Public Health Advisor, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI

City of New York • New York, NY

22h • 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 HIV Epidemiology Program (HEP) is seeking a Public Health Advisor- Level II (PHA II) to assist with internal data quality assurance projects, to serve as a jurisdictional liaison to contact HIV surveillance programs in other jurisdictions for data cleaning and quality projects such as record search, RIDR (Routine Inter-Jurisdictional Deduplication) and any additional CDC designed projects. Additionally, this person would serve as a point of contact for HIV surveillance programs from other jurisdictions. This position would report directly to the Team Lead for Data Quality Assurance. The NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals.

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.
• 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

• Excellent phone and customer service skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to follow protocols and standard operating procedures.
• Ability to understand and follow strict patient confidentiality regulations.
• Proficiency with computers and using several data systems, including data entry.
• Working knowledge of HIV and disease surveillance.
• Experience working with clinicians and other medical providers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct record searches to collect missing data in response to both internal and external requests (i.e., from other jurisdictions) and update Registry appropriately.
• Assist with resolution of duplicate and/or merged cases.
• Conduct other data quality assurance activities as requested.
• Utilize several established tracking systems, maintain documentation that tracks provider inquiries, record searches, and duplicate/merge activities.
• Attend surveillance staff meetings and all other mandatory meetings.
• Perform administrative duties to support the operation of the Surveillance Unit as assigned by supervisor or leadership.
• Staffing phone desk.
• If necessary, serve in emergency roles related to COVID-19 or other public health emergencies, which may include case investigations, epidemiological scientific research data collection, and community engagement 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.
• Public sector defined benefit pension plan
• Tax-deferred savings program
• Robust Worksite Wellness Program
• Loan Forgiveness
• Work From Home Policy (up to two days per week)

What This Job Offers

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