Data Collector

About the Role

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)’s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) is seeking a Data Collector to join the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP). MMP is an HIV surveillance system designed to collect clinical and behavioral data from HIV-diagnosed adults to guide HIV prevention and service utilization.

Work Hours: Tuesday to Thursday: 12pm to 8pm; Friday & Saturday 9am to 5pm.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilize various data sources to obtain contact information and conduct investigations to locate sampled persons.
• Engage in outreach efforts to contact and recruit sampled persons for project participation.
• Conduct interviews with sampled persons using the standard MMP questionnaire.
• Perform medical record abstraction for interviewed sampled persons.
• Make appropriate referrals for individuals needing linkage to HIV care, partner services, and ancillary services.
• Timely record all activities in project databases.
• Perform and follow up on data and project quality assurance activities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Public Health Adviser eligibility.
• Ability to work alternative hours (evenings and weekends).
• NYS Driver's License highly desirable.
• Fluent English and either Spanish or French/Creole preferred.

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twelve semester credits in health education, or in health, social or biological sciences.
• Note: For certain assignments, satisfactory completion of training in phlebotomy or other necessary procedures is required. Certification in HIV counseling may be required for certain other assignments. Public Health Advisers are required to have an annual health assessment.
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and six months of full-time satisfactory experience in a health promotion or disease intervention/prevention program, performing one or more of the following: interviewing, conducting community investigations, assessing health risks, making referrals, or collecting and analyzing epidemiological data.
• Note: For certain assignments, satisfactory completion of training in phlebotomy or other necessary procedures is required. Certification in HIV counseling may be required for certain other assignments. Public Health Advisers are required to have an annual health assessment.
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described above.
• Note: For certain assignments, satisfactory completion of training in phlebotomy or other necessary procedures is required. Certification in HIV counseling may be required for certain other assignments. Public Health Advisers are required to have an annual health assessment.
• Education and/or experience equivalent to the above. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of full-time experience.
• Note: All candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and either twelve semester credits as described in "1" above or six months of experience as described in "2" above.
• To be assigned to Assignment Level II, candidates must have, in addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements, at least one year of experience as a Public Health Adviser, Assignment Level I, or at least one additional year of experience as described in Qualification Requirement "2" above.

Benefits

• Premium-free health insurance plan.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.
• A public sector defined benefit pension plan.
• A tax-deferred savings program.
• A robust Worksite Wellness Program.
• Job Security.

Work From Home Policy

• Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.

Residency Requirement

• New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment.
• City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County.