Ryan White Case Manager

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Position Title: Ryan White Case Manager

Weekly Hours: 40

Last Updated: 1/16/2020

Job Title: Case Manager

Job Type: Public Health Professional

Reports to: Director

Position Overview:

The HIV Case Manager located at the St. Francois County Health Center is contracted by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to provide care coordination of quality case management services in accordance with best practices for HIV/AIDS clients for the Southeast HIV Care and Prevention region including the Missouri counties of: St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Washington, Wayne, Crawford, Perry, Iron, Madison, and Reynolds.

This position functions independently to link persons living with HIV/AIDS, including newly diagnosed, to HIV related medical care to assure the provision of efficient, cost effective, quality services.

Essential Functions:

Assist in planning, directing, developing and evaluating community health programs in the county as they pertain to individuals diagnosed with or at risk for HIV and AIDS.

Accept referrals of potential new clients and enroll clients in HIV case management services.

Provide HIV case management services in accordance with the provisions and requirements stated in the HIV Case Management Contract.

Collaborate with HIV Case Management agencies across the State of Missouri to coordinate the delivery/transfer of Transistional Case management services.

Participate in and provide reporting for the statewide quality improvement project.

Utilize the state's electronic client database to collect, track, and report timely client-level and program wide data necessary to effectively administer and provide HIV case management services.

Ensure other deliverables of the HIV Case Management Contract are met according to specifications.

Other duties as assigned

Supervision Received: This position is overseen by the Director

Supervision Exercised: None

Qualifications & Skills:

MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

(l)Must possess and maintain a license as a Registered Nurse from the Missouri State Board of Nursing or (2) a four-year degree in social work, or (3) a four-year degree in another health-related field, such as counseling, sociology or psychology. If degree is in another health-related field, experience in locating, coordinating, and monitoring services and knowledge of the available health and psychosocial services needed for individuals who are HIV infected is required.

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Public Health experience preferred but not required.

Excellent communication skills.

TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

Develop an individualized training plan based on the Self-Assessment

Complete 8 contact hours related to the individualized training needs identified in the training plan.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard, reach, stoop, kneel to install computer equipment

The position requires frequent travel in the county and across the Southeast HIV Care and Prevention region. The employee is required to drive to home visits at clients' residences or other designated locations.

Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).

Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.

Light to moderate lifting is required

** To comply with regulations by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), the principal duties in position descriptions must be essential to the job. To identify essential functions, focus on the purpose and the result of the duties rather than the manner in which they are performed. The following definition applies: a job function is essential if removal of that function would fundamentally change the job.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $47,142.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person