Medical Case Specialist

Will provide clinic- and field-based health education and skill building services to the patients. Accompanies patients to primaiy care appointment and other social service encounters as warranted. Coordinates ongoing logistical support for appointment keeping-,reminders, transportation and childcare arrangements. Responsible for tracking the patient's progress through the health education curriculum.

• Effective use of self.
• Ability to involve family/significant other of client in making related plan of care.
• Communication skills necessary to interpret age specific response to treatment.
• Knowledge of appropriate resources.
• Utilizes resources appropriate to patient needs.
• Ability to prioritize; manage and work independently on caseloads.
• Assessment of pertinent psycho-social factors.
• Positive and respectful interaction with patients co-workers, providers and outside providers.
• Ability to problem solve outside routine area of coverage.
• Provides coaching to patients.
• Effective use of self and knowledge of appropriate resources.
• Conducts patient Intakes and follow up progress notes and, documents encounters in appropriate Retention Adherence Program (RAP) records and databases.
• Conducts Treatment adherence education with the patients , Identification of barriers to
• Adherence and documents all encounters in chart.
• Maintains active caseload of assigned clients and completes needs assessment, client service plans, reassessments, progress notes and follow-up call/letter in a timely manner.
• Responsible for entering patient encounters and service delivery data into program-specific databases in a timely manner.
• Coordinates scheduling/follow-up appointments and referrals.
• Works with ID medical provider to identify patients that need treatment adherence. 
• Ability to assess patients insurance needs and assist with enrolling the patient with insurance/benefits services (ADAP,HASA,Medicaid).
• Provide case management services (Case load of 35 HIV/AIDS adults).
• Coordinates all medical care and service for assigned case load and identifies and addresses barriers to adherence and engagement in care.
• Actively participates in weekly Interdisciplinary Case conferences and documents the outcome of the meeting in the patients charts.
• Uses evidence based Interventions such as Motivational Interviewing ,DEBI's etc to motivate positive change in patient behavior.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Position Requirements: 

• This position requires a minimum formal education of Associate Degree or certification equivalent and a minimum of 3 year job related experience. 
• Desired (not required) criteria include:  A minimum plus 2-3 years experience in HIV and medical coordination. 
• Should have strong socio-cultural identification with target population.
• Must strongly discourage the  hiring of actively enrolled patients from the program or partner medical provider to protect patient confidentiality.

Union: 1199

Days: Mon  - Fri 

Shift: 9 am-5 pm

Hourly Rate: $32.0934

Salary : $32