performs patient assessments/reassessments including triaging, exercise clinical skills in appraising situations and making decisions
• Work with team to ensure appropriate referrals and connections to community resources as needed
• Performs clinical and non-clinical skills proficiently and in accordance with policies and procedures
• Coordinates and participates in providing direct and indirect patient care
• Performs care to meet the physical, psychological, psychosocial, emotional and social needs of the patients/families within the patient's home
• Apply working knowledge of parent-child interaction, child-maternal health, child development, and child abuse/neglect to help families improve parenting skills, increase parenting supports, reduce stress, and address needs of patient
• Manages the referral process ensuring timely and efficient referrals to specialty services and communicates barriers to the appropriate Provider
• Participates with leadership in data collection and quality improvement initiatives
• Organizes work and utilizes time efficiently based on knowledge of nursing theories and procedures

We ask our RN - Family Connects & Home Visit Nurse to possess a minimum of:

• Graduate of accredited nursing school
• Current valid Texas nursing license (RN)
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in maternal/child health, public health, home visits, lactation education
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross

The following experience/skills are preferred:

• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Strong assessment, education, and communication skills
• Ability to work independently in home and community settings while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to travel within Bastrop County

Key Success Factors

Some key factors that will make an individual successful in this role:

• The ability to problem solve
• Organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Team player personality
• Time management

Why Join LSCC?

• Make a meaningful impact on families during one of the most important times in their lives
• Be part of a mission-driven organization focused onequitable, high-quality care
• Work in a supportive, team-based environment that values compassion, innovation, and community partnership
• Opportunity to contribute to improved maternal and infant health outcomes in the community

Benefits

LSCC offers a competitive benefits package, including:

• Competitive salary;
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance;
• LSCC paid Life insurance;
• LSCC paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance;
• Paid Time Off; and
• 403b Employee Retirement Plan