Overview
Title: Registered Nurse
Locations: Support & Connection Center (East Harlem)
Schedule: 3 12hr Shifts – Includes Overnight
Salary: $85,000 – $95,000
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
The essential duties of the Registered Nurse include but are not limited to the following activities:
- Provides initial health assessment for each participant. Helps to identify medical problems among participant
- Provides routine monitoring of participants’ physical condition, triage of medical and psychiatric problems
- Coordinates activities of evening LPN as needed, respective to site.
- Assesses each client’s knowledge of medications and ability to self-administer medications.
- Administers decanoate injections according to orders of psychiatric provider
- Participates in weekly clinical meetings
- Assists in triaging psychiatric, medical and substance abuse problems to appropriate providers
- Communicates regularly with on-site psychiatric and medical providers, and case managers
- Communicates with off-site psychiatric providers as necessary and appropriate
- Provides ongoing health education and support to clients and
- Provides medication teaching as needed
- Assist with tele-psychiatry operations as scheduled with tele-psychiatry provider at Project Renewal
- Maintains documentation in compliance with agency policies and procedures
Qualifications:
- New York State licensed registered nurse
- Working with homeless population and experience in an ambulatory or hospital-based withdrawal service preferred
- Addiction medicine experience, and harm-reduction evidence-based care model preferred
- Must have excellent oral, writing and listening skills. Spanish speaking a plus
- The ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and create and coordinate schedules
- Must have the ability to interface with participants as well as all levels of staff
- Must have experience with electronic health records and knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel
To Apply: Apply through link at Registered Nurse – Career Portal (dayforcehcm.com)
All newly hired Project Renewal staff must provide verification of being fully vaccinated against Covid-19.