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About the Role
The Public Health Advisor, L2 will work in one of the Bureau's Quickie Labs and report directly to the Express Clinic Supervisor. The mission of the Bureau of Public Health Clinics is to promote a healthy community by providing New Yorkers with the resources needed to make informed and empowered health decisions; identify and treat tuberculosis and provide immunization and sexual health services regardless of ability to pay or immigration status.
Responsibilities
- Manage collection rooms, disinfect surface areas after each collection.
- Perform HIV rapid INSTI tests.
- Provide HIV test results.
- Prepare specimen collection kits for patients.
- Deliver specimens to Quickie Lab.
- Answer patient questions and inquiries.
- Review patients' reasons for visit.
- Conduct confidential advising of patients diagnosed with STI, HIV or Covid; refer for follow-ups, as appropriate.
- Enter data into the EMR/EPIC: Post patient results and other information, when applicable.
- Establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with staff and management to meet employee and client needs and objectives.
Requirements
- ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISER CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twelve semester credits in health education, or in health, social or biological sciences.
- Satisfactory completion of training in phlebotomy or other necessary procedures may be required for certain assignments.
- Certification in HIV counseling may be required for certain other assignments.
- Public Health Advisers are required to have an annual health assessment.
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and six months of full-time satisfactory experience in a health promotion or disease intervention/prevention program, performing one or more of the following: interviewing, conducting community investigations, assessing health risks, making referrals, or collecting and analyzing epidemiological data.
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in '2' above.
- Education and/or experience equivalent to '1', '2' or '3' above.
- Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of full-time experience.
- All candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and either twelve semester credits as described in '1' above or six months of experience as described in '2' above.
- To be assigned to Assignment Level II, candidates must have, in addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements listed above, at least one year of experience as a Public Health Adviser, Assignment Level I, or at least one additional year of experience as described in Qualification Requirement '2' above.
Skills
- HIV rapid INSTI tests
- HIV counseling
- Phlebotomy
- EMR/EPIC data entry
- Health promotion
- Disease intervention/prevention
- Interviewing
- Community investigations
- Assessing health risks
- Making referrals
- Collecting and analyzing epidemiological data
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Assignment Level I
- Assignment Level II
Education Level
- Baccalaureate degree
- Four-year high school diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- USD 54799 - USD 63019
Benefits
- Premium-free health insurance plan
- Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.
- Public sector defined benefit pension plan
- Tax-deferred savings program
- Robust Worksite Wellness Program
About the Company
- The mission of the Bureau of Public Health Clinics is to promote a healthy community by providing New Yorkers with the resources needed to make informed and empowered health decisions; identify and treat tuberculosis and provide immunization and sexual health services regardless of ability to pay or immigration status.
- It is also the Bureau's vision to provide timely, accessible, high-quality, equitable and respectful care that helps improve the lives of our patients and contributes to a healthier community.
- Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the U.S., dedicated to protecting and improving the health of NYC.
- Our mission is to safeguard the health of every resident and cultivate a city where everyone, regardless of age, background, or location, can achieve their optimal health.
- We provide a wide array of programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and social justice initiatives.
- As the primary population health strategist and policy authority for NYC, with a rich history of public health initiatives and scientific advancements, from addressing the 1822 yellow fever outbreak to the COVID-19 pandemic, we serve as a global leader in public health innovation and expertise.
- Come join us and help to continue our efforts in making a difference in the lives of all New Yorkers!
Equal Opportunity
- The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
- The NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals.
- To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact Sye-Eun Ahn, Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, at [email protected] or 347-396-6549.