Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach
Memphis, TN
Nurse-Family Partnership
Job Description:
Our goal is to improve every life we touch, including our Associates. For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid-South, and we value the dedicated individuals who play such a crucial role in helping us fulfill our mission. With Methodist Le Bonheur, you’ll be recognized and rewarded, treated with respect and given many opportunities to learn, grow and build a fulfilling career. Because we’re not at our best until you are at yours.
As part of our team, you’ll help us improve every life we touch through:
Strong Values: Service, Quality, Integrity, Teamwork and Innovation.
Collaboration: Pulling together as a team to achieve our goals. Here everyone is committed to going above and beyond.
Strength through Diversity: We embrace, value and respect the individual differences and unique contributions of everyone, and we know a diverse work force makes us stronger.
Faith: Encouraging us to serve our patients and their families and improve the health of our entire community.
Opportunity: An emphasis on training, continuing education and the many ways to grow a long-lasting and rewarding career with MLH.
If you are looking to make an impact on a meaningful scale, come join us as we embrace the Power of One!
We strive to be an employer of choice and establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where Associates can grow their career caring for others. For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid-South.
Working at MLH means carrying the mission forward of caring for our community and impacting the lives of patients in every way through compassion, a deliberate focus on service expectations and a consistent thriving for excellence.
A Brief Overview:
Organizes, plans and directs department operations to comply with hospital policy and objectives. Establishes and implements departmental philosophy, goals and objectives, standards, policies and procedures to achieve quality patient care and customer service. Maintains accountability of clinical and operational functions. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.
What you will do:
Demonstrates fiscal responsibility for departmental budgets.
Plans, organizes, implements, and monitors departmental activities and operations in collaboration with Directors and Medical Director.
Plans and schedules work ensuring distribution of assignments and adequate staffing based on workload and productivity standards.
Directs a unit-based Performance Improvement Program in which individuals are an integral part of the Performance Improvement process.
Hires, develops and maintains a competent, productive and quality-conscious workforce while maintaining own management competencies.
Promotes awareness and ensures Associates’ compliance with safety standards.
Assures compliance with hospital policy and regulatory agency requirements.
Integrates organizational/administrative/corporate goals and objectives into unit/department operations and communicates these goals and objectives to Associates.
Ensures good working relationships between departments; serves as a resource and liaison with physicians for advanced problem solving related to operations.
Education/Formal Training Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree Nursing- RN
Work Experience Requirements:
5-7 years nursing required
3-5 years progressive management experience in nursing leadership preferred
Licenses and Certifications Requirements:
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT – American Heart Association required
Registered Nurse Arkansas – Arkansas State Board of Nursing,
Registered Nurse Mississippi – Mississippi Board of Nursing or
Registered Nurse Tennessee – Tennessee Board of Nursing required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Demonstrated skill in personnel management and interpersonal relations.
Ability to understand and prepare complex written materials, such as business plans and contracts.
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of associates, management, physicians, outside review agencies, patients and families.
Ability to lead and motivate and maintain relationships with individuals and groups of people toward accomplishment of work and organizational goals.
Skill in negotiating with and between individuals and groups of people, including associates, management and physicians.
Ability to plan and schedule task and projects and to maintain control of own and others’ workflow.
Skill in developing and implementing long-range plans and programs.
Ability to work without close supervision or professional guidance and to exercise independent judgment.
Basic knowledge of information systems.
Supervision Provided by this Position:
All staff assigned to clinical units.
Physical Demands:
The physical activities of this position may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing, walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion.
Must have good balance and coordination.
The physical requirements of this position are: light work – exerting up to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently.
The Associate is required to have close visual acuity including color, depth perception, and field of vision to perform an activity, such as assessing patients, preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; or extensive reading.
Frequent invasive and non-invasive patient contact.
Exposure to patient body fluids as well as exposure to hazardous or poisonous materials.
Ability to react quickly to emergency situations.
Our Associates are passionate about what they do, the service they provide and the patients they serve. We value family, team and a Power of One culture that requires commitment to the highest standards of care and unity.
Boasting one of the South’s largest medical centers, Memphis blends a friendly community, a thriving and growing downtown, and a low cost of living. We see each day as a new opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people in our community.
Benefits & Perks:
Employee Benefits at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare:
Rewarding Dedication
Check Out the Comprehensive Benefits and Perks We Provide
Your Health:
Medical, dental and vision plans
Flexible spending accounts
Basic life and supplemental life
Business travel accident insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment
Short-term and long-term disability
Critical illness insurance
Accident insurance
Long-term care insurance
Your Wealth:
Retirement savings plan (401k/403b) with company match
Retirement-deferred comp (457b)
Fidelity financial wellness tools
Credit union
Tuition assistance
Auto and Home Insurance
MyCityRides (transportation assistance)
PerkSpot (national perks program)
Your Life:
Paid time off
Bereavement and jury duty pay
Leave of absence plans
Adoption assistance
Pet insurance
Legal plan
Back-up family care (Bright Horizons)
Your Well-Being:
myHealthyLife Wellness Program
YMCA onsite fitness classes
Fitness discounts
Weight Watchers at MLH
Cigna weight-loss coaching
Les Mills on-demand fitness library
Omada Digital Care program (healthy lifestyle support)
HealthChoice programs (care management and support)
MLH Quit for Life program (tobacco cessation)
Your Mental Health:
Employee assistance program
Mental health first aid training
Work-life resources on many topics
Well-being index assessment tool
Ginger (on-demand mental health resource)
How to Apply:
Please use the link below to view the job description and to apply:
For any questions about the position, please contact Becky Carroll at Rebecca.Carroll@lebonheur.org.
Position Closing Date: 01/29/2026