Naloxone Program Tech & Outreach Specialist

Agency DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Loan forgiveness eligibility for city,

Public sector benefits and pension

Work from home up to two days per week

Job summary

The NYC Health Department's Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Unit (OENDU) seeks a Technical Assistance Specialist to support opioid overdose prevention programs across NYC. You will guide program implementation, naloxone distribution, data collection, and reporting, and collaborate with BADU staff to recruit OOPPs.

You will also conduct research, maintain records, develop training materials, and help plan surveys while advancing health equity and ensuring high-quality outreach to

Qualifications

• Master's degree in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health.
• Doctorate degree with specialization in an appropriate field and one year of supervisory/administrative or research capacity; or a master's with three years of research experience; two years as City Research Scientist I can be substituted.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and programmatic guidance to registered opioid overdose prevention programs (OOPPs) on program implementation, naloxone distribution, data collection, and reporting.
• Assists with and conducts research, data cleaning, and analysis on factors related to OOPP success and barriers to naloxone distribution in New York City.
• Contribute to the development, design, data collection, and analysis of a yearly survey, and other research projects as needed.
• Maintain records of technical assistance, OOPP dispensing strategies, and other relevant program updates in Microsoft Access Database and Excel.
• Conduct presentations directly to prospective and current OOPP staff.
• Collaborate with other OENDU and BADU staff to recruit organizations working with target populations to become OOPPs, using overdose data to inform recruitment strategy.
• Conduct literature reviews related to naloxone distribution practices.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with OOPP personnel.
• Design and maintain protocols and other technical assistance documents for OOPPs to improve workflows.
• Collaborate with Overdose Prevention Training Team to plan, schedule, and deliver Training of Dispensers for OOPPs and/or Training of Responders for community members as needed.
• Contribute to the development of new materials and resources aimed at preventing overdose and improving OOPP efficiency.
• Assemble naloxone kits to be dispensed in trainings and maintain records for all kits dispensed.
• Provide support for packing and mailing of naloxone kits and training related materials and maintain appropriate records for all kits and material mailed and dispensed.
• Participate in OENDU meetings, including facilitation on a rotating basis.
• Participate in bureau- and agency-wide activities for advancing racial, gender, and social equity and support efforts to center equity in OENDU’s work.
• Represent OENDU in intra-Bureau and Divisional workgroups and meetings and liaise and present to community coalitions.
• Other duties or tasks may be assigned on an as-needed basis

Education

Master's degree in physical, biological, environmental science or public health

Doctorate degree in appropriate field with 1+ year supervisory/leadership or 3 years research experience

Job description

The NYC Health Department's Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Unit (OENDU) seeks a Technical Assistance Specialist to support opioid overdose prevention programs across NYC. You will guide program implementation, naloxone distribution, data collection, and reporting, and collaborate with BADU staff to recruit OOPPs.

You will also conduct research, maintain records, develop training materials, and help plan surveys while advancing health equity and ensuring high-quality outreach to