PrEP Nurse Coordinator

Chase Brexton Health Care•Baltimore, MD

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The PrEP Nurse Coordinator provides patient-centered nursing care in the specific setting of addressing HIV prevention needs and other sexual health services. This role is integral to counseling, starting, and maintaining patients on HIV and STI prevention medications. This position, in conjunction with the program manager and Sexual Health Nurse Coordinators, is responsible for coordinating clinical patient care for POWER patients in addition to providing coverage at the Sexual Health Clinic (SHC). This position will conduct patient visits for HIV/STI testing, treatment, prevention, and linkage to care, and will provide medical case management to ensure patients enrolled in the POWER service are successful in starting and maintaining PEP, PrEP and other HIV/STI prevention efforts. The PrEP Nurse Coordinator will operate with a very high degree of flexibility and autonomy guided by written policy and standing orders, and with clinical oversight by an on-site licensed independent practitioner. This role will work primarily with adolescent and adult populations and will also assist patients with navigation to primary care and/or chronic care services as needed. This position will report primarily to the Sexual Health Services Program Manager for all SHC and PrEP related functions, but separately to the Director of Nursing for annual competencies, trainings, and other as needed.

Requirements

Correspondence is always professional, accurate and delivered in a timely manner.
Experience with documentation in an Electronic Medical Record
Ability to work with computers in word processing, and database applications preferred.
Must be flexible and adapt to a fast-paced and constantly changing environment.
Self-motivated and driven, able to prioritize competing responsibilities and work in a largely autonomous setting.
Phlebotomy experience required or independent external training obtained prior to start date.
Required: outstanding communication skills with staff, patients, and community members. Must be able to effectively communicate with patients using both medically appropriate and patient-understood terminology.
Required: Graduate from an Accredited School of Nursing; Current Maryland Nursing License
Must have a valid driver’s license and transportation.
Ability to commute between clinic site (MVC) and community testing and/or partner sites.

Nice To Haves

Preferred: 3+ years of nursing in an ambulatory, acute care, or public health setting
Familiarity with sexual health, sexually transmitted infections, HIV prevention, and trauma-informed care practices.
Significant related experience with priority populations served may substitute for some of the above requirements.
BSN or advanced degree preferred
CPR certified by scheduled start date.

Responsibilities

Utilizes assessment skills to evaluate patient needs and formulate a plan of care
Revises outcomes and interventions based on results and patient feedback
Facilitates individual or group education and testing visits with patients to address sexual health and HIV prevention concerns
Identifies opportunities to introduce and implement STI/HIV/pregnancy prevention measures
Takes ownership of patient care needs and follows through on care provision
Identifies patients at risk for poor outcomes and those who may require more intensive services for HIV/STI prevention
Provides HIV PEP and PrEP case management
Performs phlebotomy during patient visits to collect bloodwork for testing
Ability to escalate care as appropriate for additional physical assessment, lab result interpretation, medication needs, linkage to more complex or recurring care service lines, and to facilitate rapid intervention in times of crisis or urgent complexity
Covers the Sexual Health Clinic schedule as assigned
Collaborates with multi-disciplinary team to address both physical and psychological aspects of health to provide care for the whole patient
As applicable, collaborates with provider, pharmacy, social work, or other staff for education on health promotion, disease prevention, and/or management of disease
Coordination and team attendance with other nursing staff or SWOD team members for on-site and/or off-site testing and sexual health/ HIV prevention education events
Provide STI, HIV, and reproductive testing to SHC and POWER patients in compliance with Chase Brexton policies and standing orders, and offer, provide, or coordinate treatment or prevention methods as applicable
Coordinate SHC and POWER services for patients by ensuring room availability, adequate supplies and appropriate lab processing, follow-up on results, and appropriate communication
May provide individual or group-based health education and coaching around HIV/STI and reproductive health and prevention
Access appropriate resources inside and outside the organization to meet patient needs
Demonstrates awareness of cultural, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation and racial differences and their potential to impact patient outcomes
Provide culturally, linguistically, and age-appropriate HIV, STI, and reproductive health education, prevention, counseling, testing, and referrals in accordance with applicable Chase Brexton policies regarding STI/HIV testing and treatment
Distribute linguistically and culturally appropriate educational literature/information
Utilizes interpreter services for patient communication as necessary
Attends nursing department staff meetings and participates in committee meetings as assigned
Represents Chase Brexton at internal and external workgroups and community gatherings and shares information appropriately
Provide appropriate SBAR report to licensed independent providers or external entities as needed for triage or additional patient assessment beyond RN scope of practice
Documents both incoming and outgoing calls as they occur and communicates effectively with other team members to provide continuity of care to the patient
Documents telecommunications that reflect care specific to the actual or potential health needs of the caller/patient
Collects health status data relevant to the patient’s present problem in a continuous, systematic, and complete manner
Completes review of systems and physical assessment and correlates with patient’s health history to prepare patient for further examination or treatment as appropriate
Maintains confidentiality in all situations, and demonstrates mindfulness of professional role even while not acting in a professional capacity or at work
Adheres to organizational policies and standing orders regarding STI/HIV/reproductive testing, treatment, and linkage to other internal and external services
In collaboration with other staff, reviews policies and guidelines to ensure standards of care are consistently delivered within the SHC and POWER setting and meet the needs of community members
Monitors, evaluates, and updates data needed regarding SHC and POWER reporting to various partner agencies to ensure continuous quality improvement
Consistently displays professionalism in dealing with customers, staff, and clinicians
Represents Chase Brexton at community events and with community stakeholders at both internal and external meetings regarding the Sexual Health Clinic