Job Description

Category: Full – Time | Philadelphia

Job ID #: 22871

Employment Type: Full – Time

Location: Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

Weekends Required? No

Rotation Required? No

On-Call Required? No

Entity: Tabor Acute Care

Department: Immunodeficiency Clinic – TB

Shift: day

Biweekly Hours: 80

Experience Required: 1 – 3 Years

City: Philadelphia

State: PA

Zip Code: 19141-3018

Position Description

Einstein Healthcare Network is a private, not for profit organization with several major facilities and many outpatient centers. Our primary mission is to provide compassionate, high quality healthcare to the greater Philadelphia region. Einstein Healthcare Network promotes wellness. Research has shown that smoking is dangerous to the health of smokers and to others. Einstein campuses are Tobacco and Smoke Free.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Develop policies, procedures, and protocols to systematically increase oral health care utilization and access among HIV patients.
• Partner with leadership and staff in Dental Clinic and IDC to create referral process and enhanced patient access to services.
• Create systems for data tracking for funding requirements and billing activities.
• Engage HIV positive patients in oral health care.
• Collaborate with dental and HIV providers to coordinate comprehensive care.
• Provide patients with education on HIV/AIDS disease acquisition, treatment and prevention services.
• Coordinate professional education for dental residents, providers, and staff on screening, assessment, and treatment of HIV; coordinate professional education for HIV providers on oral health care screening, assessment, and services.
• Revise intake tools and program brochures and materials to include dental and HIV care in each practice.
• Enhance positive healthcare outcomes and community awareness about HIV/AIDS, impacting community health through education, linkage, referrals and direct service delivery.
• Identify and evaluate models that transform sporadic users of health care into regular and continual users of healthcare; and identify effective methods to support and retain clients in care.
• Track progress using Careware database and MS excel as appropriate; use data to identify needs assessment.
• Provide ongoing adherence and retention services and psychosocial support.
• Assist patients in linkage and navigation of the healthcare system; insurance paperwork and co-pay assistance enrollment.
• Disseminate program results and best practices.
• Comply with reporting requirements.
• Participate in discussions in staff meetings and case consultations;
• Promptly attend scheduled staff meetings, in-services and trainings.
• Other projects as assigned
• This position requires providing service to the following age population(s) 13-80 in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individual served.

If you possess the following qualifications, please apply immediately:

• Accredited Social Work or Public Health Program graduate with experience providing education, support, and program referrals to HIV infected/affected persons. (required)
• Knowledge of HIV infection related social and emotional issues, and demonstrates competency in working with culturally diverse, low income, or no income clients and special populations. (required).
• Experience in assisting clients in social services and healthcare access, as well as knowledge and experience in providing HIV/AIDS education and information is preferred, including working knowledge of medical terminology particularly as it relates to HIV disease preferred.

Physical Demands:

• Physical Requirements: Physically active, able to walk in neighborhoods (to homes).
• Visual Requirements: Must be able to see charts, read numbers from a distance, and read small print and have visual dexterity to work with computers.
• Hearing Requirements: Able to hear client?s comments and concerns, able to use telephone for conversations with clients.
• Working Conditions: To share office with other staff; however most often in the community

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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