Primary Purpose:
The HEP/SEP Case Manager is responsible for conducting outreach, overdose prevention training, Hepatitis testing & counseling, distributing and exchanging harm reduction supplies for safer drug use with Malama Pono’s syringe exchange and overdose prevention program participants.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Hepatitis Case Management
· Provide hepatitis testing, counseling, and prevention education.
· Determine client’s eligibility and interest in medical case management services.
· Participate in Hepatitis Free Hawaii and DOH hepatitis efforts
· Maintain and update case management database and meet DOH objectives
· Keep documentation of all client contacts, progress, and goals.
· Collaborate and network with correctional facilities, community health centers, and other agencies to provide hepatitis education.
· Attend community planning group meetings, relevant trainings, and stay current on relevant hepatitis research.
Syringe Exchange Program Management
· Provide overdose prevention education and naloxone distribution to program participants.
· Maintain Narcan vending machine supplies.
· Teach individuals and groups how to prevent, recognize the signs of, and respond to a drug overdose.
· Provide individual syringe exchange appointments.
Required Qualifications:
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
· Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
· Good interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
· Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, clients, and outside contacts from a wide variety of ethnic, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds.
Education:
· LPN or Certified Medical Assistant
Preferred Qualifications:
· Background in STI testing
· Training in substance use, harm reduction, and dual diagnosis.
· Extensive knowledge of Kauai.
Required Work Cards/Certifications:
· Valid Hawaii Driver’s License and clean three-year (3-year) Driver’s Abstract.
· TB Clearance
· Must provide relevant education certifications
