Hepatitis C Treatment Engagement Specialist

2 days ago

New York, New York, United States Greenwich House Full time
Job Title: Hepatitis C Treatment Engagement Specialist

Greenwich House is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Hepatitis C Treatment Engagement Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our interdisciplinary team, you will play a critical role in engaging individuals in Hepatitis C treatment and educating them on Hepatitis C prevention, infection, and treatment.

Responsibilities:
  • Use lived experience to motivate and encourage individuals to access and engage with Hepatitis C treatment and recovery services.
  • Provide outreach and education to patients on Hepatitis C prevention, infection, treatment, and harm reduction.
  • Support individuals considering Hepatitis C treatment and facilitate medical appointments for Hepatitis C treatment.
  • Provide navigation supports to access healthcare services and accompany patients to appointments if desired by the patient.
  • Lead or co-lead recovery-based groups focused on Hepatitis C education and prevention.
  • Provide harm reduction counseling to patients with the goal of reducing overdose deaths, infectious disease, and hepatitis C reinfection.
  • Outreach to addiction treatment programs, harm reduction programs, and community-based organizations that support people who use drugs.
  • Assist individuals in the development of a personal self-directed recovery plan.
  • Work with individuals to identify strengths.
  • Provide individuals with information on existing community supports and services that meet their goals and interests.
  • Provide community escorts, including treatment clinics, inpatient treatment, and medical offices.
  • Advocate for individuals to obtain effective services.
  • Teach and model self-advocacy skills.
  • Effectively communicate with medical providers and with program treatment staff.
  • Enter HCV treatment recipients in the AIRS system and participate in creation of monthly summaries.
  • Assist the chief medical officer and HCV care coordination lead nurse in the development of HCV treatment policies and protocols.
  • Provide oral and written communication when interacting with multidisciplinary treatment teams, completing plans and providing input at case conferences.
Qualifications:
  • High School or Equivalency Diploma, with 2 years' work or volunteer experience in a recovery-oriented setting.
  • NYS Certified Recovery Peer Advocate or trainee.
  • Firsthand knowledge of Hepatitis C infection and treatment, substance use disorders, and the recovery process, including Medication as Addiction Treatment (MAT).
  • Experience working with persons with substance use disorders and/or mental health issues and documenting services rendered.
  • Knowledge and experience with Electronic Health Records.
  • Comfortable using lived experience in recovery to help others.
  • Computer competent; Windows, Microsoft Word, etc.
Vaccination Requirement:

Greenwich House requires all new hires to be vaccinated and recommends all employees, interns, volunteers, and on-site contractors stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines (including booster shots).

Reasonable Accommodations Statement:

To perform this job successfully, a successful candidate must be able to perform satisfactorily each essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified candidates with disabilities to perform these duties.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO):

Greenwich House is strongly committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all individuals. All employment decisions and administration of all personnel policies are without regard to an applicant or employee's actual or perceived race, religion, sex, age, national origin, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation or affectation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), predisposing genetic characteristic, genetic information, pregnancy, ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, alienage, military or veteran's status, physical or mental disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking offense and sex offenses, marital status, partnership status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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