Registered Nurse - Micro Communities - 10919

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless seeks a Micro Community Nurse who works collaboratively within an Integrated Health Care for the Homeless and supportive housing teams.  The RN Case manager in this position is responsible for performing both independent and delegated duties in the provision of providing comprehensive health care to assigned patients within the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH). 

 

The Nurse case manager primarily provides services in the community within the framework of the nursing scope, professional nursing ethics, and state and federal laws and regulations. This is a field-based position with most of the services provided to patients in settings outside primary health center sites. The nurse case manager collaborates with other integrated health and supportive housing service team members to deliver care to clients living on the streets and in supportive housing communities. 

 

 

NOTE: In order to ensure that our consumers receive the best possible care the candidate chosen to fill this position will be required to complete our internal credentialing and privileging process prior to a start date.  The credentialing and privileging timeline is dependent on the selected candidate's submission of documents necessary for clearance.  Please note that a start date will be scheduled once credentialing and privileging is complete.

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Coalition Benefits 

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage. 
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan. 
• Vision insurance.  
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses. 
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage. 
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members. 
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting. 
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year. 

  The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

Essential Job Functions 

• Provides skilled nursing care according to accepted community standards of quality integrated healthcare.  This includes the ability to perform quick and accurate medical and psychiatric assessments, treatment, and follow up according to the nursing process.
• Assists with coordination of health care provided to consumers in the community including linkage to higher levels of care.
• Performs treatments and laboratory procedures independently and/or as requested by the health care provider.
• Provides patient-centered care within an integrated, trauma-informed, harm-reduction model.
• Collaborates and coordinates care with other members of the CCH integrated multi-disciplinary health care teams including primary care, behavioral health, psychiatric, and dental providers, other RNs and MAs, case managers, peer specialists and outreach associates, and other clinical and administrative staff as required.
• Coordinates care with internal programs including but not limited to Health Outreach Program, Recuperative care, and Medication Assisted Treatment Program.
• Provides treatment services such as case management, crisis services, initial intake program screenings, individual medication assisted treatment (MAT) counseling, and administering scales to assess withdrawal.
• Provides transitional, chronic, and complex care management.
• Helps create and maintain a climate within the team that is marked by respect for others; that values inclusiveness and builds workforce diversity; and that fosters cooperation and teamwork.
• Must be accessible by cell phone during business hours.
• Is responsible for providing nursing care management activities to coordinate integrated patient care, decrease harm, and enhance wellness in population.  Care coordination activities include but are not limited to:

1. Empowers patients by providing appropriate health education and information that is tailored to both the individual’s learning style, education and/or reading level, and is sensitive to their health beliefs to promote recovery, wellness, and optimal health.
2. Provides medication management and medication administration under the supervision of the designated provider. 
3. Administers medications, including intramuscular injections in a safe, evidence-base manner following written protocols or direct provider order.  Assesses and monitors consumers’ ongoing psychiatric, medical, and social needs. 
4. Collaborates with internal and external providers to coordinate psychiatric treatment with medical treatment; acts as a psychosocial educational resource by assisting consumers in learning about their mental illness, physical health conditions, medications, and how to protect their overall health.Coordinates patient’s transitions of care.
5. Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications Summary 

• AD, BSN, or MSN in nursing from an accredited college or university. 
• Current licensure from the State of Colorado to practice as a Registered Nurse.   
• Certification in Basic Life Support.   
• Successful completion of the privileging and credentialing process for RNs at the Coalition. 
• Preferred experience in psychiatric, care coordination, hospice, ambulatory, public or community AD, BSN, or MSN in nursing from an accredited college or university.

\n$37.40 - $44 an hourWHERE A CANDIDATE IS PLACED IN THE COMPENSATION RANGE DEPENDS ON TOTAL RELEVANT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE  \n

Qualified candidates are eligible for the NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program which offers payment of 60% of unpaid nursing education debt in exchange for a two-year commitment at a NURSE Corps approved site with an option to extend to a third year for an additional 25% of the original balance.

 

Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Employee will perform job according to applied laws. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.