What are the responsibilities and job description for the EARLY INTERVENTION SPECIALIST position at Christ Community Health Services?
POSITION DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Early Intervention Specialist | DEPARTMENT: Population Health |
REPORTS TO: Ryan White Program Supervisor | FLSA STATUS: Exempt |
CREATED DATE: 2/21/2011 | REVISION DATES: 2/3/2022 |
POSITION SUMMARY
The Early Intervention Specialist (EIS) purpose is linkage and re-engagement to care for those Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Identifying and addressing barriers to participating in adherence to ongoing HIV outpatient/ambulatory medical care. In addition, EIS is to ensure that people who test positive receive necessary HIV-related services as early as possible to interrupt or delay the progression of HIV disease and move a client toward self-management
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide counseling for HIV patients with respect to HIV/AIDS.
- Provide referrals and link patients to needed medical and/or support services from multiple points of entry.
- Provide HIV education, including risk prevention and adherence counseling.
- Perform outreach activities for education and community engagement relating to HIV awareness.
- Perform HIV testing in conjunction with pre/posttest counseling, as needed to make the unaware aware of their status.
- Work with Medical Case Managers to identify out of care patients, or those at risk for becoming so.
- Attends local and state planning meetings and training programs as deemed appropriate by supervisor. Attends monthly case management committee meeting.
- Perform home visits to newly diagnosed patients, out of care patients, and/or patients with adherence issues.
- Works with Medical Case Managers in assisting patients navigate the Ryan White eligibility process and Patient Assistance Programs, as needed.
- Report data and encounters on patients in the Care Ware system.
- May perform other duties as required.
JOBS THIS POSITION DIRECTLY SUPERVISES
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Job Title | Number of Incumbents |
Early Intervention Specialist | 0 |
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Education: Minimum of a high school diploma.
Experience: Experience working with HIV positive patients preferred.
Licenses or Certifications: N/A
Mental Requirements
| Level 1 – Requires some concentration and normal attention. Generally, once the job is learned, the tasks can be performed more or less automatically. |
X | Level 2 – Requires high periods of concentration intermittently and normal attention. Generally, even once the job is learned, tasks will require normal attention to deal with recurring variables. |
| Level 3 – Requires a high level of concentration and high level of attention intermittently. Generally, the approach to tasks may be consistent, but the number of steps required and/or the number of variables involved creates the possibility of errors unless the incumbent pays close attention. |
Physical Requirements
Activity | Approximate % of Time | Comments |
Sitting | 80% |
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Standing | 10% |
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Walking | 10% |
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| 100% |
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Approximate percentage of time spent lifting, pulling and/or pushing: 5%
Maximum number of pounds required (with or without assistance): 10 lbs.
Types of objects the incumbent is required to lift/pull/push. Filing cabinet drawers, medical files
Machines and Equipment Used:
Machines, Equipment, Tools | Approximate % of Time | Degree of Hand:Eye Coordination Required |
| 40% | Normal |
| 5% | Normal |
| 20% | Normal |
| 5% | Choose an item. |
Approximate percentage of time incumbent spends in “on-the-job” travel, excluding commuting to regular work location: 30%-40% traveling between work sites, home visits, and/or attending required local and state meetings/training programs.
Working Conditions
Typical office environment in addition to home visits that require travel to a variety of urban neighborhoods; regular exposure to varying weather conditions