Job OpportunitiesSMI members can post open positions at no cost for 90 days! If you would like to post a job on the SMI Job Opportunities Board, please click here.Behavioral Health Specialist (LCSW or LPC)Organization: Valley Health Partners Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Completes assessments/evaluations, develops, and implements treatment goals, facilitates referrals/resources both internally within the Valley Health Partners Community Health Center (VHP) continuum and throughout the community and provides therapeutic interventions to address patient's mental health needs. Additional Requirements for Street Medicine:
Contact: Seth Campbell, Street Medicine Program Director- 484-280-1881 posted 10/9/24 Registered Nurse- Street MedicineOrganization: Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Location: Denver, Colorado, USA The Registered Nurse works collaboratively within an Integrated Health Care for the Homeless team. The RN in this position is responsible for performing both independent and delegated duties in the provision of providing comprehensive health care to all Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) patients. This health outreach role focuses on health outreach within an integrated outreach team, as part of Denver Street Outreach Collaborative focusing on Encampment Response, Healthcare within Micro-Communities, Unsanctioned encampments and Sanctioned Encampments. Part Time or Full Time available.
Contact: April Krall- [email protected] Street Medicine EMT ParamedicOrganization: Baylor Scott & White HealthLocation: Dallas, Texas, USAJoin Dallas’ first Street Medicine program, as we build a team to provide medical and psychiatric care directly to unsheltered patients where they are (encampments, under bridges, etc.).ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE Physical Requirements Environment Contact: Ti Hoang, Medical Director of Street Medicine- [email protected] posted 9/11/24 Nurse PractitionerOrganization: Albuquerque Healthcare for the HomelessLocation: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Since 1985, Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless has dedicated its mission exclusively to providing services to people experiencing homelessness. AHCH provides a distinctive continuum of integrated care through outreach and site-based services to address the health-related causes and consequences of homelessness. Our vision is to live in a world that is just and without homelessness. We believe that homelessness is an issue that can be solved through access to quality health care, adequate and affordable housing, and a living wage. We are currently looking for a 1.0 FTE Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about working with our clients. Our ideal candidate will be adept in chronic disease management and substance use disorder treatment. Our treatment model is integrated with other departments and agencies and the candidate would need to be a strong team player. We believe that there are many pieces to a person's well-being and we need a candidate with this holistic approach. The candidate would need to be comfortable in the clinic as well as treating in part of our mobile teams; we have a treat first model that incorporates on site treatment in outreach settings. Our ideal candidate would have working knowledge of harm reduction philosophies and would be able to embody these ideas with clients. Compassion for and an understanding of the wide variety of issues for those experiencing homelessness is a must. Trauma is an underlying issue with most of our clients and we need a candidate that has a working knowledge of trauma informed care. Our clinic operates in a shared client model so the ideal candidate would be comfortable sharing clients with multiple practitioners. We have walk in hours as well as scheduled appointment times for clients. We have no on call or weekend hours. Our team is very passionate about public health and our population. If you would like to join a dynamic team, we invite you to apply! Full Posting Street Team Case Manager / Behavior Health Community Partners Team CoordinatorOrganization: Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Our doctors and nurses do heroic work caring for some of the most vulnerable people in our community. But the need is great and goes beyond applying a bandage or prescribing a medication. To that end, we are hiring a new non-clinical Team Coordinator to lead a small group of care coordinators and nurse care managers in the Behavior Health Community Partners (BH CP) care management program. This group is responsible for connecting highly vulnerable, mostly unsheltered homeless individuals with mental illness and/or substance use disorders with behavioral health, primary care, and social determinants of health supports with BHCHP’s Street Team and outpatient clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). We are hiring a Case Manager (CM)/Team Coordinator (TC) to lead a small group of care coordinators and nurse care managers in the Behavior Health Community Partners (BH CP) care management program. The BH CP is a MassHealth supported initiative which provides intensive case management services for individuals with substance use disorder, severe mental illness, and a history of high healthcare utilization. The CM/TC is responsible for connecting highly marginalized, mostly unsheltered homeless individuals with mental illness and/or substance use disorders with behavioral health, primary care, and social determinants of health supports through BHCHP’s Street Team and outpatient clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Full Posting Nurse Care Manager, Street TeamOrganization: Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Street Team is seeking a full-time RN Care Manager. You’ll work with an integrated and multidisciplinary team that seeks out the men and women of our city who live in alleys and under bridges, offering both urgent and continuous medical and behavioral health care. To succeed in this role, you must be a flexible, compassionate, and self-motivated individual who embraces the mission. You are committed to delivering low-threshold, high-quality nursing, and care management in various non-traditional locations, to a vulnerable population of individuals with a history of chronic street homelessness. Full Posting Nurse Practitioner/Physician AssistantOrganization: Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary clinical team consisting of nurses, a recovery coach, physicians, psychiatrists, NP/PAs, case managers and mental health clinicians. The Street Team provides primary and continuous medical and psychiatric care to individuals currently or with a history of living on the streets of Boston. The service delivery model includes bringing medical and psychiatric care directly to the streets and to patient’s homes as well as caring for patients in BHCHP’s MGH clinic. We also visit patients when they are admitted to nursing homes and area hospitals when appropriate. Full Posting Nurse Practitioner/Physician AssistantOrganization: Hennepin County Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Hennepin County Health Care for the Homeless is seeking a part -time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant who has an interest in and skill and experience working with individuals experiencing homelessness. In this role, you will provide health care services at local shelters and drop-in centers in downtown Minneapolis area. Chronic, preventative, and acute care services are provided on a walk-in basis to adults, youth, children, and infants. You'll join a strong, diverse, multidisciplinary team of medical providers, registered nurses, social workers, licensed practical nurses and medical assistants. Contact: Taylor Dahlberg- [email protected] Full Posting Fort Worth Street Medicine FellowshipOrganization: Integrative Emergency Services (IES) / John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA Integrative Emergency Services (IES) / John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) and the Department of Emergency Medicine, in conjunction with the Department of Family Medicine, are proud to offer a one-year fellowship to those who desire extensive training and experience in Street Medicine. Fellows will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team carrying out the vision of our institution. Contact: Chad Holmes, DO, FACEP ([email protected]) or Jennifer Bullard, Recruiter ([email protected])
posted 9/30/23
UPMC Street Medicine FellowshipOrganization: UPMC Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA The UPMC Mercy Street Medicine Fellowship is the first of its kind. It is a program of the UPMC Mercy Hospital Department of Internal Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Fellowship was created in collaboration with Pittsburgh Mercy’s Operation Safety Net which serves as the primary arena for the street medicine experience. A particular emphasis of the Fellowship is the interface of care between the unsheltered population and the hospital systems of Pittsburgh. These areas include the Emergency Medicine Department (UPMC Mercy has the highest volume ED in the city), the inpatient street medicine consult service, outpatient referral and care (the Fellow will have a continuity clinic at UPMC Mercy), the Respite Care Center (for homeless patients who require medical recovery) as well as a focus on patient navigation throughout the larger health system of the city. Full posting |
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