For over 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those struggling with mental illness.
The CCNS Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team is a multi-disciplinary team that delivers comprehensive and effective services to individuals who are diagnosed with severe mental illness and whose needs have not been well met by more traditional service delivery approaches. Treatment and services are delivered to individuals in their home and community. ACT is an evidence-based practice and provides an integrated set of other evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation, case management, and support services delivered by this mobile, multi-disciplinary mental health treatment team.
STATEMENT OF THE JOB
The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for conducting psychiatric assessments; assessing physical health needs; making appropriate referrals to community physicians; providing management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist; providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation, and support services. This includes assessing psychiatric and physical health needs; making appropriate referrals to community physicians; providing management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist and psychiatric nurse practitioner; providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation, and support services. The RN is part of the multi-disciplinary team and is responsible for delivering intensive in-home and community-based services to individuals living with severe mental illness, whom have a treatment history characterized by frequent use of psychiatric hospitalization and emergency rooms, involvement with the criminal justice system, alcohol/substance abuse, and lack of engagement in traditional outpatient services. The role will involve delivery community-based assessment and treatment of clients, and crisis management. The RN will perform a wide variety of tasks related to the care, support, education, socialization, habilitation, recovery/healing, safety, security, and support of clients served. The RN will provide interventions supportive to or restorative of life and well-being; and execute medical regimens prescribed by a physician, PNP or another licensed health care provider. The role will require on call coverage and a willingness to be flexible.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Work collaboratively with ACT team members and function as a vital part of an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary community-based treatment team.Responsible for providing services to clients in their home environment, community settings, provider offices and additional locations as needed.
Responsible for providing direct treatment and support services to clients with psychiatric diagnoses, co-occurring substance use, chronic physical health problems and complex social needs.
Conduct weekly visits to clients to assess health status.
Conduct physical health assessments, assessing the health needs of clients and make appropriate referrals to community based medical care.
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate care plans. Recommend health objectives for client’s service plans.
Implement all direction from Psychiatrist and PNP regarding medical treatments and medication orders.
Manage and administer medication and injections; coordinate and deliver medications to the client’s residence.
Monitor vital signs and side effects of medications and reports findings to the PNP, Psychiatrist and team. Follow-up and monitor lab results for any indications of change for medication and toxicology; communicate such change(s) to the psychiatrist and PNP.
Utilize motivational interviewing techniques and a person-centered, recovery-oriented framework in individual and group-based health counseling.
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