Registered Nurse (47932)

Summary: Care For the Homeless fights homelessness by delivering high-quality and client-centered health care, human services and shelter to homeless individuals and families, and by advocating for policies to ameliorate, prevent and end homelessness.

Job Description

We are hiring at various locations throughout the 5 boroughs

This employee will work as part of the PCMH team with the following essential duties and responsibilities:

• Acts as administrative lead with clinical care and primary administrative coordination responsibility at assigned site.
• Work as a care manager in the disease management model addressing condition-specific patient education needs and all best practice supported clinical diagnostic interventions in conjunction with PCP
• Provide clinical education and supervision for medical assistant staff
• Work collaboratively with case management and health education to effectively coordinate care as directed by the primary care medical staff
• Implement orders for specific interventions as indicated by the medical staff
• Reach out and engage homeless people with respect to their health status, substance

abuse and social service problems;

• Assess the physical and psychosocial needs of the patient;
• Take a complete history of individual and family members;
• Make referrals to primary care provider for chronic or episodic care;
• Administer immunizations, tuberculosis tests, monitor medication;
• Advise and educate clients about their physical and mental health, self-care, and prevention.

• New York State Registered Nurse License.
• BSN Preferred
• 1 Year experience in community health preferred.
• 2 Years experience in a ambulatory care setting required.
• Commitment to poor and disadvantaged.
• Flexible and able to work in nontraditional setting