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JOB SUMMARY
The Infectious Disease Service Integration and Navigation Coordinator will support the Viral Hepatitis Program Manager in improving access to hepatitis and substance use services through, training, education, and other outreach to appropriate stakeholders in Philadelphia Primary responsibilities include supervising HCV navigators; assisting utilization of key partners for a Technical Advisory Committee; curating, maintaining relationships with key stakeholders; compiling reported information to assist in the formation of a Provider Toolkit; and coordinating training and technical assistance for partner sites. This position is focused on building clinical capacity to test and treat more people living with HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The person in this role will coordinate and provide guidance to the hepatitis C/substance use navigators, in collaboration within the Program and within the Health Department. This person will further collaborate on activities supporting the viral hepatitis elimination goals of the Viral Hepatitis Program as a whole.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS
Responsibilities/Duties
- Supervise staff conducting case management and navigation work for people living with hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C.
- Monitor data and case completion for all navigation activities.
- Coordinate navigation programming activities, in collaboration with the Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction Division (SUPHR).
- Provide technical assistance and guidance to other members of the team, supporting group problem solving.
- Develop and update protocols for outreach and navigation, with support of Program Manager, as necessary.
- Support data collection and management for programming and public health surveillance needs.
- Recruit and support Technical Advisory Committee members with expertise in people who use drugs (PWUD), harm reduction, and infectious diseases associated with drug use.
- Organize, plan, execute, facilitate Technical Advisory Committee meetings.
- Work closely with an established hepatitis program to develop a Provider Toolkit for service integration among locations caring for PWUD.
- Review and interview national, state, and local resources and stakeholders, respectively, to integrate models of care into the Provider Toolkit.
- Promote integration of viral hepatitis prevention, vaccination and testing programs into organizations treating PWUD.
- Coordinate cross-divisional collaboration within PDPH.
- Assist in community engagement initiatives and activities, e.g. social media, websites, events, education.
- Participate in viral hepatitis elimination planning and implementation activities.
- Assist with reports to funding organizations or for grant writing.
- Build and maintain relationships with potential partner sites.
- Support and mediate data reporting from partner sites to PDPH surveillance programs, including Hepatitis and SUPHR teams.
- Execute an evaluation plan to track project implementation and management.
- Coordinate training and TA needs for partner sites to improve prevention, testing, and treatment for HBV, HCV, HIV and other infectious diseases associated with drug use.
- Update and/or develop educational materials to disseminate at partner sites and more broadly.
- Develop and provide training and education for viral hepatitis targeted to at-risk populations and to providers across specialties.
- Participate in local, state and national conferences, conference calls and workgroups addressing infectious disease consequences of drug use and related public health topics.
- Support broad program activities through close work with the Viral Hepatitis and SUPHR teams.
- Participate in emergency preparedness exercises and real response activities at the discretion of the Viral Hepatitis Manager and Division Director.
