SUMMARY

Responsible for providing HIV and STI/STD prevention education, outreach, behavioral interventions, linkage to care, referral services, and testing to persons living with HIV and/or STI/STDs and person at risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV and/or STI/STD.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.
1. Present current and accurate HIV-related educational information including: definition, identification, statistics, transmission, prevention, management, treatment, resources and testing.
2. Link individuals and their families to HIV and/or STI/STD testing and counseling, as well as other needed services (i.e., Food Pantry, PrEP/nPEP, Support Groups, or Case Management).
3. Provide and participate in education and outreach activities to specifically identify persons living with HIV or those at-risk of acquiring HIV, as well as those affected by or at-risk for acquiring STI/STDs
4. Participate in continuing education on HIV and other STI/STDs, Health Education, HIV Counseling, Testing and Referrals, PrEP, Linkage to Care, and medical treatment advances.
5. Network with other HIV service agencies and local social service agencies to enhance, facilitate, and expand referral and linkage services to clients.
6. Assist in the completion of monthly grant reporting, as directed.
7. Maintain all testing files and other contract mandated forms in accordance with the FDOH.
8. Arrange and store all files in appropriate place prior to being sent to storage for safe keeping complying with the identified retention schedule.
9. Report all newly diagnosed and previously positive test result to Orange County Health Department Surveillance in accordance with FDOH reporting requirements.
10. Work and collaborate with Development Department to increase promotional and marketing messages, as well as maintain up-to-date, relative, and culturally competent promotional materials.
11. Work with case managers, referral specialist, and peer mentors to assess individual client needs and guide clients to benefit from the services available through Ryan White or alternative sources.
12. Refer newly diagnosed HIV and previously diagnosed clients returning to care to linkage and medical care services.
13. Provide HIV testing and counseling, both in office and at offsite locations, including correctional facilities.
14. Identify and establish a variety of effective, targeted outreach venues and sites throughout the assigned counties.
15. Conduct outreach at events and in community locations and hangouts frequented by the program’s target population (Black/African American women and women, Hispanic/Latino women and women, gay and bisexual men/men who have sex with men, transgender women and men).
16. Attend community meetings and conduct guest speaking presentations to inform and increase awareness of the program within the community.
17. Promote and link eligible clients to agency’s medical clinic and patient assistance program.
18. Assist Case Managers, Referral Specialists, and Peer mentors in re-engaging consumers who have fallen out of care. Refer and link “lost to follow-up” consumers to appropriate services
19. Document all client interactions in electronic databases per agency and grant standards.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations maybe made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL OF:

 Modern office practices, procedures, and equipment
 HIPAA laws and confidentiality requirements
 Excel, Word, and basic computer operations
 HIV transmission, prevention and disease process.
 HIV/AIDS prevention strategies
 Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS, TB and Hepatitis as they relate to prevention and medical adherence among special populations
 Resources in the business community

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or an associate degree and one (1) year of HIV or health education experience or a high school diploma or equivalent and two (2) years of HIV or health education experience.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

Performs other work-related duties and special projects as assigned.