- Long Island City, New York, United States
Public Health Advisor in the Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) responsible for partner services, outreach, and linkage to care for newly diagnosed individuals.
Responsibilities
- Interview HIV-diagnosed persons to elicit partners
- Locate and notify partners
- Provide HIV rapid testing in mobile settings
- Connect persons with new HIV diagnosis to clinical care
- Use transmission network data to identify and reach out to persons not in care
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college
- 12 semester credits in health education or related fields
- 6 months of full-time experience in health promotion or disease intervention/prevention program
- Nice to have: Fluent English
- Nice to have: Spanish