Licensed Practical Nurse - MRS
REPORTS TO: MRS Team Leader DEPARTMENT: Mobile Residential Support Team
TOTAL HOURS: 37.5 Hours per week/Full-Time LOCATION: Baldwin, NY/Nassau County
RATE OF PAY: $60,000 annually EEOC STATUS: Service Worker/Non-exempt
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SAIL does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expressions, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual status
in any group or class protected by law. SAIL encourages applications from diverse backgrounds such as
minorities, women, disabled, protected veterans, and other qualified applicants.
General Description
Responsible for providing wellness education and wellness checks to clients under the Mobile
Residential Team with an emphasis on prevention.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides direct, face-to-face services to consumers from diverse backgrounds in the
community (off-site) as needed based on consumers and/or family preferences.
- Provides rehabilitation, education, and support services within their scope of practice.
- Coordinates consumers health care services, providing psychoeducation to consumers
about health and medications, assessing consumers mental statuses.
- Assists in the development of support and wellness plans with identified clients.
- Regularly communicates with housing staff, Health Homes, and treatment teams to ensure
coordination takes place.
- Completes and signs progress notes and other required documentation as per SAILs policy
and procedures.
- Participates in hospital discharge planning and helps to coordinate post discharge services
such as medical rehab, home care, attaining proper equipment, etc.
- Provides post discharge follow up in the home.
- Monitors medication regimes as requested.
- Provides clinical expertise and education to team members.
- Provide health coaching sessions to identify health risks and create a personalized health
plan.
- Implement health action plans and other site-specific programs such as biometric
screening, walking programs and other individualized health programs.
- Identify individuals who were at risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
heart disease and other diseases that negatively affect one’s health or wellbeing.
- Provide Diabetes Self-Management education, other co-morbidity education & monitor
such programs in accordance with expectations and any funded requirements.
- Work with team members and assist clients in setting and achieving meaningful goals in
the areas of weight management, nutrition, stress management, and smoking cessation.
- Coordinates care with family and other community services providers or collaterals
including, but not limited to, hospitals, housing providers, shelters staff, criminal justice
personnel, and primary health care providers.
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Licensed Practical Nurse - MRS
