JOBS AT PORTLAND STREET MEDICINE
At Portland Street Medicine, we offer our houseless neighbors accessible whole-person care to improve and support health, and to bridge a gap in trust between people and systems. Powered by a corps of 150 volunteers and a small staff, PSM meets the growing medical and health needs of those experiencing homelessness in Portland. Through regular and ongoing care on the streets of Portland, we strive to engage with our patients – building capacity to navigate the web of services they need to achieve their goals.
Current Openings:
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PSM’s BACKGROUND Check Policy
As a medical organization and nonprofit, Portland Street Medicine conducts background checks with the ultimate goal of keeping our patients safe.
As an organization that seeks to incorporate people with lived experiences of homelessness and poverty at every level of our organization, we also recognize that background checks may present a barrier for volunteers and staff with lived experience – and thus, could damage our ability to perform our work in the community. We recognize the criminal justice system is filled with deep inequities, and that homelessness is still criminalized throughout the United States. Background checks, when conducted in a more restrictive way, would restrict those best able to do the work of PSM from being a part of our organization. PSM has a strong “business necessity” to both perform background checks and to welcome volunteers and staff with lived experience who may have criminal records precisely because of those experiences.
For details on our full policy, please follow this link: PSM Background Check Policy
