Bilingual Prevention Navigator

Description

Are you seeking a career with a growing company, a place where you can make an impact in the community? Then Positive Impact Health Centers is the company for you.

What makes us different? We offer our employees the following:

· 1 Health Wellness day per quarter

· Parental Leave

· Free parking at our locations/bus line accessibility

· Competitive Salary & Benefits

· Automatic 3% Safe Harbor & 2% Profit Sharing (Retirement Program)

· 100% allotted for benefit elections for employees, 50% allotted for benefit elections for employees' spouse/dependents

· Credit Union 

Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services. The PIHC model of care assures that persons with HIV have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes.

JOB SUMMARY: This position will provide Prevention navigation services, including but not limited to HIV/STI 

testing, pre- and post-test counseling, condom education and distribution, and referrals and/or linkage to prevention and essential services for high-risk HIV-negative persons and persons living with HIV. This position has a mandatory outreach requirement. Staff are required to participate in off-site community outreach activities, including evenings and weekends as needed, and must 

provide HIV testing, pre-and post-test counseling, and linkage to rapid entry HIV medical care services during outreach events in accordance with PIHC and funder requirements. This position will provide rapid entry into HIV care services at PIHC, off-site, and through self-based testing in confidential, one-on-one sessions with clients while maintaining the pre-counseling protocol of 

no more than 30 minutes per session. This position will fully support the PIHC PrEP program by providing PrEP and PEP education; linkage to same-day services; retention and re-engagement to PrEP care; and administrative support. Staff will utilize established Rapid Entry and Reengagement in Care protocols to link clients to prevention and essential services. This position will track linkage or re-engagement for up to 90 days to ensure clients access their first medical appointment; document all linkage and navigation services; and notify the local health department of all HIV-positive clients for Partner Services. This position reports directly to Prevention Program Manager I and supports targeted Prevention program objectives. This position requires fluency in Spanish and English to effectively serve PIHC’s diverse client population. The Bilingual Prevention Navigator will provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services, including interpretation, translation of prevention education materials, direct client navigation in Spanish to reduce barriers to HIV/ST testing, PrEP & PEP access, and rapid entry to care. 

This position description should not be interpreted as all inclusive. It is intended to identify the major responsibilities and requirements of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this position description.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide direct HIV/STI testing, counseling, PrEP education, and linkage services in Spanish, and English to ensure equitable access to prevention and care services.
•  Translate and/ or review prevention materials, consent forms, outreach messaging, and educational resources to ensure linguistic accuracy and cultural responsiveness for Spanish- speaking communities.
• Serve as a cultural liaison to support engagement, retention, and trust-building within Spanish- speaking populations disproportionately impacted by HIV and STIs. 
•  Conducts HIV Counseling (CTL) sessions in a non-judgmental manner and with fidelity to the core elements and core components of the HIV Prevention Counseling Standards
•  Conducts offsite testing in a sex positive manner in non-traditional settings during non traditional work hours 
• Provide effective condom education. Distribute condoms to target HIV-infected persons and persons at highest risk of acquiring HIV
•  Provides education on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and ensures persons eligible for PrEP if interested are linked to PrEP. 
• Be able to answer general questions about PrEP for both agency staff and for clients, attend community events to promote PrEP, and assist with PrEP marketing strategies.
• Provide PrEP navigation and linkage including screening for eligibility, completing all required documentation and paperwork, and collecting all required fees. 
• Coordinate enrollment in PIHC’s Rapid Entry Program for the following patients: newly diagnosed with HIV, living with HIV but has never been placed into care, or not currently engaged to care.
• Assess potential barriers to PrEP care and the impact that stigma has on accessing PrEP.
•  Provides education about the importance of medication adherence for persons receiving PrEP medical care. 
• Provides referrals to medication engagement services (ME) about the importance of HIV medical care and medication adherence to persons living with HIV. 
• Collaborate/consult with PIHC clinic staff, medical case managers, and behavioral health staff for care coordination.
• Schedule medial appointments (labs, clinic visits) for patients with the providers and/or nurses, utilizing Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
• Create and update client information into electronic medical system 
• Conduct routine follows calls with PrEP patients and patients receiving HIV medical care. 
• Attend required Prevention navigation training regularly, cultural competency training annually and other applicable agency trainings. 
• Abide by all federal, state, local, and agency policies regarding confidentiality of patient information
• Follows all agency guidelines relating to HIV testing, PrEP protocols, rapid entry services, incentive distribution, and documentation of all program data. 
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor and/or Senior department leadership

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including spelling, grammar, listening, and public speaking.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated fluency in Spanish and English (verbal and written) with the ability to deliver counseling, education and navigation services in both languages in a culturally responsive and trauma-informed manner. 
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team setting.
• Effective problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
•  Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a timely manner.
•  Strong project follow-through and accountability for task completion.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Demonstrates the ability to be a team player.
•  Complies with all personnel policies and procedures, including adherence to the conflict of interest policy as outlined in the Employee Handbook

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, in public health, counseling, psychology, or related field
• Fluent in writing/speaking both Spanish and English

Experience

• Two years of experience working in the field of HIV, PrEP, or public health; or
• Any equivalent combination of proven training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform this job. 

License/Licensure

N/A

TRAVEL: 

• Local travel between PIHC sites and to and from community agencies will be required.

• Occasional travel to events for training and promotion of salient services to AIDS Service 

Organizations. Occasional evening and weekend work is required and working greater 

than 40 hours per week may be required

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or operate computers, objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

NOTES:

Positive Impact Health Centers, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, or covered veteran status. Recreational drugs, weapons and violence are not permitted on agency property or at any agency events or programs. The above job description represents the general nature, primary duties and responsibilities, and qualifications for the work performed by employees within this job, but is not a comprehensive and exhaustive list. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned, and specific duties, responsibilities, and activities within the department.