Job Description
Job Description
Adult community services program looking for contract nurse (LPN or RN)
Expected to be around 3 months in length
Requires traveling to homes, clinical centers, community action agencies, and networks throughout greater Boston (mileage reimbursed).
Hours: M-F 9 AM – 5 PM, full time
Responsibilities:
- Provide direct treatment to Persons to enhance and develop their level of engagement, assist with skill building specific to activities of daily living and healthy decision making, including expanded physical activity, smoking cessation, harm reduction and abstinence from substance abuse
- Utilizes recovery-oriented language and principles in all communication and interactions with Persons, colleagues, and collaterals
- Promote independent living skills relating to medication management and self-administration, including psychoeducation specific to making informed decisions about treatment and self-care, self-advocacy, and self-administration of medication.
- Provide enhanced support to Persons during times of transition in and out inpatient hospitalizations, skilled nursing facilities, the criminal justice system, periods of homeless and other housing transitions to other levels of community living.
Requirements:
- Massachusetts Licensed Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse license required
- Minimum 1 year of community-based experience as a nurse and knowledge of MAP protocol and auditing
- Experience in psych, addiction services, detox, dispensing, or community health preferred
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