Job Description:
PREVENTION NAVIGATOR
(Healthcare)
Bebashi - Transition to Hope (Non-Profit)
Philadelphia, PA
Bebashi-Transition to Hope is a multi-purpose
health and social services agency. We provide culturally sensitive
health-related information, direct services, education, research,
and technical assistance to reduce and eliminate HIV/AIDS as well as
other health disparities, such as breast cancer and hunger, within
the urban community of Philadelphia and vicinity.
Bebashi Transition to Hope is seeking A Prevention
Navigator to work with clients in underserved communities,
primarily African American and Latino communities.
PREVENTION NAVIGATOR Job Summary:
The Prevention Navigator engages and works with high-risk
individuals and groups to provide HIV/STI testing, navigation
services, outreach and prevention education in an effort to prevent
new HIV infections.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
• Maintain strict confidentiality.
• Screen high-risk persons testing HIV negative for eligibility
to participate in Navigation Services.
• Test for HIV, STIs, and pregnancy while conducting short-term
pre- and post-counseling sessions.
• Conduct outreach and/or testing during non-traditional working
hours, up to midnight
• Prepare clients for and provide them with knowledge of their
HIV infection status.
• Conduct intake, including assessing readiness to engage in
Navigation services.
• Negotiate a relevant risk reduction plan and obtain commitment
from the client to reduce their HIV risk.
• Screen for behavioral health and social services needs
• Screen for PrEP and nPEP and STI testing.
• Provide treatment adherence counseling to clients prescribed
PrEP, nPEP, and remain abreast of national guidelines and local
resources.
• Refer clients to facilities that will provide psychosocial
support and facilitate desired behavioral change.
• Educates and builds relationships with other providers of
service.
• Submit weekly/monthly statistical reports and enter Practice
Fusion data as required
• Maintain a flexible schedule.
• Ability to maintain a caseload of up to thirty clients.
• Determines clients’ requirements by completing intake
interviews; determining the need for therapeutic medical,
psycho-social, and psychiatric evaluations; reviewing therapist
evaluations, treatment objectives, and plans.
• Work evening and weekend assignments when necessary.
• Participate in all training requirements.
• Conduct sexual health presentations and workshops prevention
• Other duties as assigned
