What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Crisis Intervention position at Talent4health?
Job Details:
Job Title: RN - Crisis Intervention
Location: New York, NY
Duration: 41 weeks
Shift: 8pm- 4am
Job Description:
The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) leads a 24/7/365 Street Homelessness Solutions - JointCommand Center (JCC) that conducts inter-agency rapid outreach deployment from a central locationusing precision mapping, client information, and rapid response to incoming notifications. Thisinitiative partners existing homeless response and prevention programs with a series of new initiativesthat have been designed to better identify, engage, and transition homeless New Yorkers toappropriate services and, ultimately, permanent housing.In coordination with the DHS Street Homeless Divisions Crisis Coordinators, DHS ContractedOutreach Providers, and City Agency Partners, DHS is recruiting for ten (10) Staff Nurses to function asCrisis Intervention Nurses in their Joint Command Center, and who will: Engage the homeless on city streets, subways, and parks and conduct medical, mental health andsafety assessments. Encourage the street homeless population to seek shelter in New York City. The DHS CrisisCoordinators/Outreach Teams and the Crisis Intervention Nurses will conduct canvasses of the streethomeless population, offer services and foster an environment that builds trust and relationships. Provide the homeless population with needed services by ascertaining if there is a reasonable causeto believe that a homeless individual has a mental illness or medical condition for which immediateobservation, care and treatment in a hospital is appropriate. Work with DHS Crisis Coordinators/Outreach workers as a team that responds to different locationsthroughout the city to conduct street level mental crisis assessments. Evaluate a person’s mental health condition to determine if such person appears to be mentally illand is conducting himself or herself in a manner which is likely to result in a serious harm orsubstantial risk of physical harm to themselves or others. Assess a person’s mental health condition to determine if such person manifest homicidal or violentbehavior which places others in reasonable fear of physical harm. Determine the appropriate mechanism for transporting a person in mental crisis to the appropriateC.P.E.P. (Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program) location, if necessary, with the assistance ofLaw Enforcement (Sheriff’s Department or NYPD),
License and certification:
Candidates with strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills and those who have takencourses in mental & behavioral health.
Required: New York State RN License, Primary Source Verification, AHA BLS,
About Talent4Health:
Talent4Health is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To learn more about Talent4Health, please visit www.talent4health.com.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $62.00 - $65.00 per hour
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Required)
- RN (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- New York, NY (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- New York, NY: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $62 - $65
