Registered Nurse - Community Health

If you believe healthcare is a right, that everyone deserves high quality care so they can enjoy their highest level of health and wellbeing, and you value each person's individual story – consider joining us at Neighborhood!

We are seeking a Registered Nurse who is passionate about providing high quality primary healthcare to high risk populations, including those in our Healthcare for the Homeless program. Do you know case/care management principles, do you find joy in working with patients with various backgrounds, and have an understanding of social drivers of health? This Monday-Friday role may be for you.

About the Role

• As the Registered Nurse - Community Health you’ll use your training, critical thinking, and kindness as you consider patient cases, identify solutions or suggest alternate approaches to patient problems. Much of your interaction with patients will be over the phone, although you are open to meeting patients where they are and engaging patients in a variety of settings. You’ll be part of a clinical team that collaborates to design and implement individualized patient-centered care. Essential duties include:
• Initiate care plans, and manage/coordinate care; identify and address barriers affecting patients’ ability to adhere to healthcare plans
• Build trusting relationships with patients to facilitate access to health care services and meet health needs
• Assist patients and families with navigating Neighborhood’s services as well as outside community resources, programs or services
• Attend community events as an Registered Nurse to provide health education
• Participate in some evening street/shelter outreach, getting to know potential patients, assessing needs, and encouraging them to establish care

You will be primarily based at our Mattina location, 300 Niagara Street in Buffalo, and will also travel to other Neighborhood sites on a regular basis.

What it’s Like to Work at Neighborhood

The top three words employees say describe the work environment are

teamwork, supportive, kind. These are from an anonymous survey of Neighborhood employees for the Buffalo Business First Best Places to Work competition. Neighborhood has earned “finalist” distinction in the competition the last four years. We are a group of flexible and kind individuals who are open to each other’s ideas, and see opportunities to innovate and find solutions when challenges arise.

Education and Experience needed