Medical Case Manager

Southwest Community Health Center Inc•Bridgeport, CT

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Ryan White PART C Senior Medical Case Manager’s role is to provide medical case management services to Southwest Community Health Center's patients, including, treatment adherence, psychosocial, education, referral, client centered services that link clients with health care, and crisis intervention.

Requirements

Excellent writing, speaking and organizational abilities.
Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and as a team.
Computer knowledge required.
Willing and able to travel monthly out of Fairfield County.
Bachelor’s degree in human services, Psychology, Public Health or related education or three years related experience
The manual dexterity sufficient to operate phones, computers, and other office equipment.
The ability to kneel, bend and perform light lifting.
Ability to write and speak clearly using the English language to convey information and be able to hear at normal speaking levels both in person and over the telephone.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual and/or Multilingual in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate professional interdisciplinary skills and provide comprehensive Medical Case Management services to clients (including treatment adherence counseling).
Follow established Ryan white Medical Case Management program and policies.
Assist clients in obtaining appropriate services, including medical care, and social service needs.
Coordinate access to medically appropriate levels of health and support services and continuity of care
Develop initial/follow-up assessment of service needs.
Develop comprehensive, individualized service plan
Collect and aggregate data required for The HIV Program.
Assist Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine department in data collection from Southwest EMR into CAREWARE to fulfill grant requirements.
Attend department meetings, medical case management meetings, conferences, monthly conference calls, and required staff meetings.
Function as a collaborative member of the Ryan White Part C Program Team.
Perform other duties as assigned.