Outreach Services Associate

Northwell Health; Manhasset (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in Manhasset, NY, is seeking a health outreach professional to coordinate patient appointments and community engagement activities. You will collect data for reports and support orientation and documentation processes.

Responsibilities include building relationships with community partners, coordinating testing events and health fairs, and promoting stigma-free sexual health services within diverse populations.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Associate’s degree in Public Health, Health Education, Human Services, Social Work, Community Health, or related field preferred.
• 0-1 years of relevant experience required.
• Experience in HIV/STI prevention or community outreach preferred.
• Ability to work with diverse populations in a respectful, nonjudgmental manner.

Responsibilities

• Contacts patients and schedules appointments for consultations, agency meetings and/or diagnostic tests.
• Collects and organizes data for statistical reports and completes reports as required.
• Attends and participates in meetings as appropriate.
• Sets up files and maintains records.
• Provides incoming and in-process orientation.
• Coordinate community outreach activities to increase awareness of HIV, HCV, Syphilis, PrEP, PEP, sexual health and prevention services.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community-based organizations, shelters, healthcare facilities, schools/colleges, social service agencies and partners.
• Identify opportunities for testing events and outreach in communities with increased need.
• Assist with planning health fairs, mobile testing events, educational presentations, and outreach initiatives.
• Support culturally responsive and stigma-free approaches to sexual health education and testing.

Skills

Communication skills

Cultural competency

Public health knowledge

Client-facing experience

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate's degree in Public Health or related field (preferred)

Job description

Job Description

Contacts and schedules patient/client’s appointments for consultations, meetings with community agencies and/or diagnostic tests. Sets-up and maintains files and records. Collects and organizes statistical reports.

Job Responsibility

• Contacts patients; schedules appointments for consultations, agency meetings and/or diagnostic tests.
• Collects and organizes data required for statistical reports and completes reports, as required.
• Attends and participates in meetings as appropriate.
• Sets-up files and maintains records.
• Provides incoming and in-process orientation.
• Based on position, may be required to provide bi-lingual translation and/or guidance.
• Coordinate community outreach activities designed to increase awareness of HIV, HCV, Syphilis, PrEP, PEP, sexual health, and available prevention services.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community-based organizations, shelters, healthcare facilities, schools/colleges when appropriate, social service agencies, and other community partners.
• Identify opportunities for testing events and outreach activities in communities with increased need.
• Assist with planning health fairs, mobile testing events, educational presentations, and targeted outreach initiatives.
• Support culturally responsive and stigma-free approaches to sexual health education and testing. Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Associate's degree in Public Health, Health Education, Human Services, Social Work, Community Health, or a related field preferred.
• 0-1 years of relevant experience, required.
• Experience working in HIV/STI prevention, community outreach, public health, sexual health, infectious diseases, or a related field strongly preferred.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse populations and provide services in a respectful, nonjudgmental, and stigma-free manner.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).