Equal Opportunity Employer
The mission of the Health Federation of Philadelphia is to promote health equity for marginalized communities by advancing access to high-quality, integrated, and comprehensive health and human services. Health equity is at the heart of all our work. We believe in and are firmly committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, disability, sex or gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, military or veteran status. This commitment applies to all aspects of the Health Federation of Philadelphia’s employment practices, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promotion.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS
Responsibilities/Duties
- Conduct programmatic activities working closely with the HIV/AIDS Priority Clinic team members;
- Comply with all program protocols;
- Complete AHS orientation and all mandatory trainings of program to guarantee appropriate competency in program requirements;
- Obtain verbal consent from patients for HIV testing or documentation of reason for refusal;
- Provide one-on-one and group-centered education on HIV/AIDS, risk behaviors, substance use and harm reduction;
- Administer rapid HIV test to patients who have consented and perform fingerstick confirmatory and baseline testing as indicated;
- Provide HIV results and post-test counseling to patients;
- Facilitate linkages to HIV social worker for HIV-positive and high risk HIV-negative patients, and linkages to HIV care centers as needed;
- Facilitate linkages to care for HIV-positive patients referred from community-based organizations, or self-referred;
- Facilitate linkages to PrEP services for high-risk patients testing negative;
- Follow-up with patients, health center social workers or service providers and agencies to determine outcome of referrals;
- Establish and maintain relationships with providers to ensure appropriate referrals and outreach;
- Provide accurate information to the community about HIV transmission, prevention and testing;
- Keep accurate and comprehensive charts on patients, including information on patient interviews, counseling sessions, referrals and HIV counseling and testing;
- Perform accurate data entry using internal database or manually submit paperwork in a timely fashion;
- Participate in HIV priority team, staff and program meetings, site visits with funders and required trainings;
- Adhere to the HIV program harm reduction approach (meeting people where they are and withholding judgment about choices they make; etc.);
- Provide services in accordance with the standards set by Ambulatory health Services;
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Education
High School Diploma or equivalent
Skills/Experience
Preferred skills
- Ability to work fluidly to deal with different cultural norms, educational backgrounds, and professional skills;
- Ability to perform tests involving bodily fluids;
- Ability to engage staff and patients in no-condescending and empowering way;
- Have strong conflict resolution skills;
- Highly motivated, detail-oriented with good communication and computer skills
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Dynamic, creative, flexible, ability to learn and adapt
Work Environment:
Standard office setting with extended periods at workstation and periodic use of office equipment.
Position Type and Work Schedule:
Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
DISCLAIMER
The Health Federation reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the Company desires. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by an employee assigned to this position. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, responsibilities and/or skills to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This job description is not an employment contract, implied, or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “at will.” The aforementioned job requirements are subject to change to reasonably accommodate qualified disabled individuals.
The Health Federation of Philadelphia (HFP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or preference, marital status or any classification protected by federal, state or local law.