RN, Physician Practice

University of Rochester•Saint Paul, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Infectious Diseases Division of the University of Rochester provides all clinical services at the Monroe County Sexual Health Clinic (formerly known as the STD Clinic) through a contract with the County Department of Public Health. The clinic is a free, walk in public health clinic, located at 819 West Main Street in Rochester, serving a diverse community across a spectrum of ages. This position is responsible for providing clinical care including obtaining a history, performing a physical assessment, providing treatment of STIs, and providing HIV/STI prevention counseling and testing in collaboration with nurse practitioners and the Medical Director. The nurse assesses clients’ suitability for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), and Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) for the prevention of STIs. The clinic provides state of the art, stigma free sexual health care and has been the clinical site for the NYS Clinical Education Initiative’s (CEI) Sexual Health Center of Excellence since 2013.

Requirements

Associate's degree in Nursing and 6 months experience as a Registered Nurse working in an Acute Care Setting required
RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure licensed in New York State (NYS) upon hire required

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred
Equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience working with Black/African American, Latinx communities, same sex partners, and transgender communities preferred.
Successful completion of orientation at the unit level required
Strong clinical and phlebotomy skills preferred.
Bilingual in Spanish preferred
Commitment to community health preferred

Responsibilities

Perform a health history, including sexual history and behavioral risk assessment
Targeted physical examination
Administer treatment of sexually transmitted infections
Perform venipuncture
Provide individualized patient education
Seek consultation with nurse practitioners when indicated
Identifies other health problems and provides referrals to appropriate health providers for evaluation and management
Provide HIV pre-test and risk reduction counseling
Provides HIV post- test counseling
Utilizes a client-centered approach to provide culturally responsive HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services, HIV PEP, Doxy-PEP for STI prevention.
Manages laboratory test results, medical follow-up, and calls from patients.
Assesses the need for further intervention.
Performs clinical audits for QA/QI
Participates in training and education required by NYSPHL Article 28 regulations
Fulfills requirements to maintain licensure as a registered professional nurse from the NYS Department of Education
Maintains current knowledge of clinical management of STIs
Participates in STI education sessions, including CEI web based training, attending conferences
Other duties as assigned.