The Northeast Health District’s Ryan White Part B program is seeking a qualified person to provide community HIV education, counseling, testing, and linkage to care. The selected candidate will be responsible for the implementation of the Anti-Retroviral Treatment and Access to Services (ARTAS) intervention. The Linkage Coordinator is responsible for marketing the intervention to community partners, performing data collection and entry activities, and uses the intervention to link HIV-positive individuals to care or to re-engage them back in care.

Job Responsibilities & Performance Standards:    

• Links HIV-positive individuals to care and re-engages HIV-positive individuals back into care.
• Collaborates with HIV Coordinators, surveillance, and quality management to identify patients who are lost-to-care and are unable to be brought back into care by the clinic staff.
• Develops a protocol for identifying patients who are lost-to-care and re-engaging them back into care.
• Investigate and locate patients who are lost-to-care, determine if and where they are engaged in care.
• Plans and coordinates delivery of intervention activities.
• Maintains records; develops and implements care plans.
• Maintains consistent communication and coordinates services and activities with HIV Coordinators.
• Prepares and submits monthly service reports and quarterly narratives.
• Meets with multi-disciplinary team on a scheduled basis.
• Participates in quality management meetings to collaborate, identify, and report on issues such as barriers to care.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree in public health education from an accredited college

OR

Bachelor’s degree in education, social, behavioral or biological sciences or a directly related field from an accredited college

Annual salary $40,000 plus generous benefits include 13 paid holidays, annual and sick leave, health insurance, and retirement plans.

We also offer student loan forgiveness benefits such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness!

This position is in Athens, GA, and does not offer relocation assistance. Must be within a reasonable commuting distance. If relocating to Athens, GA, please specify on the application.

No phone calls, applications accepted ONLINE ONLY through the link posted.
This position is subject to closing at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.