Registered Nurse RN

Elite Talent Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in New York is seeking a Registered Nurse to join their Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team. The RN will assess clients' health, provide medication management, and guide nursing practices within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team. Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree and have experience with mental health populations. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on clients' lives in a community-based setting.

Qualifications

• Currently licensed as NYS Education Department and be up to date with all required training to maintain this status.
• Experience working with mental health population, SPMI, and co-occurring disorders.

Responsibilities

• Assess and monitor clients' clinical health and treatment responses.
• Guide the development of nursing policies and procedures.
• Conduct psychiatric and physical health assessments.
• Provide medication management in conjunction with the psychiatrist.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Medication administration

Client engagement

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based, practice model designed to provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services to individuals living with a serious mental health condition and whose needs have not been effectively met by traditional mental health services. New Horizons Counseling Center ACT Team will serve individuals with mental health conditions who are homeless and temporarily housed within a Queenss mental health shelter.Team members will work collaboratively with shelter staff and use assertive engagement strategies to proactively engage individuals in services.

ACT team members share responsibility for the people they serve, helping individuals attain housing and other personal goals that may be of a health, social, work or education nature. ACT teams are multi-disciplinary and include psychiatry, nursing, social work, peer specialists and other staff members offering rehabilitation, treatment and recovery support services.

The team assists clients in the areas of housing, substance use and harm reduction, family support, employment, and wellness self-management. Using a person-centered approach, team members collaborate to deliver comprehensive, integrated and flexible services. With a small staff to participant ratio, in-person and on phone services are brought to the participant and offered in the community setting, 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

Position Duties

• The Registered Nurse (RN) assesses and monitors clients clinical health and response to treatment.
• Guide the development of policies and procedures and identification of resources essential to delivery of nursing services
• Conduct psychiatric and physical health assessments
• Provide management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist
• Administer IM's and vaccines, performs phlebotomy as per orders ;Provide supervision to LPN

Qualifications

• Currently licensed as NYS Education Department and be up to date with all required training to maintain this status
• Bachelor's degree required
• Experience working with MH population, SPMI, Co-occurring disorders