Who We Are:
Since 1985, BHCHP’s mission has been to ensure unconditionally equitable and dignified access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. Over 12,000 homeless individuals are cared for by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program each year. We are committed to ensuring that every one of these individuals has access to comprehensive health care, from preventative dental care to cancer treatment. Our clinicians, case managers, and behavioral health professionals work in more than 60 locations to serve some of our community’s most vulnerable—and most resilient—citizens.
From our earliest days as a program, we have always sought to do work that is transformational: recognizing our shared humanity; centering dignity, compassion, mutual respect and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care and every staff member to reach their fullest potential. We continue to be committed to building bridges and breaking down barriers, including systemic racism which harms us all. We provide community-based health care services that are compassionate, dignified, and culturally appropriate, incorporating social determinants of health, with the goal of breaking down the physical and systemic barriers that our patients face.
Bilingual, Bicultural, LGBTQIA identifying, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are encouraged to apply.
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Job Summary:
Hours: Full- time, 8:00 am-5:30 pm
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We are looking for an Infectious Disease (ID) Outreach Nurse experienced in infectious disease care and passionate about public health and harm reduction for a unique opportunity working on an innovative multidisciplinary team dedicated to supporting successful outpatient management of serious injection related infections among people experiencing homelessness.
You will collaborate directly with hospital teams and outpatient Infectious Disease Specialists to provide care coordination and intensive adherence support for outpatient antibiotic therapy. As part of a multidisciplinary outreach team, you will provide case management in a variety of outreach settings (including shelters, outreach clinics, drop-in centers, and the street as needed) to ensure successful completion of antibiotic therapies as well as successful attendance at medical follow up visits.
In this role, you will meet with patients while in the hospital to build rapport and help develop patient centered care plans and provide contingency planning in the case of patient directed discharges. In the outpatient setting, you will follow patients until completion of antibiotic therapy and assist with linkage to comprehensive harm reduction, HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) prevention and treatment services, and primary care.
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Who We Are:
Since 1985, BHCHP’s mission has been to ensure unconditionally equitable and dignified access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. Over 12,000…
***NOW OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS***
***NOW OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS***
There is an additional compensation of seven thousand five hundred dollars added to your base hiring rate for demonstrated bilingual proficiency
There is an additional compensation of seven thousand five hundred dollars added to your base hiring rate for demonstrated bilingual proficiency