Part-Time Community Wellness Advocate - Family Health Center of Harlem

Part-time COMMUNITY WELLNESS ADVOCATE - Family Health Center of Harlem

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Brief Description

• The Part-time COMPASS Community Wellness Advocate will work closely with HIV-positive patients, as part of an interdisciplinary team to help HIV positive patients address barriers to treatment adherence, viral load suppression and retention in care through home, field and clinic-based visits.

Work Schedule

• Part-time, hybrid schedule: 2 days in office and 1 day remote.

• Engage patients who are newly diagnosed and/or facing barriers to treatment adherence, viral load suppression and/or retention in care.
• Provide accompaniment to patients for healthcare and social service appointments.
• Assist other program staff in screening all patients receiving HIV primary care at Institute sites for COMPASS program eligibility.
• Meet with enrolled and not-yet enrolled patients when they present for medical care, to engage in services and screen for needs.
• Carry out field and clinic-based outreach, to re-engage patients to care.
• Follow program policies and procedures for assigned patients to ensure services are delivered according to program track.
• Assist in completing program intakes, reassessments, care plans, case conferences, adherence assessments and other program services/forms within specified time frames.
• Provide individual and group-based health promotion, treatment adherence counseling, risk reduction counseling and case management to assist patients in decreasing barriers to viral load suppression and retention in care, through home, field and clinic-based visits.
• Screen patients for mental health and substance use treatment needs, refer for needed services.

• High School Diploma required.
• Person with lived experience with HIV and comfortable disclosing experience and history.
• Computer literacy with proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and the ability to handle multiple assignments at any time.
• Ability to generate, interpret and analyze data from multiple sources.
• Knowledge of social services, particular for individuals with HIV, in the NYC area.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

The Institute for Family Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. This job summary is intended to be brief and may not list all the duties and functions required, however, it does highlight the essential requirements. Nothing outlined in this job summary is to be construed as an express or implied contract of employment.

Location:

New York, NY – Family Health Center of Harlem