Sexual And Reproductive Health Clinical Nurse

At CCI Health Services, our mission is to deliver high-quality accessible care to our community members, leading the way to a more equitable healthcare report system for everyone. Our vision is a healthy and empowered community for generations to come.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinical Nurse (SRH Nurse), under the direction of the Director of Nursing and the clinical care team, serves as an integral member of the CCI nursing, sexual and reproductive health, and primary care teams. The SRH nurse is responsible for monitoring and ensuring the implementation of the sexual and reproductive health program, assisting, and supporting the CCI clinical team in providing high quality, direct patient care assessments, participating in continuity of patient care and helping to improve patient outcomes through care management, program evaluation and education.

As a member of the health center's integrated care team, the Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinical Nurse fulfills the following KEY FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES for the provision of patient-centered, coordinated care:

• Performs routine nursing care, care coordination and management for CCI's primary care and sexual and reproductive health programs.

• Provides sexual and reproductive health services - including providing evidence-based patient education, conducting comprehensive sexual histories, STI screening and providing treatment per CCI standing orders.

• Lead the ongoing delivery of the Title X program, ensuring compliance with Title X Family Planning program statutes and providing administrative and clinical support to the CCI care teams.

• Responsible for reporting, partnerships and budget management of administering family planning and reproductive health services grants.

• Compiles and validates data for annual reports, analyzes patient feedback and chart audits, and supports clinical quality measure development.

• Facilitates SRH service expansion efforts, including but not limited to comprehensive STI screening and PrEP/PEP services across sites.

• Acts as the primary liaison with Upstream, routinely engaging with teams to implement and audit contraceptive workflows in primary care and develop onboarding training plans.

• Assesses patients within the parameters of their licensure in collaboration with clinicians to identify a patient's healthcare needs and care gaps.

• Adheres to evidence-based care practice guidelines and CCI standards of care.

• Maintains a panel of patients receiving PrEP - coordinating follow-up, labs, prescriptions and or administration of injectable PrEP per CCI standing orders.

• Reviews and reconciles medical and vaccine records.

• Manages a panel of patients, developing care plans, assessing barriers to care, coordinating transitions of care, and supporting the referral process - including utilizing motivational interviewing principles to achieve improved outcomes.

• Executes treatment plans and evaluates results including providing point of care testing, vaccination and medication administration, refilling patient prescriptions and obtaining prior authorizations.

• Attends and participates in meetings, committees, health fairs, events and training as assigned.

• Participates in quality assurance, quality improvement, data reporting and workflow analysis projects as assigned.

• Trains new employees and participates in ongoing training of medical assistants and other support staff.

• Consistently seeks avenues for self-education to maintain compliance with evidence-based practice and advancements in sexual and reproductive healthcare.

• Maintains the patient's electronic medical record within expected timeframes, following CCI standards for charting.

• Provides quality customer service and communicates in a HIPAA compliant, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed manner.

• Works within the policies and procedures of CCI Health Services Inc.

• Performs other duties responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Nursing or designee.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Active RN or LPN (RN preferred) license issued by the State of Maryland Board of Nursing or any state under the Nurse License Compact.

• Current BLS/CPR certification required.

• Sexual and reproductive health experience or other infectious disease experience preferred.

• Written and oral fluency in English.

WHY WORK AT CCI?

• Extensive benefits plan

• Generous PTO Plan

• 403B Retirement Plan+ Employer match up to 4%

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Continuing education assistance; can be used toward obtaining certifications, renewal of certifications, or possible conference attendance.

• Our providers are insured for malpractice under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

CCI Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer