Registered Nurse (RN) - MRT

Description

Days Off: Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Shift: Day (8:00am - 6:30pm)

Insurance Benefits: Dental, Life, Long-term Disability, Medical (no premiums/payroll deductions for employee coverage)

Other Benefits:    Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA),   ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan

Union Representation: This position is a part of a union and is represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.

About DESC:

DESC   (Downtown Emergency Service Center) is a nonprofit organization  working  to help people with the complex needs of homelessness,  substance use  disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their  highest potential  for health and well-being through comprehensive  services, treatment, and  housing. Our vision is a community where no  person is abandoned,  ignored, or experiencing homelessness.

As  the region's leading  provider of services to multiply disabled adults  who have experienced  chronic homelessness, DESC serves almost 3,000  people each day. Our  integrated service model is designed to help  people secure and maintain  appropriate, safe and affordable housing.  DESC is recognized nationally  and regionally as an innovator in  developing solutions to homelessness.

JOB DEFINITION

The Mobile Response Team (MRT) provides 24/7 mental and behavioral health services to adults (18 and over) at Health through Housing (HtH) facilities and targeted Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) sites across King County. The primary goal of the program is to provide in the moment crisis behavioral health services and time-limited behavioral health case management via mobile intensive response teams for the purpose of assisting individuals in becoming aware of behavioral health and other community service options. The MRT is a mobile interdisciplinary team consisting of certified peer counselors, behavioral health case managers, substance use disorder professionals, mental health professionals, and Buprenorphine waivered medical staff.   

The Mobile Response Team Registered Nurse (RN) functions as part of the larger team to provide integrated behavioral healthcare services with clients in need of psychiatric and other medical attention, medication coordination/management, client education, health assessment and related services. The RN will provide in-the-moment, low-threshold medical access to clients who may otherwise not present to more traditional clinics. This position is involved in all aspects of referral, outreach and engagement, intensive case management services, as well as coordination with other providers to assure successful transition of consumers to on-going care. Services will be provided in Seattle and King County areas.  

Interested individuals should possess a high degree of coordination and collaboration skills, interest in social justice, advocacy, and health integration. This position requires a high degree of coordination and collaboration with other DESC programs as well as outside agencies. The MRT RN works primarily with clients in need of psychiatric and other medical attention, providing medication coordination/management, client education, health assessment and related services. Work is done under the supervision of the Outpatient Nurse Manager, Nursing Director ad Medical Director.  

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Case Management & Social Support:

• Participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in responding to referrals through MRT dispatch, providing short-term (no more than 90 days) case management and medical services to referred individuals.  
• Assess clients for range of health care needs and facilitate linkage and on-going connection to relevant urgent, primary and specialty health services. 
• Advocate for clients’ access to community resources and services, especially primary health care services, ensuring that clients’ needs are met, and rights maintained; consult and collaborate with both DESC staff and community providers to ensure continuity of care. 
• Provide outreach and engagement services 
• Participate in the planning, organizing and facilitation of information-gathering, outreach and client engagement, follow-up, team consultation, and referrals out of MRT.  
• Coordinate services closely with mental health program supervisors, case management staff, SUD staff and other DESC staff as appropriate.  

Medication, Medical Services, and Clinical Skills:

• Under the guidance and direction of the Outpatient Nurse Manager, RN Supervisor and MRT ARNP, coordinate medical aspects of medication services for clients. 
• Provide individua