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Full-Time in Queens, NY
Job Description
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based, practice model designed to provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services to individuals living with a serious mental health condition and whose needs have not been effectively met by traditional mental health services.New Horizons Counseling Center ACT Team will serve individuals with mental health conditions who are homeless and temporarily housed within a Queenss mental health shelter.Team members will work collaboratively with shelter staff and use assertive engagement strategies to proactively engage individuals in services.
ACT 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. ACT 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 assists clients in the areas of housing, substance use and harm reduction, family support, employment, and wellness self-management. Using a person-centered approach, team members collaborate to deliver comprehensive, integrated and flexible services. With a small staff to participant ratio, in-person and on phone services are brought to the participant and offered in the community setting, 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
Position Duties Include:The Registered Nurse (RN) assesses and monitors clients clinical health and response to treatment.
Guide the development of policies and procedures and identification of resources essential to delivery of nursing services
Conduct psychiatric and physical health assessments
Provide management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist
Administer IM's and vaccines, performs phlebotomy as per orders ;Provide supervision to LPN
Qualifications:
Currently licensed as NYS Education Department and be up to date with all required training to maintain this status
Bachelor's degree required
Experience working with MH population, SPMI, Co-occurring disorders
DHS familiarity, shelter experience a plus
Job Type: Full-time