Supervising PHA

City of New York • New York, NY

17h • $63,065 - $72,525

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, tracing, and notifying their partners and offering HIV testing. The team also links newly diagnosed people to HIV clinical care, supports outreach to HIV providers and community-based organizations, and educates providers and community members about HIV laws and regulations. Its work supports timely reporting, care linkage, and services for patients and their partners.

The Supervising Public Health Advisor supervises Public Health Advisors and provides case review, case management, and supplemental investigation and partner services. The position also performs interviews, contact tracing, testing, care linkage, and surveillance data collection. The incumbent may be activated or reassigned to support disease outbreaks or other emergency response work in Surveillance/Epidemiology or Clinical Operations.

This posting is open only to permanent employees in the title and candidates reachable on the Supervising Public Health Advisor civil service list.

Requirements

• Eligibility is limited to permanent employees in the title and candidates reachable on the Supervising Public Health Advisor civil service list.
• One qualifying pathway is a bachelor's 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; one year must be in a supervisory capacity.
• An alternative pathway is 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 qualifying experience, including one year in a supervisory capacity.
• An alternative pathway is a high school diploma or equivalent and six years of qualifying experience, including one year in a supervisory capacity.
• Education and/or experience equivalent to the listed pathways may qualify, subject to the stated minimum requirements.
• 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.
• All candidates must have a high school diploma or equivalent and at least two years of qualifying experience, including one year in a supervisory capacity.

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 in mobile settings.
• Connect people with a new HIV diagnosis 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.
• Trace and locate 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 review and patient and provider interviews.
• Serve in an activated role or be reassigned to support the NYC Health Department's disease outbreak response or emergency work in Surveillance/Epidemiology or Clinical Operations.
• Conduct patient and provider interviews and medical record reviews during disease outbreaks or emergency responses to collect surveillance and case investigation data.
• Conduct contact tracing and notification during disease outbreaks.

Benefits

• Premium-free health insurance plan.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available depending on the position's associated union or benefit fund.
• Public sector defined benefit pension plan.
• 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