What are the responsibilities and job description for the HIV /HCV Tester position at BOOM!Health?
Job Title: HIV/HCV Tester
Job Description:
The HIV/HCV tester for our SHE Women’s program focuses on providing low income, colored, minority women with access to HIV/HCV testing, pre and post counseling for women, PrEP n PEP education, risk assessment and linkage to medical care via in person and remote. The tester will outreach women in the community at Women’s shelters, SRO’s and other Women’s CBO’s to test and link to care utilizing PPE equipment and following all social distancing guidelines
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to;
- Conduct female HIV and HCV testing on site and in the field (during outreach and or community health fairs), while using PPE and following social distancing mandates.
- Ability to communicate effectively with participants before and after HIV or HCV test via phone, teleconference and ZOOM.
- Attend all trainings and webinars required in order to provide PrEP and PEP education and referrals when engaging participants
- Engage participant in harm reduction and risk reduction educational sessions as well as provide pre and post counseling via in person, phone, teleconference or ZOOM.
- Ability to go out to required field sites, during all seasons, to provide mobile testing to the community using PPE and following social distancing mandates.
- Maintain and track all referrals (internal and external)
- Maintain confidentiality at all times and appropriate record keeping - Enter data into AIRS daily
Qualifications/Criteria:
*Experience w/ female infectious disease testing (HIV/HCV) *At least 2 years of experience testing female target population (homeless & people who inject drugs). *Familiar with Harm reduction practices.
Demonstrated adequate written and verbal skills. Knowledge of community resources helpful.
Understanding of and commitment to harm reduction theory and practice. Must demonstrate a commitment to advocacy and activism, particularly in the crises of HIV/AIDS, homelessness and drug policy.
*We follow the NYC Workplace Vaccination requirements.
Please visit our website: www.boomhealth.org for information about the company.
Compensation competitive; based on clinical ability & experience.
Excellent benefits, including Major Medical, Dental, Pension match after 1 year.
Close to all public transportation.
We are a Drug-Free Workplace. All candidates are subject to a drug test.
NYC law prohibits us from requiring you to share information about your current or past salary. Although we may discuss salary expectations with you, you should not interpret any of our questions as seeking or requiring information about your current or past salary.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Work Location: One location