RN, Physician Practice Part Time

Infectious Diseases Division Nurse

The Infectious Diseases Division of the University of Rochester provides all clinical services at the Monroe County Sexual Health Clinic through a contract with the County Department of Public Health. The clinic is a free, walk in public health clinic serving a diverse community across a spectrum of ages. This position is responsible for providing clinical care including obtaining a history, performing a physical assessment, providing treatment of STIs, and providing HIV/STI prevention counseling and testing in collaboration with nurse practitioners and the Medical Director. The nurse assesses clients' suitability for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), and Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) for the prevention of STIs. The clinic provides state of the art, stigma free sexual health care and has been the clinical site for the NYS Clinical Education Initiative's (CEI) Sexual Health Center of Excellence since 2013.

Essential Functions:

• Provides direct patient care in NYS Article 28 Clinic:
• Perform a health history, including sexual history and behavioral risk assessment
• Targeted physical examination
• Administer treatment of sexually transmitted infections
• Perform venipuncture
• Provide individualized patient education
• Seek consultation with nurse practitioners when indicated
• Identifies other health problems and provides referrals to appropriate health providers for evaluation and management

Provides STI risk reduction strategies:

• Provide HIV pre-test and risk reduction counseling
• Provides HIV post- test counseling
• Utilizes a client-centered approach to provide culturally responsive HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services, HIV PEP, Doxy-PEP for STI prevention.

Provides clinical case management:

• Manages laboratory test results, medical follow-up, and calls from patients.
• Assesses the need for further intervention.

Participate in Quality Assurance/Quality improvement projects:

• Performs clinical audits for QA/QI

Professional development:

• Participates in training and education required by NYSPHL Article 28 regulations
• Fulfills requirements to maintain licensure as a registered professional nurse from the NYS Department of Education
• Maintains current knowledge of clinical management of STIs
• Participates in STI education sessions, including CEI web based training, attending conferences

Minimum Education & Experience:

• Associate Degree in Nursing required
• Bachelor Degree in Nursing preferred
• 6 months experience as a Registered Nurse working in an Acute Care setting required.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• Experience working with Black/African American, Latinx communities, same sex partners, and transgender communities a plus, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Successful completion of orientation at the unit level.
• Strong clinical and phlebotomy skills.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred
• Commitment to community health

Licenses and Certifications:

• NYS Licensure as a Registered Nurse required

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