Patient Navigator

In partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx our teams handle more than 156,000 outpatient visits, more than 50,000 emergency room visits and more than 7,500 admissions annually in the 232-bed facility. The hospital maintains an academic affiliation with the James J. Peters VA Medical Center.

Responsibilities:

Primary Function:

The person hired for this position with assist in the planning, executing, and clean-up of regularly scheduled hospital- and community-based HIV testing events. Tasks will include:

• Identification of community health fairs, event promotion, ordering of materials, booking event space and coordinating with event space staff.

• Interact with clients to perform & document rapid, point-of-care HIV testing in accordance with hospital, local and state requirements and guidelines.
• Provide clients receiving rapid, point-of-care tests appropriate pre- and post- counseling and education. Responsible for linking newly diagnosed HIV+ to care in the Jacobi or North Central Bronx HIV clinics for immediate antiviral treatment.
• Responsible for linking eligible patients to the appropriate clinical outpatient care. This includes clients with newly diagnosed HIV+, out of care HIV+, sexually transmitted diseases, and clients interested in PrEP and/or PEP.
• Provide counseling & PrEP/PEP education for HIV- clients.
• Responsible for PrEP 6 month's re-assessment of patients enrolled into the PrEP program.
• Responsible for all EMR data entry, partner notification and quality improvement efforts.
• Coordinate patient referrals to CBO's for continued counseling of high risk patients.
• Participation in focus group and individual interviewing of patients for program enhancement.
• Attend Job related education training/seminaries.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Support the Program Manager and the Clinical Care Coordinator as needed to provide support to our HIV- and HIV+ clients.

Organizational Relationships:

Reports to the Program Manager in regard to HIV testing events and to the Program Director for clinical issues.

Works collaboratively with other Patient Navigators, Clinical Care Coordinator, Follow-up office, hospital staff, volunteers & interns affiliated with the PS21-2102 Grant.

Qualifications:

Minimum of a College Degree is required

Preferred:

Cultural competence with the LGBTQ community

English and Spanish skills

Identification with BIPOC

Proof of Covid-19 vaccination required prior to hire

EOE M/F/D/V