Public Health Advisor

Public Health Advisor

Department: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Division: Disease Control

Bureau: Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, & STIs

Location: NYC-All Boroughs

Reports to Title: Coordinator, Supervising Public Health Advisor, Public Health Epidemiologist

Schedule & Hours: M-F, 8 am-4 pm or 9 am-5 pm

Workplace Flexibility Modality: No option for hybrid or work from home

Work Environment: Office, NYC community (e.g., home visit, clinic/hospital)

Grant End Date: April 30, 2028

Salary: $30 - $34/hr

Who We Are:

The Fund for Public Health in New York City (FPHNYC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to the advancement of the health and well-being of all New Yorkers. To this end, in partnership with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), FPHNYC incubates innovative public health initiatives implemented by DOHMH to advance community health throughout the city. It facilitates partnerships, often new and unconventional, between government and the private sector to develop, test, and launch new initiatives. These collaborations speed the execution of demonstration projects, effect expansion of successful pilot programs, and support rapid implementation to meet the public health needs of individuals, families, and communities across New York City.

Our Culture:

We embrace a culture of learning, collaboration, innovation, and well-being, where open communication drives our impact.

About The Role:

The ACE (Assess. Connect. Engage.) Team within the New York City Department of Health Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) is staffed with Public Health Advisors (PHA). PHA are responsible for providing partner services to approximately 2000 New Yorkers newly diagnosed each year, including the identification, tracing, notification and HIV-testing of their sex and needle-partners. PHA ensures that all newly HIV-diagnosed persons are linked to HIV clinical care. PHA is responsible for outreach to the approximately 2,000 HIV providers and community-based organizations. PHA undertake the continuous education of providers and community members about HIV-related laws and regulations and build/maintain structure for timely reporting of HIV diagnosis and linkage and services for patients and partners to curb further spread of HIV.

About the Program:

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)'s Bureau of Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) oversees the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Across a range of programs and through extensive collaboration with other parts of NYC DOHMH and external stakeholders, BHHS leads testing initiatives; prevention, treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; research and evaluation; training and tech assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Interview HIV-diagnosed persons to elicit HIV-exposed partners, locate and notify partners, and provide HIV rapid testing in mobile settings to notified partners;
• Connect persons with a new HIV diagnosis to clinical care;
• Use HIV transmission network data to identify and reach out to not in care persons, including contact tracing;
• Trace and locate HIV-diagnosed persons who are out-of-care and connect them to clinical care;
• Engage HIV-diagnosed persons and their partners with HIV prevention and ancillary services;
• Link HIV-negative partners to PrEP providers for evaluation and counseling;
• Collect data on HIV cases to fulfill surveillance and case investigation data requirements, including record review, patient and provider interviews;
• Serve in an activated role and reassigned to emergency response work as needed by serving in an emergency within Surveillance/Epidemiology or Clinical Operations groups.
• Other duties as assigned to support overall goals and mission of the department/organization

Requirements:

Physical Requirements: Ability to travel within the 5 boroughs of New York City to visit clients and providers

Minimum Qualifications

1. 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

2. 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/analyzing epidemiological data; or

3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or

4. 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 full-time experience. However, 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 described in "2" above.

Additional Requirements

A. To be assigned to Assignment Level II, candidates must have, in addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements listed 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 Req "2" above.

Preferred Skills

Patient interviewing, contact tracing/partner notification, medical record review, and community outreach experience

Excellent written and oral communication

Fluent English and either Spanish, French, Haitian Creole preferred

NYS Driver's License highly desirable

Must be able to work alternative hours (evening and weekends)

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

FPHNY is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

At-Will Employment Statement:

Employment with FPHNY is at-will, meaning that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. This job description does not constitute a contract of employment.

Residency Requirement:

You must live in the New York City Tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT) to be considered for a position at FPHNY.