Men’s Health Foundation connects men at risk to comprehensive healthcare and wellness through education, collaboration, and advocacy. Inspiring and empowering all men to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. We see a world where inequity and stigma do not separate men from healthcare. At Men’s Health Foundation, we are reimagining men’s healthcare.
Job Description Overview Under the supervision of the MCC Program Manager and Nurse Clinical Supervisor, the Medical Care Manager (MCM) conducts assessments, provides integrated care planning, and monitors patient progress. Additionally, the MCM provides brief interventions focused on patient education, treatment adherence, side effects management as well as educating patients about nutrition, co-infections, preventative care, and risk reduction. The MCM Nurse does not focus on clinical nursing duties.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities (This list may not include all the duties assigned.)
Collaborate with the Men’s Health Foundation clinical and MCC teams to ensure patients living with HIV have access to high-quality medical care.
Conduct integrated, comprehensive assessments to assess each patient's medical and biopsychosocial needs, barriers to HIV treatment access and adherence, and HIV risk reduction.
Provide brief interventions to increase treatment adherence and to support patients in managing medication side effects.
Develop materials and provide health education to patients and members of their support network about nutrition, co-infections, preventative care, risk reduction, and other topics as needed.
Support MCC team members to ensure a positive, seamless care experience for patients.
Collaborate with MHF staff to facilitate patient referrals.
Coordinate with outside service providers to ensure patients have access to a comprehensive continuum of care.
Maintain complete and accurate files on all clients and document services provided using all required documentation methods.
Prepare and submit reports as required promptly.
Attend staff meetings, case conferences, in-services, and other meetings as directed.
Oversee transportation needs within the MCC program.
Provide referral and linkage to partner services, i.e. intimate partner violence, medical services, HIV testing.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications LVN meets minimum requirements; a valid license as a registered nurse (RN) or LVN in the state of California is preferred.
Candidates must have at least three years of working in HIV clinic services and excellent knowledge of HIV disease, current treatment modalities, and HIV medical care guidelines.
Experience with general chronic disease care/ management preferred.
Knowledge of the effects of psychosocial needs, trauma history, and cognitive/behavioral/motivational functioning on health-related behavior and exhibiting ability to intervene appropriately and effectively.
Excellent communication and organizational skills; strong written and interpersonal skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
Strong commitment to the Mission and Vision of Men’s Health Foundation.
Demonstrated ability to provide services to people of diverse races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, nationalities, economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking skills, immigration status, housing status, and physical abilities in a multicultural environment.
Company Requirements Must be able to pass a background check to include a 7-year criminal, 10-year SSN & employer history reference check.
Must have a valid California driver’s license, or Identification.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Must be able to work flexible schedules.
Must accept yearly influenza vaccine or follow standard protocols for infection control if declined.
Must undergo annual testing for tuberculosis as required by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Must comply with organization wide policies and procedures for COVID 19 testing.
Language Skills Must be able to read, write and speak the English language fluently. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Must have the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public in person.
Mathematical Skills Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as dollar totals, monetary conversions, discounts, interest, fractions, decimals, percentages, area, and volume.
Reasoning Ability Ability to solve technical and practical problems and deal with various intangibles in situations where only limited communication, support, information, and access exist. Ability to interpret various instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Computer Skills Must have good computer skills and be proficient in the use of systems to complete correspondence, documents, spreadsheets and presentations, such as Microsoft Outlook and Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
Physical Demands The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is mostly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is constantly required to stand and walk. The employee may be required to climb ladders or stairs, be in high spaces, and/or balance, stop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is in an office environment, workstation, or shared space. The noise level in the work environment is occasionally moderate with occasional high volume.
About the company The Men’s Health Foundation inspires and empowers all men to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. We seek to make health care accessible to men of all races and ethnicities, no matter their economic status.