Registered Nurse

The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES); New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting

12 Paid Holidays per year

Retirement 403b competitive matching

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Bronx Nathaniel ACT Team. This mobile, multi-disciplinary program provides evidence-based, community mental health treatment to adults with serious mental illness and complex needs.

The role focuses on recovery, community integration, and ATI mandates. The RN delivers medication management, health assessments, counseling, and psychoeducation, with at least 80% of services in the community,

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current New York State license.
• At least three years of experience working with adults in psychiatric, substance use, homelessness, or related settings.
• Extensive knowledge of community treatment, support services, and resources.
• Highly organized and self-motivated.
• Proficient in computers.
• Willing to conduct physical outreach visits in the community 80% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provides at least 80% of medication management and health services in the community, including administration, monitoring, phlebotomy, care coordination, psychoeducation, mental-status assessment, and after-hours support.
• Completes and signs progress notes, nursing assessments, incident reports, and other required documentation per OMH, DOHMH, and Medicaid standards.
• Collaborates with prescriber and LPN on medication management and health care services, maintaining administration schedules.
• Provides directions to LPN regarding medication management and health education, counseling, and psychoeducation services.
• Coordinates care with family and community service providers, including hospitals, housing, shelter staff, criminal justice, AOT, and primary health care.
• Participates in daily team meetings and monthly nurses meetings to discuss clinical issues and client needs with the team.
• Uses motivational interviewing and trauma-informed, recovery-oriented approaches when delivering services.
• Performs any other duties as required by Team Leader and senior clinical leadership.

Skills

RN license

Registered Nurse

Education

Nursing degree (RN)

Job description

Job Summary

The Bronx Nathaniel Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team is a multi-disciplinary, alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) program that provides evidence-based, mobile, community mental health treatment to promote the recovery and community integration of individuals age 18 and up with serious mental illnesses, high rates of co-occurring substance use disorders, high utilization of emergency/crisis services, and criminal legal involvement in the Bronx courts. The Bronx Nathaniel ACT Team is a unique and pioneer program that focuses on providing intensive outpatient treatment to individuals with serious mental illnesses so that they can maintain stability in the community and successfully complete their ATI mandates.

Job Title

Registered Nurse

Job Summary

The Bronx Nathaniel Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team is a multi-disciplinary, alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) program that provides evidence-based, mobile, community mental health treatment to promote the recovery and community integration of individuals age 18 and up with serious mental illnesses, high rates of co-occurring substance use disorders, high utilization of emergency/crisis services, and criminal legal involvement in the Bronx courts. The Bronx Nathaniel ACT Team is a unique and pioneer program that focuses on providing intensive outpatient treatment to individuals with serious mental illnesses so that they can maintain stability in the community and successfully complete their ATI mandates.

The Registered Nurse provides medication management and administration, health assessment, counseling, and psychoeducation to promote recovery, wellness, and optimal health. The nurse provides at least 80% of services in the community within the framework of core ACT operating principles, professional nursing ethics, and regulatory guidelines.

Shift Hours

This position is full-time Monday – Friday from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

Salary

The salary for this role is $103,968 per year.

Location Address

424 East 147th Street, 1st Floor, Bronx, NY 10455. Our offices are easily accessible by public transportation.

Workplace Flexibility

Flexible - Staff have the flexibility to complete their workday from home or another suitable space, typically after reporting to the office and/or engaging in field or community-based work.

What You Will Be Doing

• Provides at least 80% of medication management and health services to consumers in the community, including but not limited to: medications administration (both oral and intramuscular), monitoring medications side effects and adherence, phlebotomy, coordination of consumers’ health care services, providing psychoeducation to consumers about health and medications, assessing consumers’ mental statuses, rotating on team’s after-hour emergency line
• Completes and signs progress notes, nursing assessments, incident reports, and other required documentation in accordance to the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) regulations, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) guidelines, and Medicaid billing standards and regulations
• Collaborate with prescriber and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) on consumers’ medication management needs, health care services, maintaining consumers’ medication administration schedules
• Provide directions to LPN regarding medication management and administration services, health education, counseling, and psychoeducation services for clients
• Coordinates care with family and other community service providers or collaterals including, but not limited to: hospitals, housing providers, shelter staff, criminal justice personnel, Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), and primary health care providers
• Participates in daily team meetings, clinical meetings, and monthly nurses meetings to collaborate and discuss clinical issues and clients’ needs with team members and nursing staff
• Use motivational interviewing, culturally and developmentally appropriate, recovery oriented and trauma-informed approaches when delivering services
• Any other duties as required by Team Leader and senior clinical leadership.

What We Are Looking For

• Registered Nurse (RN) with current New York State license
• At least three years of experience working with adults (ages 18 and up) in one or more of the following areas: psychiatric nursing, substance use treatment setting, social service setting(s) caring for individuals experiencing homelessness, criminal legal involvement or limited social support
• Extensive knowledge of community treatment, support services, and resources
• Highly organized and self-motivated
• Proficient in computers
• Must be able to conduct physical outreach visits in the community at least 80% of the time

Preferred Skills

• Fluency in Spanish

Employee Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually, plus an additional summer self-care day
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
• Employee Referral Program
• Visit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES

Our Values

At CASES, we like to move with PURPOSE, which reflects our values:

• PEOPLE| Hold people’s stories with dignity
• UNITY| Commit to a shared mission
• RESPECT| Celebrate the strength of diversity
• PROGRESS| Always work to improve
• OPTIMIZE Make the best use of resources
• SOLUTIONS Work together to solve problems
• EMPATHY Seek to understand others

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.

Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5pm

35 hours per week excluding breaks