Nursing Community Housing Outreach

Location: Mount Vernon, NY

Pay Rate: $55.00 per hour

Hours: 35 Hours per week. Flexibility Required.

Travel: 50%

OVERVIEW OF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITES:

The Nursing Community Housing Outreach coordinates a variety of population based healthcare activities and assures quality and accessible services in homes and the community. Nursing Community Housing Outreach worker will work with the people supported in the community to educate on prevention, disease management and infection control. They will oversee individuals in a scattered site supported housing setting. They will work in the community serving individuals with mental health, substance use disorders in a variety of settings. Under the direction of the Housing Director and in collaboration Nursing Director, the Nursing Community Housing Outreach is primarily responsible for the individual's health, health care coordination and infection control. The Nursing Community Housing Outreach will be responsible for coordinating the medical services, maintaining regulatory compliance, facilitating education programs and other duties as needed by the program/agency.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:

• Provide health teaching to individual program participants
• Conduct health assessments and social related health care screenings.
• Coordinate and collaborate with medical providers
• Complete all required documentation
• In the event of a medical emergency, will assess, take vital signs, and coordinate additional medical assistance as needed.
• Conducts and documents medical and nursing services as required by the Guidance Center of Westchester and Network policies and procedures.
• Assesses and schedules the need for other periodic evaluations.
• Reviews all medical records for compliance for prescribe protocols.
• Acts as a liaison concerning medical issues with consulting physicians, parents/family, Case Managers, Day Program, Emergency Room, Site Supervisor and other Interdisciplinary Team Members.
• Reviews required nursing in-services with counselors.
• Advises the nursing supervisor about necessary changes in medical status of Program Participants.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONAL / ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT:

• Other additional nursing responsibilities as required by the Nursing Supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Experience with adults in Mental Health and/or closely related field
• Valid CPR/BLS/AED certification
• Must have reliable working vehicle, and valid clean driver’s license
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self-Starter
• High level of patience, empathy, and compassion
• Excellent observation skills with high attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent problem solving and time management skills
• Instructing people supported and staff in medical procedures and healthy lifestyle
• Understanding of healthcare state standards and procedures
• Previous clinical experience
• Strong computer skills

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Current RN license to practice in NYS
• Two years of previous nursing experience with mental health, Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD) population or hospital nursing and/or nursing home experience

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the position, which are reviewed in each case.

• Must be capable to access all rooms in a 2-story home
• Able to work in open space floor plan
• Must be capable to move throughout work day
• Occasional lifting of > _25 pounds