Bilingual Prevention Navigator

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. 

Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services located in Metro Atlanta. The PIHC model of care assures that clients have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes. Services are provided on-site and through telehealth.
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 employee's spouse/dependent
• Credit Union
• *Proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required*

JOB DESCRIPTION 

This position will provide Prevention navigation, including but not limited to, HIV/STI testing, pre/post-test counseling, condom education and distribution, referrals and/or linkage to prevention and essential services for high risk negative persons and persons living with HIV. 

This position will provide rapid entry to HIV care services at PIHC, offsite, and through self-based testing in a confidential, one-on-one session with clients while maintaining the pre-counseling protocol of no more than 30 minutes on average for the session. This position will support the PIHC PrEP program fully by providing PrEP and PEP education; linkage to same-day services; retention and reengagement to PrEP care; and administrative support.

Staff will utilize established Rapid Entry and Re-engagement in Care protocols for linkage to care and prevention and essential services. This position will track linkage or re-engagement for up to 90 days to ensure clients accesses first medical appointment; document linkage and navigation services, notify local health department of all HIV positive clients for Partner Services. This position reports directly to the Prevention Program Manager and relates to targeted Prevention program objectives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Duties and Responsibilities

This list is not exhaustive and may be updated as funding deliverables, clinical/agency

guidelines, and CDC guidelines change.

• 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 nontraditional 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 never in 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 medical appointments (labs, clinic visits) for patients with the providers and/or nurses, utilizing the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
• Enter clients into the electronic medical record (EMR).
• Conduct routine follow-up 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 state, health district 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

Prevention Navigators must have reliable transportation and the willingness to work in nontraditional

settings during non-traditional hours in a sex positive, non-judgmental manner.

Prevention Navigators must be able to transport outreach supplies to offsite testing locations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience working with culturally diverse populations

• Possess excellent communication skills (writing, spelling, listening and speaking)

• Possess excellent organizational skills

• Ability to work independently as well as a part of a team.

• Ability to resolve problems and make decisions.

• Ability to respond to assigned task in a timely manner

• Utilizes good management techniques and time management.

• Ability to follow through with completion of assigned tasks.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Suites.

• Abides by all policies and procedures concerning personnel including conflict of interest policy as outlined in the Employee Handbook.

Minimum Qualifications

• MINIMUM Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, in a public health, counseling, psychology, sociology or related field

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

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:

1. 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.

2. Recreational drugs, weapons and violence are not permitted on agency property or at any agency events or programs.

3. 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 core nature of the job may change at any time with or without notice. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, as specified by the employing entity, with or without reasonable accommodation.