COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE Job at Aletheia House, Bessemer, AL

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  • Aletheia House
  • Bessemer, AL

Job Description

Description

The Community Health Nurse will work with a multidisciplinary team to develop, implement, and evaluate strategies that prevent opioid misuse and overdose. The community health nurse will provide direct community outreach, education, and patient navigation services, with an emphasis on harm reduction and connecting at-risk individuals to treatment and recovery resources. This is the perfect position for an LPN or RN who has a passion to provide community nursing services to adult men and women experiencing homelessness and who live in shelters or on the streets in Jefferson County.

Requirements

-Licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN) to practice in Alabama with a current, valid, and unrestricted LPN or RN license.

-Must be able to obtain MAS certification

-Experience in public health, community health, substance use disorder treatment, or harm reduction is highly desired.

-Strong understanding of addiction, withdrawal management, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT).


-Familiarity with harm reduction principles and trauma-informed care.

-Current Valid Driving License. Must be willing to drive the mobile health unit on some occasions.

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