Nursing Community Housing Outreach
About The Position
The Nursing Community Housing Outreach coordinates a variety of population-based healthcare activities and assures quality and accessible services in homes and the community. This role involves working with individuals in the community to educate on prevention, disease management, and infection control, specifically overseeing individuals in a scattered site supported housing setting. The outreach worker will serve individuals with mental health and substance use disorders in various community settings. Under the direction of the Housing Director and in collaboration with the Nursing Director, the Nursing Community Housing Outreach is primarily responsible for the individual's health, health care coordination, and infection control. The position also entails coordinating medical services, maintaining regulatory compliance, and facilitating education programs.
Requirements
- 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
- 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
Responsibilities
- Coordinates a variety of population based healthcare activities and assures quality and accessible services in homes and the community
- Work with the people supported in the community to educate on prevention, disease management and infection control
- Oversee individuals in a scattered site supported housing setting
- Work in the community serving individuals with mental health, substance use disorders in a variety of settings
- Primarily responsible for the individual's health, health care coordination and infection control
- Responsible for coordinating the medical services, maintaining regulatory compliance, facilitating education programs and other duties as needed by the program/agency
- 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
- Other additional nursing responsibilities as required by the Nursing Supervisor
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
