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About the Role
Cornerstone Family Healthcare is actively recruiting for a Peer Navigator to join our growing team in Poughkeepsie. The Peer Navigator will support the HCV Patient Navigator in providing screening, testing, and linkage to care for clients within Dutchess, Orange, and Sullivan Counties.
Responsibilities
- Participate in outreach to individuals at high risk at the community level, drug rehabilitation centers, shelters, soup kitchens, and other community-based organizations to publicize program services and recruit potential clients.
- Participate in outreach to community partners.
- Provide referrals and referral follow-up to clients for needed services.
- Work with the HCV Patient Navigator in referring clients for testing, linkage to treatment, and other services.
- Observe and abide by HIPAA Law and agency confidentiality standards.
- Assist program staff in promoting and implementing program services.
- Pass on referrals for HCV testing and counseling to the HCV Patient Navigator.
- Assist program staff in conducting outreach recruitment activities through Social Media, presentations, and networking.
- Provide clients with reminder phone calls for appointments, engagement and re-engagement efforts, transportation, escort, and other supportive services.
- Complete mandated continuing education trainings.
- Assist in program coverage when required.
- Attend and participate in monthly department, All Staff, and other required meetings.
- Be familiar with Cornerstone policies and procedures and the Employee Handbook.
- Maintain confidentiality of all aspects of Cornerstone, including patient confidentiality, financials, and employee relations.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- A High School Diploma with experience in peer education, HCV counseling and/or disease prevention.
- Familiarity with the target population and the geographic area assigned.
- Commitment to undergo training about HIV/HCV/STI, harm reduction, mental health, and community resources.
Location
- Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Work Type
- Part-Time
- Onsite
Education Level
- High School Diploma
Salary/Compensations
- $16.00 per hour
About the Company
- Cornerstone Family Healthcare is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center with a mission to provide high quality, comprehensive, primary and preventative health care services in an environment of caring, dignity and respect to all people regardless of their ability to pay.
- For more than fifty years, Cornerstone has been responsive to meeting the needs of the communities in which we serve with a continued emphasis on the underserved and those without access to health care regardless of race, economic status, age, sex, sexual orientation or disability.