HIV Testing Counselor-Medical Assistant

APLA Health provides quality healthcare, life-saving services, camaraderie, compassion, and comfort to all who come through our doors. Our dedicated team of healthcare professionals is committed to providing personalized and compassionate free and low-cost medical services, tailored specifically to meet the unique needs of each individual we serve. APLA Health serves as a medical home providing an array of integrated healthcare services through 71,000+ billable patient visits and nearly 10,000 enabling services visits each year. Services provided include: medical, dental, behavioral health and HIV care; pharmacy; PrEP counseling and management; health education and HIV prevention; For people living with HIV, APLA Health offers housing support; home healthcare; and the Vance North Necessities of Life Program food pantries; Like the look of this opportunity Make sure to apply fast, as a high volume of applications is expected Scroll down to read the complete job description.
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance (no cost for employee)
Long Term Disability
Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Spending Accounts
12 Paid Holidays
3 Personal Days
Metro reimbursement or free parking
Employer Matched 403b Retirement Plan
This position will pay $25.60 - $28.82 hourly. Salary is commensurate with experience.
The HIV-STD Counselor/Medical Assistant will provide patient care services under the direction of a licensed health care provider inclusive of culturally appropriate HIV/STD services to APLA Health & Wellness patients. In collaboration with prevention program staff, the HIV/STD Counselor/Medical Assistant will work to identify HIV positive individuals who are part of our prevention programs and who are not yet linked to HIV medical care, including newly diagnosed individuals, persons who know their HIV status but have never been engaged in care, and others who know their status and have dropped out of care to access medical care services. The HIV-STD Counselor/Medical Assistant will perform administrative front office and clinical back office duties in the medical clinic, including submitting and tracking referrals, taking vital signs, preparing examining rooms, administering medications as ordered by a licensed healthcare provider, performing phlebotomy and other technical clinical functions.
The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. Greets and register patients when needed; answers telephones and schedules appointments; retrieves medical files; maintains medical records and files.
· Provide pre/post test client-centered HIV counseling.
· Conduct HIV/STD risk assessments.
· Provide HIV/STD risk reduction and prevention coaching/counseling.
· Prepares treatment rooms, ensuring that rooms are neat and clean, and stocked with the necessary supplies and equipment for patient examination; maintains sanitary and sterile supplies and equipment.
· Interviews patients to obtain basic medical information and history; prepares medical records for provider review.
· Performs phlebotomy to collect blood samples; logs specimens for testing; Provides counseling and rapid HIV testing to clients seeking those services.
· Maintains monthly equipment logs, i.e. Develop a set of focused strategies, designed to improve the linkage (and ongoing engagement) to HIV primary medical care of recently diagnosed HIV-infected persons; individuals of known HIV status who have never sought medical care and HIV-infected persons who have dropped out of care and are no longer seeking HIV medical care and treatment.
· Assists physicians and nurses in examining and treating patients; preparing and disinfecting treatment sites; administers subcutaneous and intramuscular injections as ordered by mid-level providers and physicians.
· Maintain HIV/STD testing records to ensure that all documentation required by funders and agency Quality Management Plan is on file.
· clarifies and provides patients with follow-up care instructions and referrals.
· Follows steps outlined in APLA Health & Wellness referral tracking policy to ensure that patients gets the referrals needed and that referrals are appropriately logged and tracked.
· Administers Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in a medical emergency.