Data Collector, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI

City of New York • Long Island City, NY

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Division of Disease Control's mission is to safeguard the health of New Yorkers through identification, surveillance, treatment, control, and prevention of infectious diseases. The Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections' (BHHS) mission is to improve the lives of New Yorkers by ending transmission, illness, stigma, and inequities related to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections. BHHS accomplishes its mission through 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. The Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) is an HIV surveillance system that selects a representative sample of HIV-diagnosed adults from HIV case surveillance registries. MMP allows data collection from HIV-diagnosed persons on clinical and behavioral information relevant to clinical outcomes, adherence to antiretroviral and other medical treatments, and relevant data on those who are out-of-care, with the ultimate goal of guiding HIV prevention, preventive behaviors, and service utilization. MMP is seeking to add a team member who will be assigned to the following work hours: Tuesday thru Thursday: 12-noon - 8pm, Friday & Saturday: 9 am - 5pm.

Requirements

• 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
• 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
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Patient interview, contact tracing/partner notification, medical record review, and community outreach experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Fluent English and either Spanish or French/Haitian Creole preferred
• NYS Driver's License highly desirable
• Must be able to work alternative hours (evening and weekends).

Responsibilities

• Utilize various data sources to obtain contact information for sampled persons and conduct investigations to attempt to locate sampled persons.
• Engage in outreach efforts to contact and recruit sampled persons to participate in the project.
• Conduct interviews with sampled persons using standard MMP questionnaire.
• Conduct medical record abstraction of sampled persons interviewed for MMP.
• Make appropriate referrals for persons needing linkage to HIV care and partner services, as well as for any identified ancillary services (e.g., housing).
• Timely record all activities in project databases.
• Perform and follow-up on data and project quality assurance activities.

Benefits

• Premium-free health insurance plan
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.
• A public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• A tax-deferred savings program
• A robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level