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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)'s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) oversees the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including testing initiatives; prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives. BHHS works to end viral hepatitis, HIV, and STIs in New York City using an approach that is strengths-based, community-driven, and intersectional, accounting for how factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, sex, and socioeconomic status, among others, come together to impact public health.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Conduct confidential, timely, and accurate disease investigations: - Gather relevant medical (symptoms, treatment, etc.), demographic, and behavioral information from: diagnosing provider, historical health department records, Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO), etc. - Determine case status based on national case definitions established by the Council of State and Territorial epidemiologists (CSTE);
Ensure adequate treatment; - Document case investigation activities in surveillance and cases management system (MAVEN); - Educate providers about reporting requirements, up-to-date treatment, and screening recommendations;
Conduct confidential, timely, and accurate disease intervention:
Provide patient education sessions, including risk reduction strategies;
Partner elicitation (contact tracing) *Conduct disease investigation with elicited partners *Referral for testing and preventative treatment
Collect behavioral information;
Conduct expanded interviews for special projects and evaluations;
Perform phlebotomy, HIV Rapid Screening Tests and STI rapid screening in a clinical and/or field setting;
Referral for additional services (hepatitis screening, prenatal care, expedited partner therapy, social work, etc.);
Linkage to care services (HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), etc;
Document all disease investigation activities in surveillance and cases management system (MAVEN);
Participate in the Incident Command System to support emergency response needs as requested; attend all emergency response and ICS trainings.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twelve semester credits in health education, or in health, social or biological sciences; or
2. 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 field investigations, assessing health risks, making referrals, or collecting and analyzing epidemiological data; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or
4. 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. However, 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.
Additional Requirements
A. 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.

Bilingual: English/Spanish or other languages, preferred, but not required.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.