Description

Founded in 1974, Community Access celebrates its 50^th Anniversary as a pioneer of supportive housing and social services in NYC for people with mental health concerns. We proudly lead advocacy efforts that rally our community to promote human rights, social justice, and economic opportunities for all. We are built upon the simple truth that people are experts in their own lives. Our programs are spread across 25 locations and include over 1200 units of supportive housing in three boroughs, the Howie the Harp Advocacy Center, East Village Access—a PROS program, Peer-driven Crisis Respite Center, Adult Home Initiative and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT).

Department Overview

The Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) team is a mobile practice models designed to provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services to individuals living with a behavioral health condition and whose needs have not been effectively met by traditional behavioral health services. Community Access’ Bronx IMT Team will serve individuals with behavioral health conditions who are street homeless or living between institutional settings and housing. Team members will work collaboratively with settings in which the participant is living and use assertive engagement strategies to proactively engage individuals in services. 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. These 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 provides expertise in the areas of housing, substance use and harm reduction, peer support and behavioral health recovery.

Position: Registered Nurse

Work Location: Intensive Mobile Treatment Unit (IMT)

Salary: $104,000.00 to 105,718.00

Benefits: 3 weeks’ vacation, 5 personal days, 12 sick days and 11 paid holidays, summer flex hours, work anniversary, comprehensive medical, vision and dental plans, Health and Wellness Reimbursement Plan, 403b Employee Retirement Plan with Employer Match.

Position Overview

The IMT Registered Nurse is responsible for overseeing the health interventions for all program participants, in coordination with the team’s prescriber and other staff. The Registered Nurse works collaboratively with program participants and team members to ensure healthcare is coordinated and delivered within the framework of participant self-determination, recovery, and cultural competency. The Registered Nure is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining IMT’s program nursing standards all while guiding the development of policies and procedures and identification of resources essential to delivering nursing services. The Registered Nurse will also conduct psychiatric, physical health and other assessments with a special focus on assessments and evaluations with individuals using substances or experiencing street homelessness.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse by the New York State Education Department.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience working as an RN.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience working with persons with mental health condition in health or social services setting.
• Must be fingerprinted and cleared by the New York State Justice Center.
• Microsoft Office proficient

Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. Interested candidates should apply on www.communityaccess.org/jobs.

Community Access is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V.

Women, People of Color and Members of the LGBT community are strongly encouraged to apply. CA is committed to the hiring of at least 51%

consumer staff . www.communityaccess.org