Licensed Vocational Nurse

San Francisco Community Health Center; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 78.000 - 83.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive compensation

Health, vision & dental insurance

Life & long-term disability insurance

Paid time off including holidays

Retirement plan

Descripción de la vacante

San Francisco Community Health Center seeks a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) or Licensed Psych Tech (LPT) in San Francisco, CA to provide field-based nursing and case management for HIV-positive clients in Intensive Case Management (ICM) or Enhanced Care Management (ECM) programs. The LVN/LPT is the central medical provider on a mobile team and supports assessments, care plans, and medication adherence.

Responsibilities include field visits, medication support (dispensing, DOT, injections),

Formación

• Candidate must be a Licensed Vocational Nurse or Licensed Psych Tech in the state of California.
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, STIs, substance use, and mental health issues.
• Experience working with LGBTQ populations.
• Familiarity with HIV/AIDS issues in communities of color.
• Team based care and harm reduction philosophy.

Responsabilidades

• Provides mobile nursing care and case management to HIV positive clients in ICM/ECM programs.
• Supports field-based health and psychiatric assessments and monitoring.
• Offers enhanced medication support including dispensing, DOT, and IM Depo injections.
• Coordinates with pharmacies and develops individualized nursing care plans.
• Documents in the electronic medical record (Epic) and maintains timely reports.

Conocimientos

Licensed Vocational Nurse

Licensed Psych Tech

HIV/AIDS knowledge

English proficiency

Herramientas

Epic

Descripción del empleo

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Licensed Vocational Nurse

Full-time Regular San Francisco, CA, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1417

Salary Range: $37.50 To $40.00 Annually

Licensed Vocational Nurse / Licensed Psych Tech

Agency Description:

San Francisco Community Health Center (formally API Wellness Center) is a multicultural health services, education, research, and policy organization. We transform lives by advancing health, wellness and equality. We strengthen the well-being of and lead under-served communities—of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and immigration statuses—toward justice and health. Founded in 1987 as an all-volunteer, community-based response to the AIDS crisis in communities of color, we are an anchor-organization for San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, and we also lead regional, statewide, and national programming. We believe that everyone deserves to be healthy and needs access to the highest quality health care.

Position Description:

The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) or Licensed Psych Tech (LPT) is responsible for providing field-based nursing care, complex medical care management, and at-home care to HIV positive clients enrolled in either Intensive Case Management (ICM) or Enhanced Care Management (ECM) services at SFCHC. The LVN / LPT is the central medical provider on an integrated, mobile team. The LVN / LPT is responsible for supporting health and psychiatric assessments as well as developing and continually updating collaborative client care plans, specifically around medication adherence, care engagement, referrals, and health education. Direct client work and interaction will be done in the field and at the office.

Essential Functions:

• Provides mobile nursing care (under the supervision of the primary care provider and/or medical director) and case management (under the supervision of the clinical supervisor) to HIV positive clients enrolled in the Intensive Case Management or Enhanced Care Management programs
• Supports field-based health and psychiatric assessments and monitoring
• Offers enhanced medication support; this includes dispensing, directly-observed treatment (DOT) and IM Depo injections
• Coordinates directly with pharmacies
• Provides complex care management such as hospital transition support, medical referrals, and health education
• Provides service referral, linkage, coordination, advocacy services
• Develops and renews clients’individualized nursing treatment plans and multidisciplinary care plans
• Provides clinical oversight for the case management care plans created by team case managers
• Coordinates with clients’primary care provider weekly
• Completes necessary documentation, UOS reports and treatment plans in a timely manner
• Documents appropriately in the electronic medical record (Epic)
• Uses multiple electronic data sources to gather patient information and track ED or inpatient utilization across care systems
• Participates in weekly case conferences, monthly staff meetings and in-service trainings
• Performs other duties and tasks as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidate must be a Licensed Vocational Nurse or Licensed Psych Tech in the state of California
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, STIs, substance use, and mental health issues
• Experience working with LGBTQ populations
• Familiarity with HIV/AIDS issues in communities of color
• Team based care
• Knowledge of harm reduction philosophy, client centered counseling and motivational interviewing techniques
• Must be adaptive, flexible and a team player
• Strong verbal and written proficiency in English

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance
• Company sponsored life, and long-term disability insurance
• Generous paid time off including paid holidays
• Company-sponsored retirement plan
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

EEO Statement:

San Francisco Community Health Center is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. San Francisco Community Health Center does not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, disability status, gender identity, HIV status, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected class. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.