Supervising PHA

City of New York • Long Island City, NY

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About The Position

The ACE (Assess. Connect. Engage.) Team within the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections provides partner services to people newly diagnosed with HIV, including identifying, locating, and notifying their partners and offering HIV testing. The team also links newly diagnosed people to clinical care and conducts outreach to HIV providers and community-based organizations. Its work includes educating providers and community members about HIV laws and regulations and supporting timely reporting, linkage, and services for patients and partners.

The Supervising Public Health Advisor provides direct supervision to Public Health Advisors and supports case investigation, partner services, linkage to care, and surveillance data collection. The role also participates in disease outbreak or emergency response activities, which may include contact tracing, patient and provider interviews, and medical record reviews.

Only permanent employees in the title and candidates reachable on the Supervising Public Health Adviser civil service list are eligible to apply. Depending on the position, employees may be able to work from home up to two days during the week.

Requirements

• Meet one of the following qualification pathways: a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience in a public health program involving case finding, case management, interviewing, investigating, or related public health work, including one year in a supervisory capacity; an associate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 12 semester credits in health education or health, social, or biological sciences, and four years of the described experience, including one year in a supervisory capacity; a high school diploma or equivalent and six years of the described experience, including one year in a supervisory capacity; or equivalent education and/or experience.
• Under the education and experience substitution provisions, candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent and at least two years of the described experience, including one year in a supervisory capacity.
• Undergraduate college credit may substitute for experience at 30 semester credits for one year of full-time experience; 12 credits in health, social, or biological sciences may substitute for an additional six months of experience.
• Only permanent employees in the title and candidates reachable on the Supervising Public Health Adviser civil service list are eligible to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision to Public Health Advisor staff, including case reviews and case management.
• Conduct supplemental case investigation and partner services for assigned Public Health Advisors.
• Interview people diagnosed with HIV to identify HIV-exposed partners, locate and notify partners, and conduct rapid HIV, HCV, and syphilis testing for notified partners in mobile settings.
• Connect people newly diagnosed with HIV to clinical care.
• Use HIV transmission network data to identify and reach people not in care, including through contact tracing.
• Connect people not in HIV care with HIV clinical care providers.
• Locate and trace people diagnosed with HIV who are out of care and connect them to clinical care.
• Engage people diagnosed with HIV and their partners with HIV prevention and ancillary services.
• Link HIV-negative partners to PrEP providers for evaluation and counseling.
• Collect HIV case data to meet surveillance and case investigation requirements, including through record reviews and patient and provider interviews.
• Serve in an activated role and be reassigned to work related to the NYC Health Department’s disease outbreak response or to an emergency role within Surveillance/Epidemiology or Clinical Operations groups.
• During disease outbreaks or emergency response, conduct patient and provider interviews and medical record reviews to collect surveillance and case investigation data.
• Conduct contact tracing and notification efforts during disease outbreaks.

Benefits

• Premium-free health insurance plan; the posting states it saves employees over $10,000 annually based on a 2024 assessment.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union or benefit fund.
• Public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• Tax-deferred savings program.
• Worksite Wellness Program.
• Depending on the position, the ability to work from home up to two days during the week.
• Job security compared with private sector employment.

What This Job Offers

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