Data Collector

About the role

ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISER CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)’s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) oversees the City’s response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Its mission is to improve the lives of New Yorkers by ending transmission, illness, stigma, and inequities related to viral hepatitis, HIV, and STIs. BHHS’s work includes testing initiatives; prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives.

Housed within BHHS, the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP), conducted through a cooperative agreement with the CDC, is an HIV surveillance system that collects data on a probability sample of adults with diagnosed HIV in the United States. MMP allows data collection from a representative sample of HIV-diagnosed persons on clinical and behavioral information relevant to clinical outcomes, adherence to antiretroviral and other medical treatments, and relevant data on those who are out-of-care, with the goal of informing and guiding HIV prevention, care, and treatment efforts.

The mission of BHHS is to end HIV transmission, promote the health of all New Yorkers with or vulnerable to HIV, reduce HIV-related inequities and combat stigma. The Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) is an HIV surveillance system that selects a representative sample of HIV-diagnosed adults, including those not receiving HIV care, from HIV case surveillance registries in 21 state and metropolitan areas, including New York City.

Responsibilities

• Utilize various data sources to obtain contact information for sampled persons and conduct investigations to attempt to locate sampled persons.
• Engage in outreach efforts to contact and recruit sampled persons to participate in the project.
• Conduct interviews with sampled persons using standard MMP questionnaire.
• Conduct medical record abstraction of sampled persons interviewed for MMP.
• Make appropriate referrals for persons needing linkage to HIV care and partner services, as well as for any identified ancillary services (e.g., housing).
• Timely record all activities in project databases.
• Perform and follow-up on data and project quality assurance activities.

Schedule

• Tuesday to Thursday: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Friday & Saturday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Minimum 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; or
• 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 field investigations, assessing health risks, making referrals, or collecting and analyzing epidemiological data; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in “2” above; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to “1”, “2” or “3” 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. However, 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.

Additional Requirements

To be assigned to Assignment Level II, candidates must have, in addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements listed above, 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.

Preferred Skills

• Patient interview, contact tracing/partner notification, medical record review, and community outreach experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Fluent English and either Spanish or French/Creole preferred.
• NYS Driver’s License highly desirable.
• Must be able to work alternative hours (evening and weekends).

Benefits

• Premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.
• Public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• Tax-deferred savings program.
• Robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.

Pay

$54,799.00 – $63,019.00