AMENDED IN BUREAU AND JOB DESCRIPTION **
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.
This position involves conducting confidential disease investigation and disease intervention activities for persons diagnosed with, exposed to, or at risk of acquiring certain sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV. Provide education and training to providers and community groups; monitor disease trends; assist with research and evaluation to improve sexual health and wellness.
This position will report to the First Line Supervisor (FLS) or other Supervising Public Health Advisor (SPHA), responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
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)
o Conduct disease investigation with elicited partners
o 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