Harm Reduction & Outreach Registered Nurse
Full-Time
New York, NY, US
The RN is a core member of our Harm Reduction Mobile Health team that provides overdose prevention services, wound care, STI testing and treatment, and low-threshold buprenorphine treatment to people actively using drugs that may not engage in care otherwise. Using a harm reduction framework, the RN will conduct street outreach and provide care in parks and areas of active use throughout Harlem and the Bronx and provide in-office services for clients referred from other Harlem United programs.
The RN’s schedule will consist of 3 active field days, 1 office day and 1 administrative day. Client volume is variable; however, the maximum number of clients engaged for direct clinical services by the RN is approximately 8-12 per day, with an average of 6 clients daily. Quality of engagement over quantity is our goal. This position supports the efforts of the Harm Reduction Program Director/NP and the Associate Vice President of Integrated Harm Reduction
Using a trauma informed and harm reduction approach, the RN is comfortable providing wound care, discussing and supporting clients with ongoing medication management, outreach for behavioral health needs, and collaborating with patient navigators for referrals to primary care or higher level of services.
