Clinic Case Manager - Austin, United States - Vivent Health

Vivent Health

Verified Company

Austin, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Get ready for something extraordinary Picture this - You've got 6 weeks of paid time off in your first year, plus 12 days of paid holidays.

That's just the beginning of the perks at Vivent Health.

There is 401k with 100% employer match up to 5%, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, employer subsidized medical, dental, vision benefits, and gender-affirming care benefits.

And that's not even scratching the surface.

Our complete package also includes employer paid short and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement, certification, and licensure assistance, and so much more.

We also offer benefits for part-time roles

But here's the real deal. Your journey with Vivent Health isn't just a job.

It's a chance to join an organization, to be a part of something bigger, and make meaningful impact in our communities and the lives of the amazing patients we serve.

Here are a few highlights of what working at Vivent Health may offer you:

Professional Growth: Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
Collaboration on an interdisciplinary team: Within our integrated HIV care and prevention model, we employ a high level of collaboration across disciplines. That means that, in your role, you will have the opportunity to be exposed to whole personcare across medical, behavioral health, pharmaceutical, research, and more
Delivery of quality patient care: Our integrated HIV care and prevention model is proven to help patients achieve positive health outcomes.

Working at Vivent Health, you can truly serve the underserved and become an impactful part of their health journey.

Position Purpose

The Clinic Case Manager provides a wide range of intensive, client-centered services to persons with HIV/AIDS within a clinic setting to ensure access to and retention in healthcare, and to address medical, psycho-social, and/or other issues that present obstacles or barriers to care.

The Clinic Case Manager is part of a care team that includes physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, behavioral health therapists, dental care providers, and other care providers.

The Clinic Case Manager is an integral part of Vivent Health's Medical Home, working as Care Coordinator and Team Leader for enrolled patients.

Essential Functions

Within an HIV Medical Home environment, work with a team of physicians, nurses, and other practitioners to optimize access to care by persons with HIV infection and to provide necessary education, support, referral, and guidance so that patients can more readily improve their health status.
Provide HIV medical case management services, in compliance with State and agency standards, to persons with HIV infection within the clinical setting

This includes:

Comprehensive assessment to determine health and psychosocial needs.
Assessment of benefits, insurance, and other payer status and provision of assistance to access benefits programs.
Development of an individualized service/care plan to improve patient's health status and plan monitoring to assess progress towards goals.
Coordination of and referral to needed medical treatments or specialty care and followup to these.
Provision of assistance, advice, and/or referral (when appropriate) to Community Case Managers or Housing staff to address housing needs.
Provision of treatment adherence counseling.
Provision of interventions needed to retain the patient in care.
Provision of HIV, chronic disease, and general health education to expand the patient's health literacy and improve general health.
Maintaining compliance with case management standards for clients/patients assigned, including performing reviews and reassessments as required, updating service plans, and maintaining contact as required by client's acuity level.
Meet with patients/clients immediately before or after their medical appointments to address any identified needs; all patients are eligible for this brief review, regardless of their eligibility for formal case management services.
Collaborate extensively with Medical Home team and clinic personnel to identify and address issues, to ensure that patients obtain appropriate and timely access to care, and to maximize adherence to and retention in care. Coordinate communication with clinical staff, clinical support staff, and external disease management as appropriate.
Educate, assess, and enroll eligible patients in Medical Home; coordinate care for enrolled patients on the provider team, to ensure that monthly touches, team staffing's, care plan development and monitoring, SBIRT activities, and annual assessments are accomplished and that patients are retained in care.
Through training, become "specialized" in a particular area of interest(s) connected to department and client/patient need, thereby becoming an expert and lead in said specialization(s). Such specializations include 340b, SBIRT, and New Patient Orientation, among others.
Maintain appropriate client/pat