ACT RN

Job Description

Job Description

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 Horizon's Counseling Center ACT Team will serve individuals with mental health conditions who are homeless and temporarily housed within a Queens's 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 client's 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

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Company Description

New Horizon Counseling Center now serves a diverse population throughout Queens, Brooklyn, & Nassau / Suffolk.

New Yorkers who have multiple comorbidities, such as chronic medical conditions often complicated by substance use and mental health disorders.

Our clients experience significant barriers to access of behavioral and medical services due to a multitude of social and economic factors. By addressing these factors, New Horizon Counseling Center helps empower individuals to remain more engaged in their care, thereby reducing preventable hospitalizations and emergency care.

Empowering Individuals & Strengthening Communities.

We take an empathetic approach by always treating our clients with a caring culturally sensitive approach, then assess their readiness for behavioral change and provide a clear path to obtainable goals.

Through our comprehensive array of programs, we provide an integrated, person-centered continuum of care.

The foundation of our programs is laid with our Core Values.

Company Description

New Horizon Counseling Center now serves a diverse population throughout Queens, Brooklyn, & Nassau / Suffolk. \r\nNew Yorkers who have multiple comorbidities, such as chronic medical conditions often complicated by substance use and mental health disorders.\r\n\r\nOur clients experience significant barriers to access of behavioral and medical services due to a multitude of social and economic factors. By addressing these factors, New Horizon Counseling Center helps empower individuals to remain more engaged in their care, thereby reducing preventable hospitalizations and emergency care.\r\n\r\nEmpowering Individuals & Strengthening Communities.\r\n\r\nWe take an empathetic approach by always treating our clients with a caring culturally sensitive approach, then assess their readiness for behavioral change and provide a clear path to obtainable goals.\r\n\r\nThrough our comprehensive array of programs, we provide an integrated, person-centered continuum of care. \r\nThe foundation of our programs is laid with our Core Values.