Public Health Advisor, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI

THIS POSITION IS OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISER ONLY.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)’s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) oversees the City’s response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Its mission is to improve the lives of New Yorkers by ending transmission, illness, stigma, and inequities related to viral hepatitis, HIV, and STIs. BHHS’s work includes testing initiatives;

prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives. New York City (NYC) has the largest and most diverse HIV epidemic in the United States. To effectively reduce HIV transmission and HIV-related morbidity and mortality, accurate surveillance data is required to guide public health decision-making.

Additionally, surveillance case counts determine the allocation of millions of dollars of resources for HIV prevention as well as treatment and support services for HIV-infected persons. The HIV Surveillance Unit in the HIV Epidemiology Program (HEP) is responsible for the surveillance of HIV and AIDS in New York City and for generating the accurate case counts and complete descriptive data on diagnoses, clinical status, laboratory test results, and mortality that are needed to monitor epidemic trajectory and guide public health decision-making.

Surveillance objectives include:
1) To describe HIV transmission occurring in NYC;
2) To count and describe new HIV diagnoses and new AIDS diagnoses, including timing of initial diagnosis relative to infection and progression to AIDS;
3) To count and describe people living with HIV/AIDS in NYC, including how and where they became infected, health status, care status, and vital status.

• Experience conducting surveillance case investigations in public health practice, specifically medical chart review.
• Responsible and thorough in their review of data collected by team.
• Excellent interpersonal, research, written and verbal communication skills, and will be detail-oriented with outstanding organizational skills.
• Able to multi-task in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Proficient in using various computer programs and databases.
• Experience working in MS Office (Word, MS Excel) and other programs.
• Open and wiling to learn new computer programs as necessary.
• Demonstrate ability to work professionally with a diverse staff of public health investigators, epidemiologists, analysts, as well as medical providers and personnel at…