PHADV Follow-Up

New York City, NY-posted 4 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
Remote • New York City, NY
5,001-10,000 employees
Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
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The Public Health Adviser plays an integral role in providing preventative health services for students in NYC schools. Reporting to the Follow-Up Unit Supervisor, the Public Health Adviser will reach out to parents, vision professionals, and schools on issues related to the student's vision.

  • Responsible for notifying parents of student's vision abnormality identified during a vision screening.
  • Assist parents who have not followed up with a doctor due to financial/insurance problems by providing referrals for low or no cost professional eyecare services.
  • Conduct necessary outreach to community providers to confirm prescriptions and diagnosis and/or obtain return visits for amblyopic children.
  • Obtain updated contact information from schools for students who fail vision screenings.
  • Complete referral forms in a legible manner and ensures letters to the parents are attached to the forms.
  • Educating parents about student's vision impairment and the need to use prescribed glasses if required.
  • Enter data accurately and in a timely manner into Automated Student Health Record (ASHR).
  • Maintains a record of children in OSH's ASHR database whose parents could not be reached by phone.
  • Provides parents with names of medical providers in their area.
  • Arrange meetings with school staff to explain functions of OSH's Vision Follow-Up Unit.
  • Responsible for updating Vision Resource List annually.
  • City Wide travel and flexibility with location of assignment may be required based on programmatic needs.
  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by twelve semester credits in health education or in health, social or biological sciences.
  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, and six months of full-time satisfactory experience in a health promotion or disease intervention/prevention program.
  • A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and four years of full-time satisfactory experience in health promotion or disease intervention/prevention.
  • Education and/or experience equivalent to the above.
  • Experience as a Public Health Adviser (School Health), Assignment Level I.
  • Additional experience in health promotion or disease intervention/prevention.
  • Premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually.
  • Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position's associated union/benefit fund.
  • Public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
  • Tax-deferred savings program.
  • Robust Worksite Wellness Program.
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