Psychiatric Registered Nurse - Assertive Community Treatment

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Psychiatric Registered Nurse – Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team

Job Summary :

The purpose of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is to deliver comprehensive and effective services to individuals (age 18 and up) who are diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) and whose needs have not been well met by more traditional service delivery approaches. These individuals also suffer from co-occurring substance use disorders and may have histories of criminal legal system involvement. ACT is an evidence-based practice that provides an integrated set of other evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation, case management, and support services delivered by a mobile, multi-disciplinary mental health treatment team to support recipient recovery through a highly individualized approach that provides recipients with the tools to obtain and maintain housing, employment, relationships and relief from symptoms and medication side effects.

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 $100,940 per year.

Location Address : 151 Lawrence Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201. Our offices are easily accessible by public transportation.

Workplace Flexibility : On-site

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 with 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 FACT 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 F / ACT nursing staff.
• Use motivational interviewing, culturally and developmentally appropriate, recovery oriented and trauma-informed approaches when delivering services.
• Help ensure we maintain a safe working environment by reporting any hazards or unsafe conditions, e.g., liquid spill in the hallway, to the appropriate facilities staff member or supervisor.
• Any other duties as required by Team Leader and senior clinical leadership.

What We Are Looking For :

Preferred Skills :

Employee Benefits :

CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including :

Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.

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, 9am to 5pm ET

35 hours per week excluding breaks.