Family Advocacy Nurse (FAN)

WJM Professional Services is recruiting for Family Advocacy Nurses at Spangdahlem US Air Force Base.

The FAN shall implement and manage the NPSP. At installations with more than one FAN, project management responsibilities will be shared. The FAN is a member of the multidisciplinary FAP team and is responsible for providing comprehensive home-based prevention services to families to prevent child and partner maltreatment. The FAN shall interface with the MTF Chief Nurse regarding standards of nursing practice and integration into the MTF. The FAN shall be responsible for remaining current in relevant areas of maternal, child and family violence nursing practice. The priority for the FAN is to provide NPSP prevention services to families in their homes. Teaching a class or facilitating groups is not a FAN priority but may be considered if time allows.

Responsibilities for the Family Advocacy Nurse include:

• The FAN shall provide nursing home-based services that include education, support, and anticipatory guidance in such areas as growth and development across the life span, nutrition, parenting, attachment and bonding individual and family health related issues, family violence dynamics, problem solving, family communication skills and bereavement.
• The FAN shall establish an effective process to locate and administer the Family Needs Screener to members of the base population who are eligible for NPSP services and offer home visitation services to families at risk for maltreatment.

The priority for the FAN is to provide NPSP prevention services to families in their homes. Teaching a class or facilitating groups is not a FAN priority but may be considered if time allows. Work and case management priorities for the FAN are as follows: Priority

• 1: Home visits to NPSP high needs clients Priority
• 2: Home visits and other contacts with low needs NPSP clients Priority
• 3: Support to FAP maltreatment clients

Work and case management priorities for the FAN are as follows: Priority

• The FAN shall develop family service plans, which include a nursing diagnosis that incorporates secondary prevention services for NPSP families and maltreatment cases, when applicable. The FAN participates in the OPMC, the CCS and the NPSP Case Staffing.
• The FAN shall provide nursing prevention services in conjunction with maltreatment intervention plans and attend the CCS.
• The FAN shall not take an investigative role or be a case manager or primary provider in a maltreatment case.
• The FAN shall provide nursing intervention services to families in the maltreatment program only when safety can be assured.
• The FAN shall document nursing interventions in the FAP maltreatment record using FAPNet. Documentation of nursing services in the maltreatment record does not require a co-signature by the case manager. Further, nursing service documentation in the maltreatment record does not require a corresponding outpatient record note.

The FAN shall work in collaboration with the prevention team, led by the FAOM to provide:

• Prevention services focused on prevention of family maltreatment via briefings, educational presentations, and providing input for FAP marketing.
• Supportive FAP services and guidance in parenting education, parent-child interaction, bonding, and problem-solving skills.
• Supportive and educational services targeting fathers.
• Advocacy services with community organization for military families to increase awareness of FAP services and promote the effectiveness of community response.
• The FAN shall provide services for all clients and administer “high-needs” record review checklist quarterly and document IAW FAP Standard P-14 to maintain a green NPSP grid light.

The FAN shall not provide the following:

• “Hands-on” clinical nursing care for acute or chronic medical conditions such as apnea monitor oversight, or tube feedings Special needs identification and assignment coordination Psychotherapy
• The FAN shall evaluate effectiveness of the NPSP services he/she provides.

The FAN shall assume responsibility for the oversight and completion of the administrative duties that support NPSP processes to include.

• 1 Entry of NPSP client information, assessment tools, and case information into the FAPNet automated record system.
• 2.Entry of NPSP data into the FAPNet automated record system IAW AF FAP guidance.