Outreach Nurse Practitioner

Are you ready to develop care plans and make a positive impact by going into communities to provide direct support for participants receiving services for treatment via the mobile medical unit? If so, join our team as we are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate Outreach Nurse to join our close-knit team at Detroit Recovery Project.

Who We Are:

Detroit Recovery Project, Inc. (DRP) is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) that provides outpatient recovery support services for those with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. We treat the whole person through our integrated programs of primary medical and behavioral healthcare.

Our program philosophy is rooted in developing a healthy recovery ecosystem for those seeking long-term recovery. Through strong therapeutic relationships with our clients, helping them to understand the underlying social and emotional issues that drive their substance use, the recovery ecosystem focuses on five key areas:

• Health & Wellness
• Spirituality
• Employment
• Education/Training
• Family & Recovery Support

What we're looking for:

The Outreach Nurse Practitioner (NP) will be responsible for providing primary care to patients, helping patients navigate and access community services, and other resources. The right individual will support providers and other team members through an integrated approach to care management and community outreach mainly to unhoused individuals. As a priority, the role will engage in activities that will promote, maintain, and improve the health of unhoused patients, while advocating and providing social support and informal counseling for homeless individuals and community health needs.

The Outreach NP will work alongside the Outreach Team conducting outreach and providing medical, behavioral health and social services directly to people experiencing homelessness in unsheltered settings. As a member of the Outreach Team, the NP will engage people in health education, professional and peer support, and treatment for their medical and behavioral health conditions, via a trauma-informed and harm reduction approach.

Compensation Range: This position is supported through grant funding. As a result, compensation is determined by the grant budget and may fall within a designated pay rate or range set by that funding source. The pay rate for this position is $100,000/y and is based on non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience. This is a salaried-exempt role that is ineligible for overtime compensation.

The Ideal candidate will:

• Be responsible for establishing trusting relationships with patients while providing general support and encouragement
• Provide ongoing follow-up, basic motivational interviewing and goal setting with patients/families
• Continuously provide follow-up with patients from initial identification through closure via phone calls, home visits and visits to other settings where patients can be found
• Assist patients with completing applications and registration forms
• Provide referrals for services to community agencies as appropriate
• Work cooperatively with other personnel in an integrated approach
• Act as a patient advocate and liaison between the patient and community service agencies
• Provide outreach and direct nursing care to un-housed people living in community settings including day centers, encampments, and outside in the field
• Share the responsibility with other Outreach Team staff with loading outreach and medical supplies on and off van and to help to fill and empty water tanks
• Provide occasional coverage for the two mobile medical vans
• Obtain and document health history and make nursing diagnosis based on nursing assessment
• Conduct STI assessment, testing, and treatment; provide vaccinations (including COVID vaccines), wound care, other point of care testing, and provision of test results
• Provide wound care to people with a wide range of simple to complex chronic wounds
• Document in electronic medical records per policy and standards
• Respond appropriately and within nursing scope to emergencies that may occur in the field (i.e.: opioid overdose or other acute events)
• Provide birth control and pregnancy options counseling
• Train clients on the use of naloxone and dispense naloxone
• Assess and counsel clients regarding opiate use disorder and medication assisted treatment including safer injection and smoking practices
• Maintain knowledge and compliance with established policies and procedures, corporate compliance program, code of ethics, applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, HIPAA standards, and other regulatory programs
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Valid Driver's License
• Have a good understanding and familiarity Detroit resources
• Must be an RN licensed to work in Michigan
• Must hold current certification as an Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP) or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) in good standing with a national certifying body
• Must have experience in caring for the…