Registered Nurse CASE MANAGER - HIV PROGRAM

Job Description

Job Description

Siouxland Community Health Center has an opening for: 

RN Case Manager -HIV Program

 1 – Full-time Monday -Friday 8AM-5PM

Successful candidate must have solid experience & advanced knowledge of: 

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, Associate Nursing Degree.
• Current RN or LPN licensure in the State of Iowa as appropriate to degree.
• Current CPR and Mandatory Reporter certifications.
• Basic computer and data entry skills.
• Considerable knowledge of HIV and community resources and services.
• Two years experience in the field of HIV care or highly motivated, self-directed.
• Must have ability to work within the broad framework of health programs with ability to work with many types of people, including health professionals and lay people.
• Knowledge and experience in working with the community.
• Experience in relating to the special needs of the patient population.
• Must have ability to handle confidential information on a need-to-know basis as defined by SCHC.

Successful candidate must be able to perform primary functions of position:

• Assist in the overall operation of the early intervention program.
• Provide nursing case management, follow-up on referrals, monitor routine lab tests and immunization schedules.
• Contact medical practices and urgent care centers in urban and rural areas of the service area to establish partnerships in identifying PLWHA.
• Collaborate with the Iowa Department of Public Health and local Disease Prevention Specialist to identify PLWHA to identify PLWHA as a point of entry or re-entry.
• Provide outreach to special populations to offer HIV education and testing, including Hispanic and African populations.
• Work flexible hours including weekends and evenings to accommodate the population.
• Conduct outreach to medical practices, urgent care centers, county health departments, and identify additional agencies for collaboration within urban and rural regions of the service area to provide outreach education and testing to high-risk populations.
• Supports and empowers clients throughout health care continuum to include holistic counseling, problem solving “barriers to care” issues and coaching clients as needed re: treatment and medication adherence, healthy life choices, and self-help behaviors.
• Performs nursing assessment/medical triage of acute medical issues and medication side effects and refers or monitors appropriately.
• Make reminder calls to patients at risk of no-showing for appointments; locate patients who are out of care; text reminders to patients
• Provides HIV education to clients/families/partners, internal staff and external agencies in an organized and appropriate manner.
• Responsible for adherence program including innovative modalities and evidence based strategies such as mobile applications, HEART, SMART Couples, and Partnership for Health for Medication adherence.
• Prepare for daily patient appointments by creating logs for patient care to assist the HIV provider team in conducting assessments, immunizations, screenings, labs, and patient specific information.
• Performs HIV testing, i.e., “Free and Confidential Testing.”
• Responsible for the PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) program, policy, and procedure including educating patients and providers and facilitating appointments for new clients.
• Maintains the RW Careware Database and SCHC electronic medical records by fully documenting all patient encounters and updating patient information as appropriate. for Ryan White Part B and C tracking and charting in the patient medical records.
• other duties and projects as assigned.

Siouxland Community Health Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to any characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

SCHC participates in E-Verify.

Pre-employment drug screen, background check, and review of required immunizations. Exemptions may be granted for religious or medical accommodation