REGISTERED NURSE CASE MANAGER

Registered Nurse Case Manager

Peter Claver Community is a comprehensive medical residence for chronically homeless individuals living with disabling HIV/AIDS. Opened in 1985, the program marked one of the earliest attempts by any organization to aggressively serve those sick and dying from HIV/AIDS.

Salary: $120,000 per year

Location: Onsite 5 days a week

Peter Claver Community provides permanent placement and comprehensive care to 32 San Francisco residents who have disabling HIV/AIDS, are very low income, homeless and/or struggle with major psychiatric disorders and substance abuse challenges. To minimize the utilization of hospital emergency rooms, crisis services, and other publicly funded health systems, the staff is able to address most health care problems on-site.

The Registered Nurse position is responsible for providing assessments of residents' health status, communicate with residents' primary care provider and work as a team with the residents' case manager, Program Director and Certified Nursing Assistants in assuring that PCC residents receive the appropriate level of health services, on-going client assessment, and consultation, and to provide assistance with medication management. The Registered Nurse also provides supervision and oversight to Certified Nursing Assistants and ensures the facility is staffed according to licensing requirements. The Nurse coordinates data entry in the CC data management system.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide health assessments to thirty-two residents of the facility.
• Communicate with Primary Care Physicians, nurses, case managers and others involved in the care of residents to report health status changes, advocate for medical intervention, and assure coordinate quality care for all residents as needed.
• Coordinate care for residents with other staff and be available for instruction or consultation.
• Work in tandem with case management staff in service delivery for residents.
• Supervise 24-hour Certified Nursing Assistants staffing at the facility.
• Coordinate TB surveillance of residents and staff at the facility.
• Manage the C.N.A. schedule and come into PCC as needed to cover shifts.
• Hire, supervise and conduct all written performance evaluations for C.N.A.'s.
• Strong computer skills are necessary to support data management requirements in Catholic Charities Data Base (currently CODI).
• Provide on-call nursing and administrative duty support to facility staff.
• Coordinate and monitor documentation and safe administration of all residents participating in medication management.
• Adhere to California State Community Care Licensing regulations Title 22.
• Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Personal cell phone required.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education & Experience:

• California license as a Registered Nurse
• Required Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school.
• Preferred Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university.
• Preferred 2 to 5 years of experience in case management of HIV infected adults, knowledge of the disease, and experience with multiple diagnoses.
• Preferred 2 to 5 years of experience in assessment and strong crisis intervention skills, particularly with people with substance use, mental health, chronic illness, dementia and end of life issues.
• Preferred 2 to 5 years of experience inability to work with staff and clients around behavioral and psychiatric issues. Client behaviors may include shouting, use of profanity, inappropriate behavioral choices.
• Good working knowledge of Harm Reduction principles and practices.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work with complex objectives.
• Knowledge of AIDS/HIV, substance abuse/mental health issues, and AIDS-related dementia required.
• Ability to enter case notes in the CCCYO Database system- Codi/Apricot.
• Ability and experience in supervising and evaluating staff.
• Ability to communicate clearly and comfortable, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to think analytically, direct others and develop and foster teamwork.
• Demonstrates the necessary attitudes, knowledge, and skills to deliver culturally competent services and work effectively in cross-cultural situations.

Compensation & Benefits:

We're looking to find the best talent in the field and we aim to keep it! Beyond providing competitive compensation based on education and experience, here's what else we offer:

- A generous amount of vacation time/PTO We value your self-care! - Medical, Dental, & Vision - Wellness Program Get cash for voluntary health screenings and meeting health goals! - 401 (k) Plan We offer an employer match! - Commuter Checks Save money when you use public transportation!

Catholic Charities is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, legal domicile status, veteran status, disability or AIDS/HIV status or any other characteristic protected under federal or state law.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.