POSITION DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Early Intervention Specialist
DEPARTMENT: Population Health
REPORTS TO: Ryan White Program Supervisor
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
CREATED DATE: 2/21/2011
REVISION DATES: 2/3/2022
POSITION SUMMARY
The Early Intervention Specialist (EIS) purpose is linkage and re-engagement to care for those Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Identifying and addressing barriers to participating in adherence to ongoing HIV outpatient/ambulatory medical care. In addition, EIS is to ensure that people who test positive receive necessary HIV-related services as early as possible to interrupt or delay the progression of HIV disease and move a client toward self-management.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide counseling for HIV patients with respect to HIV/AIDS. • Provide referrals and link patients to needed medical and/or support services from multiple points of entry. • Provide HIV education, including risk prevention and adherence counseling. • Perform outreach activities for education and community engagement relating to HIV awareness. • Perform HIV testing in conjunction with pre/posttest counseling, as needed to make the unaware aware of their status. • Work with Medical Case Managers to identify out of care patients, or those at risk for becoming so. • Attends local and state planning meetings and training programs as deemed appropriate by supervisor. • Attends monthly case management committee meeting. • Performs home visits to newly diagnosed patients, out of care patients, and/or patients with adherence issues. • Works with Medical Case Managers in assisting patients navigate the Ryan White eligibility process and Patient Assistance Programs, as needed. • Reports data and encounters on patients in the Care Ware system. • May perform other duties as required.
JOBS THIS POSITION DIRECTLY SUPERVISES
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POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Education: Minimum of a high school diploma.
Experience: Experience working with HIV positive patients preferred.
Licenses or Certifications: N/A
Mental Requirements:
Level 1 - Requires some concentration and normal attention. Generally, once the job is learned, the tasks can be performed more or less automatically.
Level 2 - Requires high periods of concentration intermittently and normal attention. Generally, even once the job is learned, tasks will require normal attention to deal with recurring variables.
Level 3 - Requires a high level of concentration and high level of attention intermittently. Generally, the approach to tasks may be consistent, but the number of steps required and/or the number of variables involved creates the possibility of errors unless the incumbent pays close attention.
Physical Requirements
Activity Approximate % of Time Comments
• Sitting: 80% • Standing: 10% • Walking: 10% • 100% (approximate percentage of time spent lifting, pulling and/or pushing): 5% • Maximum number of pounds required (with or without assistance): 10 lbs. • Types of objects the incumbent is required to lift/pull/push: Filing cabinet drawers, medical files
Machines and Equipment Used:
• Machines, Equipment, Tools: Approximate % of Time • Degree of Hand:Eye Coordination Required • Computer: 40% • Normal (Photocopier & fax machine): 5% • Normal (Telephone): 20% • Normal (Typical office equipment): 5%
Choose an item: Approximate percentage of time incumbent spends in "on-the-job" travel, excluding commuting to regular work location: 30%-40% traveling between work sites, home visits, and/or attending required local and state meetings/training programs.
Working Conditions
Typical office environment in addition to home visits that require travel to a variety of urban neighborhoods; regular exposure to varying weather conditions.