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Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor & Instructor - Clinical Practice

Position Number: 6449823
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Position Type: Medicine - Nursing

Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor & Instructor - Clinical Practice - 37436 Faculty

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The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will not sponsor work visas or permanent resident applications for this position

Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor & Instructor - Clinical Practice

Department of Nursing

Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences

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Who We Are

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is a premier educational institution that prides itself on academic excellence, research, and community engagement and is actively seeking a Nurse Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor & Instructor - Clinical Practice to join our team! UCCS offers a diverse and inclusive learning environment that fosters innovation, growth, and the holistic development of its students.

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Salary Range: $94,000 - $99,500 annually. Compensation will be commensurate upon experience and qualifications. This position is Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime provisions.

Work Location: On-Site

Benefits at a Glance

At UCCS, our employees are our most valued asset. We're proud to offer:

Generous Time Off: Enjoy 22 vacation days, 10 sick days, paid parental leave, 13 recognized holidays, and provisions for bereavement, jury duty, and FAMLI Leave.
Robust Health Coverage: Our comprehensive medical plans cover preventative care at no cost, including a yearly mental health visit. Plus, benefit from affordable dental, vision plans, and competitive prescription drug prices.
Financial & Retirement Benefits: Take advantage of our health savings, flexible spending accounts, and life and disability insurance. Plan for your future with our retirement options.
Further Your Education: Available twelve waived credits per academic year for courses at any CU campus. We invest in your educational and professional growth.
Wellness & More: From wellness programs aimed at achieving your best self to various additional benefits through CU Advantage, we prioritize well-being and holistic development.
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Summary

The Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) Nurse Supervisor works within the local community and lead agency structure to assure that the NFP Program is implemented in accordance with established guidelines and contract requirements. The NFP Nurse Supervisor will serve in a leadership role providing primary support and oversight to the nurse home visitors and NFP staff while fostering innovation in providing a strengths-based, client-centered culture in a university site for the program. The NFP Nurse Supervisor reports directly to the UCCS site administrator for NFP and works collaboratively with state leaders for NFP to ensure all model elements are being met. The workload for the NFP Nurse Supervisor is 95% service as the supervisor with a case load assignment of up to 5 client families and 5% teaching as instructor - clinical practice.

Essential Functions

The duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

Staffing and Education
- Manages the recruitment and hiring of all nurse home visitors (NHV) and administrative data support staff.
- Ensures that all staff, including supervisor, attend all required NFP education sessions.
- Provides adequate orientation, professional development opportunities for nurse home visitors and support staff.
- Assigns client caseloads and monitors nurse home visitors' ability to build and manage caseload.
- Provides reflective supervision and evaluation of nurse home visitors and administrative data support staff as outlined in the NFP model elements.
- Completes joint visits with the NHVs and Mastery Assessment and Plans as outlined in the NFP model elements.
- Coordinates with Nurse Supervisors of other NFP sites to provide continuing education and team-building opportunities for all nurse home visitors.
- Collects, maintains, and updates goals of clinical student experiences; assures input from staff, lead faculty and student evaluations when making changes to any goal or procedure.
- Teaches BSN students in collaboration with the NHVs and lead faculty.
- Supervises one RN to BSN student placement per semester in collaboration with the lead faculty for the public health nursing course for an NFP team project.
- Plans annual simulation experiences for the NFP nurses/staff.
Budget and Contracts
- Participates in the preparation and monitoring of the NFP budget to ensure appropriate use of funds.
- Plans expenditures to ensure compliance with fidelity to NFP model and contract agreements.
- Plans and expends budget to ensure compliance with UCCS processes.
- Submits monthly reports on spending within the UCCS/Concur system.
- Tracks all line-item expenditures within the FY Budget and works with the Grants/Budget representative to ensure accurate accounting and troubleshooting.
- Participates in monitoring NFP contract with the agency.
- Monitors local, state, and national issues that may affect sustainability of program.
- Works with the Lane Center clinic office manager to plan, document, certify, and bill Medicaid based on information and instructions from IIK and HCPF.
Community awareness, support and referrals, and referral systems
- Actively participates in all NFP community coalition/advisory board meetings.
- Develops and maintains community referral sources and implements effective referral processes.
- Utilizes agency policies and procedures or develops needed policy and procedure to guide implementation.
- Ensures that NFP staff have infrastructure of space, computers, furniture, phones, etc.
- Develops and maintains appropriate materials for the community and client.
- Actively works with community referral sources to streamline or improve referral processes.
- Works directly with programs that have an active Memo of Understanding regarding NFP.
- Oversees the data coordinator role and input of community referrals, maintenance of all data platforms, and plans for improvement of coordination between the two county sites.
- Collaborate with the marketing committee and NHVs who present to outside referrals sources.
Quality Improvement and Evaluation
- Oversees and ensures timely and accurate data input and utilization of the web-based reports and other reports available through NFP.
- Utilizes NFP quality and fidelity reports to plan quality improvement strategies.
- Ensures implementation of quality improvement strategies.
- Develops methods for ongoing assessment of staff development needs.
- Evaluates implementing agency outcomes and interventions.
- Works proactively with the IIK NFP nurse consultant to support NHVs, improve outcomes, and/or change processes as needed.
- Writes the IIK/Colorado Progress Report yearly and as indicated by funders.
Create and Maintain NFP Culture
- Maintain relationships based on trust, support and growth with team colleagues and community members.
- Ensures a focus on a strengths-based model of nursing.
- Develops NFP site specific procedure manual and updates as needed.
- Ensures that NFP nurse home visitors utilize principles and concepts of motivational interviewing, coaching and reflective practice.
- Develops and implements regular reflective practice supervision within the program and conduct field visits.
- Provides regular case conferences and team meetings as recommended by NFP.
- Effectively assists nurse home visitors in analyzing complex problems and case situations.
- Provides NFP coaching/mentoring for NHVs with problematic/complex cases.
- Coordinates services with the Mental Health Consultant to attend case conferences and provide individual NHV support as necessary.
- Supports and educates staff on professional boundaries and therapeutic relationships as needed.
Clinical Responsibilities
- Carries a caseload of up to 5 clients.
- Maintains current BLS certification.

This position is dependent on the availability of auxiliary revenues and external gift funding. Funding is currently expected to last one year, though funding has been renewed every year that it has been requested.

Tentative Search Timeline

Priority will be given to applications submitted by: September 7, 2025
Potential interview dates: September 15-26, 2025
Potential start date: October 2025.

UCCS is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

In accordance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, UCCS does not discriminate based on sex in our employment or compensation practices.

Qualifications

Registered Nurse with an active, unencumbered Colorado nursing license (or ability to obtain by date of hire) is required.
Master's Degree in Nursing from a nationally accredited program is required.
Work experience in maternal child with diverse populations, communities, and organizations is required.
NFP or other evidenced-based home visiting model experience as an NHV or Supervisor is required.
Experience in a supervisory role that involved staff hiring, review and evaluation is required.
Experience in review of program data and analysis in preparation for writing reports that reflect strategic planning is required.
Experience with creating and monitoring budgets is preferred.
Experience with a variety of databases is preferred.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the established essential functions and meet the physical and environment demands described satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability, physical and environmental conditions required of the employee on the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, physical and environmental demands.

Applicants with disabilities: If you have a mental or physical impairment, which limits one of your major life activities (e.g. walking, hearing, seeing, speaking, breathing, or learning) and require special accommodations for testing or interviewing, it is your responsibility to notify the office scheduling the interview or test at least 3 working days before the interview or test date. If you need special accommodations at the work site, you must notify the appointing authority or Human Resources.
Special Instructions to Applicants: Applications submitted by September 7, 2025, will receive full consideration. Applications submitted through email or surface mail will not be considered. Please apply at cu.edu/cu-careers (job #: 37436). Official transcripts will be required upon hire. If you have technical difficulties with your application, please contact the CU Careers help desk at 303-860-4200 #5 or cucareershelp@cu.edu. Job related inquiries should be directed to the posting contact. The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will not sponsor work visas or permanent resident applications for this position. Application Materials Required: Cover Letter, Resume/CV, Unofficial transcript(s), Additional Attachments - Refer to Application Materials Instructions Below Application Materials Instructions: To apply, please submit the following application materials to this posting. 1. A current resume/CV. Must include date ranges to include month and year (mm/yyyy) and whether the position was full time or part time. 2. A cover letter that describes reasons for applying, and particularly how your experience meets the minimum preferred criteria. 3. Unofficial Transcripts for highest degree earned. 4. Proof of being an RN with an active Colorado nursing license or of the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact. 5. Proof of a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification across the lifespan. When submitting the materials, check the Job Specific Attachments box next to each document in order for the search committee members to see your materials.

Job Category: Faculty

Primary Location: Colorado Springs Department: C0001 -- Colorado Springs Campus - 40081 - Beth-El UG Nursing

Schedule: Full-time

Posting Date: Aug 6, 2025

Unposting Date: Ongoing Posting Contact Name: Deborah Pollard Posting Contact Email: dpollard@uccs.edu Position Number: 00008229