Hook Up & Bridge (HUB) Infectious Disease Tester
Argus Community Inc•New York, NY
•$0 - $27•Hybrid
About The Position
The HUB Infectious Disease Tester will provide individual client outreach and in-reach, outreach to community organizations, HIV/STI/HEPC testing, linkages for PrEP/PEP, access to iART for clients testing HIV+, and establish HUB client records in AWARDS data base.
Requirements
- Experience conducting infectious disease testing (HIV/HCV).
- At least 2 years of experience testing target population (women, homeless & people who inject drugs).
- Familiar with Harm reduction practices.
Responsibilities
- Conduct HIV and HCV testing on site and in the field (during outreach and or community health fairs).
- Ability to communicate effectively with participants before and after HIV or HCV test.
- Attend all trainings and webinars required in order to provide PrEP and PEP education and referrals when engaging participants.
- Engage participant in harm reduction and risk reduction educational sessions, as well as provide pre and post counseling.
- Ability to go out to required field sites, during all seasons, to provide mobile testing to the community.
- Maintain and track all referrals (internal and external).
- Maintain confidentiality at all times and appropriate record keeping
- Enter data into AWARDS
- Attend community events.
- Other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
