What are the responsibilities and job description for the Outreach Specialist position at Sandhills Medical Foundation?
Outreach Specialist
Position Overview:
Knowledge/Skill Requirements:
Job Duties:
Supervisory Duties: None
Training:
Additional Requirements:
Disclaimer: Nothing on this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. has been providing quality, comprehensive health care since 1977. We are a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving residents of Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, and Sumter counties. The mission of Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. is to be responsive to community healthcare needs by providing quality, comprehensive, and cost effective healthcare.
Position Overview:
Under the supervision of the Director of Community Development and Programs, the outreach worker will provide culturally sensitive HIV field outreach services to identify individuals who are living with HIV/AIDS but have not entered into the system of care, to assist individuals at risk of HIV/AIDS in becoming aware of their HIV status, and to assist HIV individuals in accessing the continuum of HIV care through facilitated referrals.
Knowledge/Skill Requirements:
- High school diploma with equivalent combination of two (2) years HIV education and experience in community education.
- Some experience in HIV/AIDS related medical/social/testing/prevention issues, including addiction, homelessness, and sexuality.
- Good communication, interpersonal, organizational, and time management skills.
- Ability to help clients with diverse psychosocial needs.
- Motivation and self-direction. Ability to prioritize competing responsibilities in fast paced clinical care setting.
- Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a diverse team.
- Sensitivity to ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, values, beliefs, and behaviors.
- Flexibility with client's priorities, evolving needs, and goals.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Computer literate in a PC environment including the ability to enter and access data relevant to program required to include software data systems
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Job Duties:
- Conduct community HIV and Hepatitis C screenings. Conduct pre/post HIV counseling and testing services utilizing standard testing procedures.
- Maintains accurate & confidential records of all testing information.
- Provides follow-up services for testing recipients in the form of post-test counseling, disclosure of test results and refers as appropriate.
- Deliver outreach services where communities of at- risk populations may gather; this includes preparation and distribution of educational, promotional and recruitment materials.
- Actively seek and recruit persons diagnosed with HIV; engage clients into integrated HIV Primary Care and Behavioral Health services, as needed.
- Act as a resource to provide clients with other health and social supportive services as needed.
- Collaborates with other HIV / Hepatitis C counselors/testers and community development team members.
Supervisory Duties: None
Training:
- The outreach worker will be responsible for attending all mandatory training including evidence-based approaches to self-management support, proactively addressing the needs of patients and families in this community, culturally competency, effective communication, care coordination, OSHA, HIPAA, Risk Management, and HIV/AIDS etc.
Additional Requirements:
- Must have a valid driver license, reliable transportation, and current vehicle insurance.
- Must be willing to work at different SMF locations if requested.
- Ability and willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and Saturdays, as required.
Other Duties as Assigned.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
- Ability to lift and carry up to 30 pounds of educational and meeting setup materials.
- Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to physically write and visually read.
Disclaimer: Nothing on this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. has been providing quality, comprehensive health care since 1977. We are a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving residents of Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, and Sumter counties. The mission of Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. is to be responsive to community healthcare needs by providing quality, comprehensive, and cost effective healthcare.
- 401k
- 401k matching
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- PTO and Sick Leave
