RN-PROS Part Time

Company: Access-Supports for Living
Location: Mount Vernon
Posted on: January 22, 2023

Job Description:

Location: Mt. Vernon, NYHours: Part-time, 14-18 hours per week, flexible weekdays between 8:30 am - 4 pmRate of Pay: $40-$45 per hour depending on related experience and degreePosition Summary: The Guidance Center of Westchester, located walking distance to Metro-North in Mount Vernon, seeks a Registered Nurse to join our PROS team. The PROS team works collaboratively in a dynamic, person-centered, evidence-based program that provides a broad range of services to adults with mental illness to help them achieve goals for work, education, relationships, socialization, living, and health and wellness. Other team members include a program director, psychiatrist, recovery counselors, employment specialists, mental health counselors, graduate student interns, and clinical and administrative support staff. The RN serves as the health expert on the team helping to integrate medical and psychiatric care.Responsibilities: The use of subheadings is great if they have a lot of different responsibilities.Support a high-performing culture aligned with TGCW core values and B.A.S.I.C Tenets: Balance, Accountability, Satisfaction, Inclusion, and Communication.Conduct health assessments to determine health related problems and areas of focusCounsel participants individually and in groups on medical self-careDevelop and lead health education classes on topics such as diabetes, heart disease, substance use, asthma, nutrition, wellness, smoking cessation, and medication self-managementAdminister injections and assist with medication packaging to improve adherenceCoordinate laboratory services and reportsRefer to and maintain contact with primary care providersDocument all services and progress notes in electronic health recordOrder and store medical suppliesAttend clinical and administrative team meetingsOther duties as assignedQualifications: NYS license and current registration to practice as a Registered Nurse. Excellent computer, writing and oral communication skills essential. Knowledge of mental illness and psychotropic medications strongly preferred.Travel Requirements: 5% Travel requirement on an as needed basis.Physical Requirements: These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to perform the job's essential functions successfully. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the position, which are reviewed in each case.While performing the responsibilities of the role, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use his or her hands and fingers to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close visionEEO, AAE, M/F/D/V

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